Hi everyone,
I thought you might like to see the start of my new project. You may recall the knitted blanket I finished recently, the brightly coloured squares one. Well, would you believe I could make an even brighter blanket?
I had quite a lot of scraps of all the different colours from the knitted blanket as you can see here. My other half exclaimed “You call those scraps?”. Well, any bits and bobs that are left over from previous projects and not bought specifically for a particular item are “scraps” in my eyes. There’s about 1200g of Double Knit yarn here.
I did add a couple of balls from my old scrap bag to make up the weight that I needed to make this lovely free pattern from the Not your Average Crochet blog. The pattern was originally run as a Crochet Along but I missed that opportunity ages ago. It has loads of close up photographs and is a dream to follow. I have never done many of these stitches before so I’m learning a lot 
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Some of my photos were taken in poor electric light and are just provided to give you an idea of my progress. I’ve just taken the final photo in daylight which gives a much better idea of the colours but it still isn’t as brightly coloured as in real life.
Have you got your sunglasses ready? Be warned.
It was easy to begin with. Just make sure the starting chain has the correct number of stitches.
Those Catherine Wheel stitches were challenging for me but I managed in the end . Easy bits to follow…
More easy bits including the star stitches in pale blue. This photo has gone very blue on its own!
Here is where I’m up to now.
It’ll be about 52 inches long and I’ll keep going adding more rows until I run out of scraps. I’m already looking for the next woolly project but won’t start anything else until this one is done. It could take a while .
Happy hooking!
Avis x
Sewing Beside the Sea 
Ginny
/ January 12, 2015I look forward to your progress on this blanket. You are off to a great start. One of these days I will get time to get the crochet hook out and try my hand at some of the awesome stitches that Hannah did during that SAL.
Sewing Beside the Sea
/ January 12, 2015I find I can do this without too much concentration and light so it is easier than cross stitch in the evenings for me. Hannah certainly did a great job!
claire93
/ January 12, 2015looking good Avis ^^
I love all the bright colours and interesting stitches
Sewing Beside the Sea
/ January 12, 2015Maybe you’ll try crochet one day 😉
salpal1
/ January 12, 2015I love that you are making that blanket – I participated in the CAL when Hannah did it originally, and still really love my blanket. Your bobbles bob a whole lot better than do mine – good job! I laughed when I saw your scraps – yes, you are right – if they are leftover, they are scraps and bits. So amazing that you have enough for a whole extra blanket!
Sewing Beside the Sea
/ January 12, 2015Ha-ha! No, my bobbles don’t bob that much. I gave each one a huge tug before I took the photo 🙂 I actually don’t like to have scraps to store so I always use them up before buying more, however big they might be LOL.
wendy
/ January 12, 2015your blanket looks fab! I’ve just been over to look at the pattern and I had to pin it, such a great idea to use yarn scraps.
Sewing Beside the Sea
/ January 12, 2015It isn’t too late to crochet along with me. No pressure or deadlines. Just enjoy 😉
Blu
/ January 12, 2015Wow it looks great! The colours are amazing and all the stitches look interesting.
Sewing Beside the Sea
/ January 12, 2015Thank you 🙂 It never seems to get boring with all of the colours and stitches changing each row.
Isabel's Needleworks
/ January 12, 2015WOW Its Gorgeous! I love the way you have the colours mixed and matched 🙂
Izz
Sewing Beside the Sea
/ January 12, 2015Well, the colours don’t really match at all LOL. Maybe that’s how it works. I think so anyway 🙂
Isabel's Needleworks
/ January 12, 2015lol I guess I mean they all seem to contrast nicely ? I was having a bit of a brain freeze there LOL
Sewing Beside the Sea
/ January 12, 2015and I was just playing with your words LOL. Anyway, I’m not surprised your brain is freezing in those temperatures! We are battling with the wind here at the moment, not the flatulence kind I hasten to add 😉 There’s a howling gale going on outside!
Isabel's Needleworks
/ January 12, 2015LOL thats funny, not that you are battling gales of wind.. puts some rocks in your pockets as my Mom used to say and don’t fly away 🙂
Sewing Beside the Sea
/ January 12, 2015Now that’s something I haven’t tried yet LOL.My Mum used to say don’t pull a silly face in the wind because it will stay like that. Where did they get those ideas from? You’ve just given me an idea for another post. Would you mind if I see how many silly old wives tales I can gather here on the blog?
Isabel's Needleworks
/ January 12, 2015Thats an awesome idea… !! 🙂
Sewing Beside the Sea
/ January 12, 2015Right, give me a few minutes 🙂
Carole
/ January 12, 2015I’ve had my eye on that pattern as a possible follow-up to my current project. I love doing different stitches. Yours is coming on a treat and I do love how cheerful it’s looking 🙂
Sewing Beside the Sea
/ January 12, 2015I can’t think of a colour combination that wouldn’t work. Mine is so different to Hannah’s but I really love her version too 🙂
soknitsome
/ January 12, 2015It’s lovely and I’m impressed with your “scrap” reasoning…that probably also means you can buy more yarn, can’t you? After all, those bits are only scraps!
Sewing Beside the Sea
/ January 12, 2015No, I refuse to buy more yarn until I’ve used up what I have of the same weight. There is also some sock wool in my drawer but that is finer so I’ll allow myself to buy more DK when I’ve used this up because that’s different on my scrapometer. I bet you rather like that reasoning too LOL.
katechiconi
/ January 12, 2015That’s fabulous, the brighter the better, I say. Those stitches make it so much more than the average granny squares blanket, and I can tell you’re having lots of fun…
Sewing Beside the Sea
/ January 12, 2015Me too 🙂 It’s a lot of fun!
Anne S
/ January 12, 2015Wow I love it!
Sewing Beside the Sea
/ January 12, 2015Thank you Anne. It’s keeping me out of trouble 🙂
witchylin
/ January 12, 2015What a fabulous use for “scraps”. Some of those stitches are amazing. It will be so warm when you have completed it.
Sewing Beside the Sea
/ January 15, 2015The stitches look complicated but as long as you can count, wrap wool around a hook and pull it through a loop, there’s not much else to it really.
Amanda
/ January 14, 2015Wow! It looks brilliant! 💝
Sewing Beside the Sea
/ January 15, 2015Thank you Amanda 🙂
linnyjcreations
/ January 14, 2015Gorgeous looking stitches and colours, Avis.
Sewing Beside the Sea
/ January 15, 2015Thank you, it’s a bit Liquorice Allsorts 😉