I’ve finally finished the Carousel blanket, thanks partly to taking it to craft club at work. I’m really chuffed as it’s such a pretty design and looks a lot more complicated than it actually was.
It’s a bit tricky to get a photo of it all but I managed by moving some furniture to make space on the floor.
It looks nice on the single bed but I think it’ll be put away for now as the cats would love it too!
A few close-ups.
I didn’t have many finishes last year so I’m planning to make 2018 the year of getting things completed. I’m really happy to have the first finish just two weeks into the year. I’ve set myself the challenge of 5 crochet finishes on Ravelry, and hopefully will have several cross stitch projects joining those. No stash buying until I’ve made a considerable dent in the stuff that I already have.
Next on my list is the temperature blanket. I think that I’ll end it after the current round as I’m not loving as much as I did initially and it’s the right size now for a lap blanket.
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January 15, 2018 at 11:19 AM
this is stunning . . . too pretty to use ^^
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January 15, 2018 at 8:02 PM
Thanks 🙂
It’s safely in the wardrobe at the moment. No idea what I’m going to do with it. I just enjoyed making it LOL
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January 14, 2018 at 4:57 PM
Wow! That is an amazing blanket! So beautiful. Congrats on the awesome finish.
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January 14, 2018 at 9:29 PM
Thank you 🙂
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January 14, 2018 at 2:40 PM
Looks fantastic
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January 14, 2018 at 9:30 PM
Thanks 🙂
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January 14, 2018 at 2:29 PM
That turned out really pretty Carole. How many months did you end up doing for your temperature blanket? I seemed to have selected very long projects this past year, and now I am wanting to start new stuff, trying to maintain so I don’t end up with a drawer full of UFO’s. 😳
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January 14, 2018 at 9:33 PM
Thank you 🙂
I’m up to somewhere around the end of August/start of September at the moment. I like doing the hexies but I’m getting a bit bored of the colour scheme now. I’ve got about ten or fifteen hexies to the end of the round, I think so I’ll get to that and reassess. There are so many other things that I want to be crocheting/stitching/sewing/reading etc that I don’t want to force myself to carry on with it or worse, abandon it.
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January 15, 2018 at 2:15 AM
I totally agree, I remember thinking those temperature blankets were so cool, but it is a lot of the same thing over and over. Take fortitude to go all 365 days, especially once you get bored.
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January 14, 2018 at 7:41 AM
very pretty 🙂 I want to make one now!
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January 14, 2018 at 9:30 PM
Thank you, and you should. It was very satisfying to make as you get lots of little finishes with each hexie or pentagon 🙂
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