Well, the day has come! I have a shiny and bright new FO and I am proud. I won’t bury the lead here, my Granny Stripe Blanket is finished! Over a year in the making, with a few pauses here and there but it’s all done. And believe me… it’s gigantic!
It hangs down on all sides on our king size bed. It finished around 100″ square all told. I mistakenly thought I should be bold and chain on about 50% more than called for in the pattern, but now it fells like a big accomplishment, so it worked out. I used the Granny Stripe Blanket pattern by Attic24, free on her blog here. For yarn, I used 17 colors of Stylecraft Special DK – the Attic24 pack. I wound up using about between 1 and 2 balls of each color. I followed the stipe order and then basically started over once the I went through the first sequence. I futzed around with the color order at that switch to still get a pretty good distribution.
It’s a little difficult to photograph such a huge project, especially since the yard is slushy, icy snow for the most part. Ugh, I just love how bright and colorful and happy this blanket is. It’s hard to believe it started out so small, just a long long ribbon this time last year. I cast it on on January 25, 2020 and I finished the border last night. You might have seen my love/hate relationship with picot edging on the blog before, but it really does add the sweetest finish.
I’ve got a mind to slowly pull Kevin away from our all grey, all the time bedding and this is the first step. I see a king size quilt in our future… one day.
Big projects are awfully fun to complete! This is the first of my big 3 to finish this year, and I’m pretty stunned that I knocked it out so quickly. I’m riding high on this soaring feeling of accomplishment. By the way, I crocheted a washcloth this year and other than that, this is my sole crochet project. Sometimes I jump in with both feet first.
Anyway, I think I’m going to go wrestle the blanket back from the cat, or maybe just join him and contemplate what’s up on the docket for the weekend. Here’s to big finishes and new ideas!
Happy making!
Knit 1, Make 2 