Dads blanket - crochet complete!!

 

I havent sewen the ends, or gone round the colours in a black line like intended, and I may add a border, but, the initial crochet part is complete!

Tonight Dads blanket looks like...

Update on Dad's blanket

 

As Im likely to forget to update this later or in the morning - heres the current state of play with the blanket for my Dad!

The new blanket begins

So this is the pattern

 

and heres how far I've got! (Well its wider, but its not very tall.. so I zoomed in on a bit so you could see)

Next crochet blanket

So, with the completion of the blanket for Tim, my Dads blanket is the next one up for being done. You know the saddest part? Ive forgotten which colours I meant to use in which sections (DOH!) its been so long since I had to rework the order as various colours werent available, that Ive forgotten the decisions we made..

Darn it.

After that - Im hoping to do a GKR logo on a blanket, I have a good plan, I just need to decide how big I want to make it. I could do 2m square but at the same time thats a fair bit big... It would be fairly fiddly, and difficult to make like it looks right - will need to plan that one a bit.

I also want to make me a blanket - I dont have a picture one yet, and with some recent events in my life - I think doing a few more things for me is a good plan. I kinda wanted to do one like the evil twin or the one for my Dad as I really like the pattern, but, Im fairly sure by the time I get to the end of one for Dad I will be a little fed up with the pattern.. So, it probably needs some adjustment... :)

I also have a friend Id like to make a blanket for, but they need to decide colours and patterns and stuff, I guess I need to remind them to think about it!

The handover

So, today I handed Tim his blanket, he seemed to like it - this is good, Im glad him and his family got it before he left for Aus.  Dumb me forgot to sew one of my "Made by Liz" labels on it, so I gonna pop round and do that for him tomorrow. I hope then in many years to come someone will look at the blanket and see who made it and wonder what I was like.

Day 37!!!!!!!

So. While its not arguably "Finished", the crochet is finished just ends to sew in. Ends to sew in you say? Take a look at the 3rd picture closely, you'll see its turned over and there are lots of wooly ends where I had to change colours which now need sewing in ... this can be a painfully slow and dull process but..

I FINISHED!

 

 

Day 36

Nearing the end!!

 

 

Day 35

 

 

Well Im finally onto the head, its kinda rolled a little in the picture so doesnt show, but the horse now  has a mouth!! Onwards I go!

Day 34

I got a fair bit done, although its probably hard to tell how much from the picture.. but the pics go:

 

 

Day 33

Yesterday was a bad day for crochet, for me, for everything. :( Stuck on the M5 for 3.5 hours certainly didnt help,I just sat there thinking how much more of the blanket I could have done and at least it would have been warm!!

 

 

Day 32

 

 

I confess I couldnt sleep much last night so got up around 6am in the end so this pic does include a couple of lines from today. I am now of course shattered and feel I need a snooze :( how typical is that?

Day 32

(OK, these pics include a couple of rows from very early this morning as I couldnt sleep)

Day 31 (Bank holiday monday)

So, today was a mixed day in a number of ways, crappity weather, naff all on tv (well theres a shocker), some interesting news.. But, crochet continued!

 

 

As you can see Ive almost finished the top of the tail and the 2 front feet now!

Day 30

Not the best view the tail looks a bit smushed but its just a ripple in the way its laid down

Day 29?

Saturday saw the embarking of an entire week of crochet, I hope I can get it done, as well as not get too distracted as this week is the  only chance!