Category Archives: Crochet

Scrappy Blanket Update

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Time for a scrappy granny stripe blanket update. Especially after I got all those warm minis to add to the project!

The blanket is impressively big now. I can still travel with it, but just barely. The riot of color is starting to look cohesive and almost on purpose. I do try to be mindful in my selections as I change colors.

For this latest round, I let PB pick and of course she picked teal. She came with me to the marketplace and helped choose some of the colors. She wore my conference badge and talked to the sales ladies, she was loving every minute of it. So another memory woven into this project!

Happy Crochet!

Newest Blanket Obsession

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This blanket has followed me everywhere lately. Many many golf lessons, some doctors visits, and a lot of TV binge sessions. The rows are long as this crazy lady chose to chain on 300 stiches for a bigger blanket than last time.

I have used up a TON of my smaller bits and bobs. I am trying for planned chaos where I let the colors flow but try not to let same colors touch. Hopefully by the time its finished it looks like a joyous riot of color.

I am going to need to start using some of my larger leftovers to break up some of the colors. And I think for the larger amounts I will just work one row and save the remainder for later in the blanket to help break up future colors.

Happy Crochet!!

Cast On: Super Scrappy Granny Stripe Blanket

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I still have a blanket itch leftover from Scrappy Cotton Blanket and Granny Stripe Advent Blanket. So I started a huge new granny stripe scrape blanket, lol.

I opened up my bag containing my Mitred Square Blanket and fished around for the TINY balls of leftover and the larger balls that I had already knit into the blanket. I then carefully chained on THREE HUNDRED stiches and started off.

I have been just pulling little bits and bobs and crocheting them into the blanket. No plan, just a general process of trying not to put the same colors next to each other. Eventually the chaos will grow and start to blend into multi colored glory.

Happy Crochet!!

FO Friday: Scrappy Cotton Blanket

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I finished my Scrappy Cotton Blanket!

Pattern: My own version of granny stripe with zero clue how many I chained to start

Hook: 6.5MM or K hook

Yarn: A bunch of leftover Lions Brand Organic Cotton and some Bernat Cottontots Solids.

This project stash busted 529 yards of yarn and emptied an entire Ziplock bag of scraps. It turned out fairly small and barely a lap blanket. I have a friend who likes to run her fingers into the open spaces of the crochet. So this blanket will go to her as a fidget/emotional support blanket.

Now I just need to decide what my next crochet stash busting will be. Happy Crochet!!

Cottony Progress

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The Scrappy Cotton blanket is growing nicely. This is 1,000% faster than a fingering weight granny stripe blanket, lol.

I am not going to have to enough yarn for even a tiny baby blanket. So I am pivoting, this will be a fidget blanket for a coworker who likes to stick her fingers through the spaces to feel the fabric. All of this yarn is very soft cotton so it give a very nice sensation.

I’m down to the last skein of the green that I will add to balance out the “pattern” I made with the color blocking. When it’s done I will wash and block the crap out of it to see what the finished size is.

Happy Crochet!!

FO Friday: Queen City Advent Granny Stripe

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My Queen City Yarns Granny Stripe blanket is DONE!

Pattern: None really. I chained 245 stitches and followed a basic granny stripe recipe

Yarn: Queen City Yarns NoDa sock and some Amber Waves of Fiber Cashmere sock and some Knitting Fever Teenie Weenie Wool

Hook: G Hook (4MM)

This monster of a project consumed all of the 2,600 yards of yarn in the advent kit and another 200 yards from the skeins I picked to be able to eek out the full blanket. I strategically used the Amber Waves and Knitting Fever yarns to work the Christmas-y stripes in between each day. I doubt now that it’s finished you can tell which stripes are the alts!

The finished size is definitely a throw or lap blanket. I didn’t bother to measure but it fits me nicely in the recliner. The biggest joy? All that yarn is now out of my stash and into something I can enjoy. This won’t be my last crochet blanket but I do think I will go back to knitting and spinning for the next little bit.

Happy Crochet!

Near The End With Day 23

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I should have made more progress this weekend but I almost done with Day 23 on this granny stripe crochet blanket. It’s fairly large but I’m still stubbornly considering this a travel project! (probably will need a good wash…)

I thought I was starting to deduce the color scheme of this Queen City Yarn advent calendar. It’s not exactly a fade or a rainbow…..but maybe a cousin of both?

Now…..let’s finish this!!! Happy Crochet!!

Sooooooo Close

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I really busted my butt this week on this granny stripe crochet blanket. I didn’t finish it for the Super Bowl a few weeks ago and so my mojo stalled. But I really want this finished snuggly blanket. So I worked diligently all week to get from Day 15 to Day 22. My hands hurt a wee bit…

This thing has been to 4 hour allergy testing appointments, work lunch meetings and everything in-between. I encountered many compliments along the way on this blanket. Makes a crafters soul grow three sizes…

There are three mini skeins left and then the contrast border. I want to make the finished end look like the beginning. Thank you mild OCD.

Happy Crochet!

Starting Day 15

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Thanks to some time off work and time in medical waiting rooms, I am now ready to start Day 15 on my Queen City Yarn Advent Blanket.

The addition of the Amber Waves cashmere yarn is working respectably. It’s not 100% the same but I have tried a couple of different methods and I think I know what I like now. And this blanket is so busy that it’s not really going to noticeable in the end anyway.

The nurses and doctors were really impressed with my wizardry and I think they checked on me extra just to see the blanket!

Happy Crochet!

Cast On: Scrappy Cotton Blanket

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I gave into my cast on urge and started another crochet blanket project. And this one goes WAY faster than fingering weight, lol.

I had a random assortment of Lion Brand Nature’s Choice organic cotton from my early crafting days. It is an Aran weight 100% cotton that is VERY soft. I am just winging it with this project. I pulled out a size K hook and whacked a bunch of stitches in a chain and started granny striping.

I do have a general plan on how I want to color block the yarn. I don’t want to change yarns a bunch so there will be big chunks, little chunks and colors starting mid row. But I have a plan to make it progress somewhat logically.

It will feel really nice to get this out of my stash! Happy Crochet!!