Just before Christmas I had finished up all my WIP's and was undecided what to do next. We were having some lovely rainy weather - a good time to tackle the Chunky project. Something quick and easy - not requiring too much thought or effort - or so I thought!
Was I in for a surprise?
I tried hook after hook size - before finally settling on a 7.00mm. Then I tried out pattern after pattern after pattern after ..... Nothing seemed right!
I tried squares - nope. A big granny - nope. A ripple - nope. Granny stripe - nope. Diagonal granny - nope. Box stitch - nope. Diagonal box stitch - nope.
At that juncture I was - extremely annoyed and worked up!
I was NOT going to pack the chunky away - I WAS going to best it (the deciding factor here was that after removing all that chunky from my yarn cupboard and rearranging the rest of my stash quite satisfactorily I had NO intention of trying to get the chunky back into the cupboard!)
Eventually out of sheer desperation I tried a plain old double crochet stripe. Not too bad after a couple of rows....... and then it started taking shape. So easy and quite nicely textured. I calmed down and started enjoying the project.
I worked up row after row in mauve, blue and grey.
Bordered it with a few rows of single crochet and gave it a nice bobble fringe (about twelve hours work start to finish - what a bargain!)
Even with the border the double crochet stripe was a bit boring - and so taking inspiration from my lovely popcorn cushion, I made heaps of yellow flowers, orange flowers and lime green leaves.
Appliqued them on to the bottom and top corner:
It fits quite nicely on a 3/4 bed (had to fold it to get the flowers in the photo).
Must say I am rather delighted with it!
I am glad you found something to settle on, and adding those flowers looks beautiful and gives it an awesome pop of colour
ReplyDeleteThanks Hazel!
DeleteLove the blanket, and the flowers add just the right amount of 'pop'! I have found Charity to be rather too thick for my liking, and I also found an inconsistency with the white I bought thicker than other colours I have tried. What do you think? I looove Stylecraft DK - just a bit on the pricey side. Lollipop is a good cheap yarn that like a lot.
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Pat
Hi Pat - I must say I was not really thrilled with the Charity (I got ten rows per ball for the mauve and the blue and only 8 per ball for the grey - so very inconsistent). It squeaks when you crochet too! (LOL). Anyway at that price one cannot really complain, plus it washed quite nicely. I also love the Stylecraft DK, but I agree that it is rather pricey here in SA!. The Lollipop Vezuvo Aran is very nice to crochet with but very limited colours.
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