Finished: Rainbow Crochet Blanket

This blanket was a great scrap buster. It is made from Double Knitting wool, all of which was left over from other projects, except the dark purple used for the outside border. For that, I bought 3 balls of Drops Karisma and spent about £8.

My original plan was use use my DK wool leftovers to knit a rainbow jumper, until I realised that I would look like a kids TV presenter. Apparently rainbows are having a fashion 'moment' right now, but I think I still would have looked (and felt) like an idiot if I dressed as one. The blanket was a much better move because it's the 3rd non-baby size blanket I have made but only the 1st that is actually a good size for adults to use. The others have ended up a little small but this one is ideal for lounging on the sofa.

 

The pattern I used was the Basic Granny Square Blanket by Sarah Hearn, available for free on Ravelry. I began in the centre by using each colour in turn until it ran out - not even completing full rounds. Once it was as wide as I wanted, I began to add equal rows on two opposite ends, as I wanted a more useful rectangular blanket instead of a square one.

 

Finally I finished with 4 rounds of dark purple border. That used up nearly every inch of the 150g of purple wool I had. The final border round is a slightly different pattern to give a wavy edge, and I had calculated the amount used for each round using the amount for the normal rows when the border row took a bit more wool, Happily I just made it. You can also see that it isn't a perfect rectangle, as the bits added on the ends have veered outwards. Not to worry, it won't be noticeable when it's being used.

This was a great stashbusting project and was such a fun, mindless project. I'm actually a bit sad to be finished. I'd like to challenge my crochet skills a bit by learning how to do it in 3D. Maybe one day soon.

K x