Ladies and Gents, it's here! It's done, and has been brought into existence!!!!
I hope you enjoy the very hard fruits of my labor, because I couldn't be more pleased with it.
I made this blanket for Autumn, my friend Alisa's darling daughter. I started it when she was born in January 2014. So she just turned a year, and my procrastinating self finally pulled it together and finished this beauty up. After all, I didn't want Autumn to be in High School by the time it was done...
I made this blanket using Lily Sugar 'N Cream cotton yarn, which is a favorite of mine to work with.
I know there are a lot of photos, but it's hard not to post them, just for the detail work.
Autumn's nursery theme is Winnie the Pooh, which I really wanted to tie into the blanket somehow. I found this really cute ribbon online. :)
Once I was done with the blocks, it must have taken me five or more hours just to figure out what order I wanted them to go in. It drove me nuts, because nothing felt like the flow was totally perfect. I like what I ended up with, but might have planned it slightly differently had I the foresight of the block placement problem I had.
This is the book that I used for square patterns. I used my own color scheme, of course. I picked 10 squares, and made two of each, in a different color scheme from the other. So, there are 20 blocks in total, and it's a little bigger than crib size. Altogether, it took between 90 and 100 hours to complete.
Here's the little lady, Autumn, enjoying the blanket. She certainly knew it was for her, and she seemed to like it. :)
Love you Alisa! I am SO happy for you and Canyon both. Autumn is lovely!
Nice post. The photos you posted are good ones. You can see the whole blanket in its entirety, and see the individual blocks and patterns as well. It was nice to see the blocks while you were working on placing them, as well as finished, as well as Autumn enjoying it!
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