Thank you to everyone who said such nice things about the January inspiration wallpaper (here, and everywhere else). It got me excited about this project even more. Made me curious about what will inspire me in February.
On to crochet. My favorite favorite thing to do this season. I had to change the original color combination up a bit on my granny stripe blanket when I realized that using the original Cascade 220 yarn as I was doing was creating nothing short of a crocheted sheet of armour. A blanket of steel. Something that had the ability to impale the person on the receiving end of the request to "throw me a blanket".
Now this is something I really should have known, but my love for Cascade 220 looms large and I'd decided to give it a try. And after all, I'd already created a bazillion granny squares for a different blanket, so I assumed that it just might work. It didn't and I was bummed. I loved that original color combination, it was exactly what I wanted when I decided to do this project, plus I had to start over. Blerg.
When my yarn choices switched to fingering weights at my local yarn store, I had to choose from what was there make something work. I decided on the doe skin-type main body color you see above (Cascade Merino Superwash Hermitage Sock Yarn, color #5681). But the neon-y glowy color I wanted for the stripe was tougher, there was nothing that really fit the bill in an all-wool yarn. It was all about instant gratification that day. We were leaving for Colorado and my hands would sweat and possibly spaz without a project to do. So I came home and pulled a bright blue Cascade 200 yarn from my stash. It works for the stripe area.
I like it. This new combo is growing on me.
I worked quite a bit on it while we were in Colorado, although progress has slowed a bit now that we're back home. I'm loyal to it though. I look forward to sitting down with this blanket and some dysfunctional, completely mindless TV each night. It keeps my hands out of the cookie jar and it clears my head completely.
The crochet, not the bad TV.
Although Peter and I have been watching Drugs, Inc. on our favorite new channel, NatGeo, and I am suprised to say I am completely up to speed on drug trafficking.
Really. Ask me anything.
