Back in November, I [overenthusiastically] decided to put my newfound crochet skillz to work after I saw this blanket on the Purl Bee. It worked up pretty quickly to begin with, but the more rounds I went, the more tedious/time-consuming it got. I finally finished it over Spring Break… four months is typically not the type of time frame I enjoy working with, haha. I like stuff that you can do in a day or less!
So, after completely re-watching the entirety of Sex and the City, all three seasons of Arrested Development [still haven’t seen the new one yet!], and a few movies scattered throughout, I ended up with a pretty epically ginormous granny square. My sister very kindly agreed to hold it up/act as a scale figure [she’s around 5’6”] in the photo below :)
I used a size G crochet hook, 5 skeins of mint, and a little over 7 skeins of ivory yarn from Hobby Lobby; the yarn came in 377-yd skeins. That is a looooot of yarn. I think I’ll probably stick to smaller projects from now on, but I do have to say it’s hugely satisfying to look at something this substantial and realize that I did that, even though it was kind of a pain in the butt towards the end when it took close to an hour to do one round. Also, I think I’ve got double crochet down pretty well now, haha. Hooray for perseverance!
2 comments:
This is amazing! I love the colors and, of course, your dedication. I tried knitting a blanket, which turned into a throw, and now it's just waiting for me to pick it back up and finish it...
Also, congrats - you won my giveaway! Shoot me an email at kmjones3@gmail by tomorrow and I'll get the sewing pattern out in the mail to you.
Thanks, Kristin! I think it was the crochet version of a marathon - it definitely was one of those projects that you work on here and there until one day it's finally [!?] done, and then you don't know what to do with yourself, haha.
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