My Granny Stripe Blanket!

I'm very proud to announce that my granny stripe blanket is finally finished.

I started this blanket way back in September, and to begin with I made great progress and had lots of enthusiasm for the project. 

The middle third took me months to complete, mainly because I kept getting distracted by other ideas and projects, I also had a crisis of confidence about the colours, it felt very strange not having any neutral colours in the blanket so I took a step back for a while.

In January I decided to finish the project and make up my mind how I feel about it when it was completed. Well, for the last few weeks I have been working ferociously on this blanket. The joy and enthusiasm that I experienced at the beginning came back to me as though it had never left and I didn't have to finish the blanket to realize that I love, love, love it. 

This blanket will be kept by my side until it falls apart on me.

Blanket Facts

Pattern: I used Lucy's pattern from Attic 24, which you can find here.

Yarn: Stylecraft Special DK, 100g Acrylic (the Lucy pack), which I bought from here.

Colours: Pomegranate, Sherbet, Clematis, Plum, Cloud Blue, Shrimp, Turquoise, Saffron, Lavender, Meadow, Fondant, Lipstick, Aspen, Spring Green, Wisteria, Magenta, Aster

Hook Size: 4mm

Blanket Size: 150cm (w); 110cm (H)

Number of Rows: 136 rows of granny stripes

Number of stripes: 68 stripes ( each stripe is made up of two rows of granny's)

Colour Pattern: I made 4 sets of the 17 colours, each set is unique.

Set 1 : Pomegranate, Sherbet, Clematis, Plum, Cloud Blue, Shrimp, Turquoise, Saffron, Lavender, Meadow, Fondant, Lipstick, Aspen, Spring Green, Wisteria, Magenta, Aster.

Set 2 : Sherbet, Lipstick, Saffron, Cloud Blue, Fondant, Aspen, Plum, Shrimp, Aster, Clematis, Magenta, Spring Green, Pomegranate, Lavender, Meadow, Turquoise, Wisteria.

Set 3 : Saffron, Aspen, Clematis, Turquoise, Lipstick, Wisteria, Fondant, Plum, Spring Green, Aster, Meadow, Shrimp, Cloud Blue, Magenta, Sherbet, Pomegranate, Lavender.

Set 4 : Aspen, Turquoise, Plum, Shrimp, Cloud Blue, Lipstick, Spring Green, Lavender, Saffron, Clematis, Meadow, Wisteria, Fondant, Aster, Magenta, Sherbet, Pomegranate.

Edging

Round 1 : Using Lavender, I worked 1 round of granny clusters.

Round 2 : Using Fondant, I worked 1 round of trebles (UK)

Round 3 : Using Cloud Blue, I worked 1 round of trebles (UK)

Round 4 : Using Sherbet, I made 1 round of picots. (3 doubles, chain 3, slip stitch into 3rd chain, rpt)

Sorry, I just had to get one of the animals in the photo, looks like it was Jessie's turn, even if she isn't very interested in my fabulous blanket!!!

Xxx