A Great Big Rainbow

My new favorite....



From the beginning this has been a big, happy blanket that I have loved working on.  Every time I look at it I smile.

Queen size...I think she is the biggest one that I have made.

 



I started this the last Sunday of July and finished the first week of September.  5 weeks of happy hooking for me.  I made my foundation row and was 7 color changes (14 rows in) when I realized I had made my foundation row too tight!  AAARRRGGGHHH!!  If I had read through the directions, I would have known to go up a needle size to avoid this.  But since I have to do everything the hard way....

So I gave the 14 rows  to Bray to play with while I started again. He's a funny little man....loves yarn!! 240 chains.  Counted twice to make sure and I was off and hooking again. This time with a bigger needle!
 Once I got going, this took shape in no time at all. 
 

 



For the border, white, and whatever color of the rainbow was next in line. 

 Final 7 rows, single crochet in my rainbow colors

 

 

 
Loved the repetition. Could watch the kids play, help Alex with his homework, watch TV, whatever, and never missed a stitch! Worked the ends in as I went (for the most part!!)

Luckily, I have an awesome husband who doesn't mind the fact that our bedroom in turning into the brightest colored room in the house!  Pillows and blankets and pictures and yarn wreaths and felted flowers, oh my!!

 

 

18 colors!  2 skeins each. 
 

Found the perfect pillow to match...paisely sunshine

 

Total happiness here!!

Sunset



Just 20 minutes....

 

 

 

 

So worth the climb to get to it.  Even if he did miss a few minutes of the ballgame!

Gertie

She started out as a way to use up more yarn than I had room for.  Literally, I had yarn in boxes sitting on top of everything!  It turned into a big, bright, beautiful blanket that has already been used for picnics and some "reading in the swing" time.

 

Love how soft and "drapey" this yarn works up...

 

 

  

I started working on it last October after my surgery. A quite, simple pattern to help in recovery. Once I was up and going again, I put it away for a few months.  Picked it back up in June and completed it in July

 

117 four round granny squares. I used Lucy's join-as-you-go method

I didn't keep up with the yarns I used, there were soooo many!! Different weights and types.  All leftovers from many other projects. 

I loved the border on this one. So many possibilities! I thought at first I would just do a plain solid border. But it just didn't go with the blanket. It needed to be big and busy just like the squares were

I borrowed several rows from all over blogland and combined them until I thought it looked finished.

 

 

 

 

   She lives in the living room, draped over a chair.

  I love walking by and catching a glimpse of her sitting there.

 

I am very happy with how she turned out. 
As usual, I think this is my new favorite!