Thursday, August 18, 2011

My 1st Granny Blanket

Yay! it's finished! after painstakingly more than a month making the granny squares (thanks to the tutorial in youtube), i finally made my first granny blanket. I'm kind of proud of myself coz there were times i wanted to give up coz i had to make about 47 squares to make a decent size and had to go through trials and errors on combining the squares, not to mention when i ran out of wool in the middle of it and had to make a quick dash to get new wools but the haberdashery near my home doesn't have alot of stock *urgh*.


I'm not overly happy about the choices of colors and the arrangement i made (i think white wool is good for the edges, not as a square, it's my opinion) but i thought this is just an experiment and it's a good way of using up my wool stock and boy it did used up alot of wools! I need to buy new stock at the shop downtown where they have more selection of colors.


so, i'll probably use it for leg warmer when it gets colder, I'm already set on making more, maybe trying a hexagonal type or something else, look forward to use more colors and make it fun!

14 comments:

  1. Susan its fabulous!!! Well done, you have to be so proud of that blanket. Is there any craft you are not amazing at? ;o) Mwah Scarlett x

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  2. well done you, completely gorgeous xxx

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  3. OMG! Susan this is so beautiful, well done you, you should be proud of yourself it looks fantastic, the colours look good together and I just love the pink bed as well :)

    Bee happy x
    Have a delicious day!

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  4. This is just brilliant!! You must have such patience and it looks absolutely lovely - just the thing for snuggling under with a cup of tea on a chilly winter's afternoon :-)

    Jem xXx

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  5. I could never do anything like this at all...it is just lovely in every way and you should be proud. Way to go..sit back and say, "I ROCK!"

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  6. That is so beautiful Susan! You keep popping up with all these new talents that you've been keeping a secret!!! You could seriously sell those.

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  7. Thats a beautiful blanket, well done you clever thing! and granny square leg warmers, now I really like that idea!

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  8. Oh, Susan, I agree with Scarlett...It IS fabulous!!! You did a beautiful job. The colors are wonderful and it's so cheery. The good thing about crochet is that it's sooo forgiving. If you make a mistake it's not too much trouble to correct. Knitting not so much. I think that's why I really like crochet. But each has its own unique quality.

    I look forward to you doing more. Remember to look in the thrift stores for yarn. You can sometimes find perfectly 'new' skeins people have donated. You might be able to collect more great colors for your next granny feat.

    I'm so glad you learned to crochet...you will find it a delight to do especially on chilly autumn days and cold winter evenings.

    Marianne xx

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  9. Congratulations! It is simply stupendous!

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  10. I like! I Like! I am super jealous of your granny square blanket..it has turned out so well :) It will be perfect on a winters night (well one could almost use it now, with the summer we have been having :P haha). Great work..I look forward to seeing the other blankets you create!

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  11. If you hadn't said it was a first effort, I wouldn't have known, it's beautiful!

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  12. Yay! It looks amazing! I’d never have the patience to finish something like that.

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  13. It's amazing Susan, you're so clever. I think it looks like you've been crocheting for years xx

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  14. Hi Susan, I have just found your lovely blog, so I thought I would say hello. I love your granny blanklet and I think that the colours work beautifully together. I have been working on a granny blanket too so I know how much work goes into one. bee x

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