The Project
A year ago I started crocheting a cotton blanket out of granny squares for my daughter. It was going to be a huge blanket and would take 200-300 squares to complete. 33 squares in I realised there was no way I was going to get it finished in time for her birthday, so I put it aside to be completed this year.
A few days ago I realised my daughter's birthday was approaching and I hadn't touched the blanket. When I pulled out the completed granny squares I decided I didn't feel like making hundreds more of them and I would work with what I had. I decided I would make a cushion and a blanket.
The Cushion
I joined 9 of the squares together to make the front of the cushion and then made a large granny square for the back of the cushion. I covered the insert with plain purple fabric. I finished the cushion late last night and I love the end result, it's so soft and cuddly and pretty..
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| Front Of Cushion |
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| Back Of Cushion |
The Blanket
After making the cushion I was left with 24 granny squares for the blanket. I debated for quite a while about how to use them and eventually decided to make 3 panels of 8 squares. I'll work around them and then join them, then work around that to complete the blanket.
My biggest issue is running out of colours. I went to buy more thread a few days ago and was unable to get more of the pink and blue. I do have some left, but I am running very low on the pink as I used it when making the hexagonal cushion I made recently.
I stitched together the first panel of 8 last night and began working around it. This is how it looks so far:
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| Blanket Panel |
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