Those of you who read my old blog may remember that when I started teaching myself to crochet, back in summer 2006, I was making squares for a throw for the double bed in the spare room. Once I got better at the crochet I wanted to make other things, and the squares and spare wool got put away in the back of a cupboard. A month or two ago I dragged them out and reorganised the squares so that I could actually finish the throw. This was also made easier by the fact that we now have a single bed in the spare room instead of the double.
This is what it looked like back in 2006:
And this is how far I'd got a week or two ago (with extra squares in reserve):
Since then I've added another row of squares all the way round the edge, and more granny-ing. Still 3 1/2 rows of cream granny-ing to go, then it should be the right size for the bed (hooray). I might put a pretty edging on, I'm not sure. If I remember/have time before this posts, I'll take a new photo.
Working on this has actually not been too bad. I thought it would get really boring, and I'm getting a little fed up of it now, but working round and round is so mindless that I can do it with my mind completely elsewhere. In a month or two I might start another blanket using the rest of the wool (I bought enough for a double bed throw), to keep on the sofa in the winter - working on this one, my legs have been toasty warm! I'll take a break and work on something completely different first though, I think. And that one will be cream with dark red because those are my living room colours.
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