ANNA! This is my first project. It’s dang easy and I already know all the stitches…
The only problem is that the yarn you sent me is basically in groups of two – two of each type/brand/size. I am loving the variety, and I’m using portions of all of them in this blanket, so we’ll see how it looks in the end with different sizes of yarn. So far it’s not bad. The only difference from the picture above is that it doesn’t lay quite as smoothly as that one appears to.
It actually looks way cooler than this picture would make it seem. I was worried that it was starting to look like an old lady afghan after the first three colors. Then the blue (which I adore!) and the yellow (which I am really into these days) really kicked it into the 21st century.
That green looks a lot better than this picture shows. I just used my point and shoot which was compensating for the brightness of the white by making everything look darker than it actually is.
I realized just two days ago that I actually brought yarn needles back from America with me, thinking that I might use them someday. I’m leaving the ends loose for now though, because if this thing turns into a disaster, I want to be able to pull it apart fairly easily and reuse the colors.
It’s about two inches wider than my twin mattress. I didn’t want to make it super wide, because I’d rather have it be long. It could lay across a bed then when it’s finished or after I’m married and hopefully upgrade to a bigger-than-twin-size mattress, it can be a throw or something.
So what do you think? With different sizes of yarn, is it gonna end up being a disaster in the end? Or will it all come together?
That blue is my absolute favorite. I've done two blankets and at least one hat that I can think of out of it! I usually end up using three- four skeins (the brand of the blue and white) for a baby blanket. I crocheted slippers out of the thick ones (I'll post pics after Christmas... haha) and it took one and a half skeins.
ReplyDeleteYes! The two blues you sent are so soft and fine! I love them! I'm thinking about ripping the green out of this one, and just moving the mauve color up next to the blue since the green is so much thicker than all the rest. I think all the other weights will work together alright. I'll have to use the green and brown on something else perhaps!
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