Last night I finished
the Elphieblanket, and I’m really pleased with it.
It still needs to be
blocked, but that won’t change the look of it all that much, other
than the edging. This is the quickest baby blanket I’ve ever made,
but also the smallest. The pattern turns out beautifully, and I
think this will be something of a go-to pattern for babies I get
around to crocheting for before they arrive.
What I’ve learned
I’ve gotten much
better at the straight edge thing, as I expected after my discoveries
with the Cat Mat. However, I should have read the pattern more
closely in the first few rounds of the border: I made a couple of
mistakes at the corners that had implications on the outer rounds,
although they’re not really obvious to the untrained eye.
It’s been a rough
re-entry at work this week, but one of the things that has done is
motivate me to refocus on my writing (fiction, rather than blog
posts). I need to take a good look at my routines and activities in
order to find a way of spending some time every single day on either
writing or, in the longer term promoting my writing. Writing is one
of the ways I’ve been creative for the majority of my life, and
it’s something I want to get back to properly.
Awesome job on finishing a project. It look wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome, well done on finishing!
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