I instantly fell in love with the blanket they were making for the CAL and the pastel colour scheme selected by Emma from Potter & Bloom and decided I wanted to make something big, bright and fancy for myself (for once).
I substituted the Mandarin Orange from the Potter & Bloom colour scheme with Pale Lilac and ordered my pack, ready to begin.
My yarn pack arrived a few days after the part one of the pattern was released but I caught up in no time. This is one of the first projects I've made where I really needed to block the squares as they tended to pucker a little. The stitches relaxed a LOT once they were blocked and resulted in a more relaxed blanket.
The last pattern part was released on 30th November and I was ready to join my squares and triangles together when I realised my triangles (all 16 of them) were too big. For some silly reason I didn't think about needing a matching amount of stitches along the sides of the triangles and squares.
I then had to get to making Christmas presents in December so my CAL was put aside until I had finished those (see last post).
In the end, I finished this just after new years but I hadn't had a chance to take any decent photo's of it until now. My border was 5 rounds of stocking stitch as I love how it looks like knit stitches.
Isn't it Just. Gorgeous!
This project also goes to show I can finish a crochet blanket (never done that before!) and be happy with the results (because my perfectionism often prevents me from being truly happy with outcomes). I can see myself making more blankets when they look this fantastic and are so easy to construct.
