Tuesday, May 12, 2015

The Striped Blanket or; How I Spent the Winter




I think it goes without saying that I'm not a crafty person and this is not a crafty blog. I think sewing is a superpower and crafting with children an activity only saints do in their spare time. But. But! But! But! Canadian winters are long, yo.



And my one crafting ability is crocheting. It perfectly blends the ability to make something beautiful with yarn in smaller amounts of direct attention needed than knitting, and happens at double the speed of knitting. Not that I'm hating on knitting, it's just a fact jack. Plus my choleric personality loves accomplishing, not being precise. It always comes back to me, doesn't it?

I like to have a sizeable project to plug away at during the winter where the evenings are long. I also love having something to do while mindlessly watching football and/or binging my way through whole seasons of television (I'm looking at you Parenthood!).



So here is this year's project that I really have to document on my blog or else I'm fairly certain it never happened. I used the wonderful Lucy of Attic 24's pattern for her stripe blanket and I used her yarn selection from her collection at Wool Warehouse. It took away all the stress of figuring out a perfect pattern and perfect yarn. Although those things can be fun to do, but back in the fall I just needed to be doing and not spending time comparing yarn prices, ya know?




I chugged along happily because the ripples are so perfectly easy to put down and pick up again. I also blew away my husband's expectations and bet that I wouldn't be done the entire blanket in a year, so I'm pretty impressed with myself.

The blanket ends up being the length of a twin bed and I love the perfect candy-bright colours. Gemma claimed the blanket early on, so now it happily resides on her bed where hopefully all my hard work will be cherished everyday of her childhood! (Hey, a girl can dream, right?)




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23 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh! I have been jealously eyeing the creations that come out of Attic 24 for years, but I don't have the patience to make anything more than a baby blanket! I admire your perseverance :)

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  2. Oh man, that is really gorgeous! I started a baby blanket over the winter, knitting it, and you're right - it's terribly slow in comparison to crocheting but I just can't get the comfortable-feel crocheting yet, as I've only just learned how and I've been knitting for over 10 years. But your blanket is inspiring -- maybe for my next one!

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  3. What a cheerful blanket! (Now I have to learn how to crochet.)

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  4. So pretty! I miss crocheting. Sadly there is no need for hats or blankets down here:(

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  5. Ah, I LOVE this. I'm not crafty either but I do crochet...just haven't it touched it since my youngest exited the womb 10 months ago. But this makes me want to start up again! You did a beautiful job!

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  6. Awesome! I love it so much. You're giving me the kick I need to get back to a quilt I'm making for my baby sister (18). It's those very same colors!

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  7. It turned out beautifully! I love it. It's so cheery :) (I love everything Lucy does... She's the queen of cheery colors!!)

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  8. So beautiful. And I"ll bet Gemma WILL cherish it. Also I love this, "my choleric personality loves accomplishing, not being precise." Yes!!! Me too. Took me so long to figure this out about myself..

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  9. That is one gorgeous blanket. I am so impressed! I can't crochet my way out of a paper bag.

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  10. That is so fun and cheerful -- a perfect winter project!

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  11. Christy, it's so cute! Well done!

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  12. Love it! So bright and pretty. Way to go, Christy!

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  13. What a gorgeous blanket and I have to say Parenthood is one of my faves. Great job!

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  14. So beautiful! I can't believe you made it so fast! My recent blanket totally took me three years to complete but I think color inspires you to work faster... I made a little lap blanket after my three year monstrosity and picked out fun colors and so I never seemed to get bored with it!
    I also binged out on parenthood when trying to finish up my big blanket! It's nice to know there are other show/crochet binge rockstars living the good life. ;) I loved parenthood!

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  15. Amazing! Beatiful colors. I absolutely need to try the same - I'll add this to my "to do list". Mostly I do crocheting and I also sell my works :-) Come and take a look: www.nuppuhome.com
    greetings from Finland, Riitta

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  16. Well, I blame Jenna for last winter's embroidery fever, which produced all my Christmas gifts for family members. I foresee this winter (OH GOD DID I JUST SAY THAT PHRASE?) being the W-word of learning to crochet just so I can make this blanket, too.

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  17. This is gorgeous! One question: I quit knitting because it exacerbated a kind of carpal-tunnel like pain in my fingers. Do you think crochet would do the same thing?

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  18. Look at you go! That's beautiful! And now, you most certainly have to make one for each of your children. :)

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