Granny Square Ta Daa!!!

Last year, about this time, I was in Charleston, South Carolina.   And before we left on vacay, I went to Groovy Girl Yarn to get some yarn for a granny square blanket that I've been wanting to make for a long time.

 

I saw it in this book years ago.  I love the decorating style in this book.  L.O.V.E. it.

 And this is all I had to go on for the blanket.  One picture.  So after much assessment on how the colors were used,

 I picked out the yarn at Groovy Girl.  However, the blues weren't working for me. Oh I liked the colors in the above picture, but the blues were not the color in the blanket. So after much switching of blues, I got the colors in the picture, and I went on vacation.

 I made a few squares on my Charleston vacation.   But I didn't have my ripple blanket finished at the time, so when I returned home, I got to work on the ripple.  I needed something for vacation and the ripple was too big to drag along. So the granny square had to go on the back burner until the ripple was finished.

I got the ripple finished and started on the granny square....I took it on vacation to Florida in March and got a lot done as Vickie did almost all of the driving. (you might say this is my vacation blanket!)

 You would think a blanket with such random colors would be easy to lay out, but not so much. 

 

 

 And I had to figure out how I was going to sew the squares together. (I tucked all of the ends in as I went.)

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Then I sewed the rows, and thought.....these could be a bunch of scarves!  

(kidding)

I wanted a simple border, like in the picture.

So here it is!

Taa Daaa!

I want to tell you a little bit about the yarn I used.

 It's called Cascade 220 and I absolutely love it for blanket making.  It's wool, and I don't like wool next to my skin, but rarely do blankets touch my skin.  Sheets do blankets don't.

This yarn comes in a lot of colors....

(these are colors I've considered before)

 When I pick out yarn for a blanket, it does take me awhile, I admit it!  But, it's an investment.  And I absolutely love the way Cascade 220 works up.  I love the way it feels, and the way it lays. 

If I were recommending yarn to someone to make a blanket, it would be Cascade 220.

Cindy Bee

PS - I JUST NOW got a call (7:00 a.m.)  MY BEES ARE IN MY BEES ARE IN!!!!!