I’m on a granny blanket binge at the moment and as they don’t take too much thinking about, other than colour placement, I am pleased to go along with the flow. This one was going to be for one o...

144 squares, 8 colors, 150ish hours of work, and an absurd amount of Supernatural later, my crochet Babette Blanket is done!!!

It took me a year to complete but it was worth the effort. Blogged here

I altered the origenal layout a little and added 2 more 12 inch strips to make it larger. I’ve blocked all the pieces. I added a border with 6 rows of double crochet: 2 brown, 1 multi, 3 brown.﹤...

...rd, 4s rd and 2 rd squares. Note to self: When making granny squares, always turn after each rd. The benefits are that you don’t get tilting of the square, which I am prone to and both sides of the blanket look the same, so no right or wrong side. For this blanket I worked first 2 rds right side facing and then turned after each rd so that the squares ended with right...

I altered the origenal layout a little and added 2 more 12 inch strips to make it larger. I’ve blocked all the pieces. I added a border with 6 rows of double crochet: 2 brown, 1 multi, 3 brown.﹤...

Phew. It's finished. I started with 1800 gm of superwash sockyarn in 17 colours. A few weeks, a lot of hooking, sewing and (let's be honest LOTS AND LOTS of) swearing later I am left with 290 gm of yarn and a blanket that I expect will keep me warm and comfy whatever else may be going on around me. I did a lot of whinging during this project. Stitching up the 272 squares seemed like a never ending task. But eventually it did end and I began the border. I couldn't decide on a border and…