To celebrate the wedding of my youngest brother, I wanted to make something pretty for their house. Nature inspired colors because they love hiking and being on the water. I had saved a really pretty version of the Vivid blanket and was inspired by the stained glass feel the knitter had gotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I first tried using a magic loop and the thicker cables on my chiaogoo needles at size 9 were just too difficult, so I purchased a set of double points. It had been years since I used dpns, much less big ones like this, so it took a lot of getting used to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My grandma on my dad\u2019s side would be happy I got some crochet into the project, as she was a crocheted. I used a single crochet border around each square, and then a running zipper stitch to attach the blocks together. Then a shell like border on top of more running zipper stitch to go all of the way around the blanket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I didn\u2019t block the square before attaching, just ran it through the washer and then dried on the rack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The four center colorways are one skein each of Fennel, Lilac, Twilight, and Breezeway. Each square has a frame of Mocha (7 total) with Oatmeal (3 skeins) between the connecting yarn. And the edging continues use of Mocha, Oatmeal, and Fennel (one additional skein). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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