Just thought a little post on the progress of the masterpiece blanket is in order for my regular readers.
Despite crocheting bunting for Scarborough and finding fabric for Queensland (a little of which I had to remove from the parcel to make it less than 2kg and thus affordable to send), I have managed to fit in a bit of work on the edging… actually three and a quarter rounds so far, which is no mean achievement considering what warm work it is!
The edge isn’t wide enough yet
Turning a corner around Dr Katie’s square
Masterpiece and waves cover for the sofa
Looby’s symmetry square
Lindsay’s freeform snail
Kt’s exuberant beaded square
Bavarian crochet courtesy of Teddy and Tottie
A whole heap of work
Made by me, yarn from Katy the Night Owl
Lovely sunflowers from Nanette
I must also direct you towards a blog that I think many of you might enjoy… I had to stop reading back through the posts because I was spending so much time, but if you have an hour to spare, take a look here… you might be as tickled as I am with it.
iamsimplyhooked
/ July 15, 2014Looking good! I like the purple colour – what yarn are you using??
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 15, 2014It’s ‘Blueberry’ DK from New Lanark Mill: they have lovely shades and it’s very reasonably priced, plus you are supporting a World Heritage Site if you buy from them. It’s nice to work with too, if you like pure wool.
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Mrs P
/ July 15, 2014WOW it’s coming along a treat 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 15, 2014I’m so pleased with it… I love the way the borders draw the diversity of squares together.
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katechiconi
/ July 15, 2014It’s looking particularly resplendent (don’t you love that word?). I shall wait excitedly for 8-10 weeks for my fabric parcel, but in the meantime, I have a blue and white quilt to make for a young Petty Officer who likes soccer and VW beetles and campers… Yikes! Look out for a spot of applique, I think.
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 16, 2014Please use the fabric/blocks in whatever why you want… I feel a great sense of relief to have sent them to someone who will actually make use of them 🙂
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katythenightowl
/ July 16, 2014I really love that edging! It really finishes off the blanket, beautifully, doesn’t it? 🙂
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 16, 2014I’m getting there – I’m going to do a few more rounds and I think I will do the final part in black just to give a tiny bit of contrast (and because I have some!)
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katythenightowl
/ July 17, 2014I can’t wait to see it all finished 🙂
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thegrangerange.wordpress.com
/ July 16, 2014I love this blanket, each square has it’s own tale to tell. Stunning!
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 17, 2014And eventually all the tales will be posted on my ‘masterpiece’ page… I just haven’t had the time to update it recently and the formatting seems to have gone wonky (ggrrr).
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narf77
/ July 19, 2014OOOO tasty purple edging! I LERVE that blog so much I just “archived” it in my RSS Feed Reader 😉
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The Snail of Happiness
/ July 20, 2014I’m not sure that I’ve ever been archived before!!
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narf77
/ July 20, 2014Yeah, there is always a first for everything 😉
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