Thursday, January 9, 2014

Vintage crochet blanket...part 1



Joining in with Ginny for this weeks Yarnalong...

Crocheting...

When I first taught myself to crochet, the one image that kept popping up was a black trimmed afghan
 with every color of the rainbow squares on a red sofa at my grandmother's house.  
I have wanted to make one for two years now.  So I thought the best time to start it 
was right in the middle of trying to finish up Christmas presents!!  I just couldn't wait any longer.



I gathered every scrap I had laying around.  Silk bamboo, acrylic, wool, cotton...didn't matter....
Good thing I was off for 2 weeks in December.  Making squares became my job!



I originally had planned on joining it all together with black, but when I saw "Charcoal"
 I decided that was the right one....



  Here is a glimpse of the first few squares that I had joined :


Here is the first 50.  All joined and ends woven in...


I am thinking it will need to be 500+ squares to fit on a full size bed.
 I am totally loving all the color play this is allowing.

My grandmother was an artist.  She worked with paint, clay, stained glass...just about any medium
 that you could possibly think of.  I never really got a chance to spend a lot of time with her.
  Unfortunately, she  passed away last February, but I think she would be happy with all this color.
 So in her memory, I am calling this blanket Ann

Reading:
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One of my favorites!!

4 comments:

  1. I'm working on something similar at the moment for my sons bed! I think I need about 112 squares to fit a single bed. Yours is looking great, I love the charcoal border too.

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    1. Thanks!! I think I like the charcoal better than solid black, not quite so harsh.

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  2. I really enjoyed that book you are reading! I love your blanket so far, and am very impressed at how many you have done already! Great idea to join them as you go.

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  3. Love the bright cheery colours you are using, it reminds me of a blanket we have that my Greatnan made with bright colour on a dark bachground.
    Clare x

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