Wednesday, 21 April 2021

My First Crocheted Blanket

 After teaching myself to crochet through lockdown and starting with small projects
(pumpkins, infinity scarves and nested baskets, I thought I’d try being a bit
more adventurous and try making a blanket.

Not wanting it to be too difficult, I searched online at various designs, and
decided I should start with making one using just one colour, one stitch
and one border! I thought it best to work up gradually to crocheting in
different stitches and colours.

I have been following Christine from Hope and Chances with her card making
for a few years now, and attended a few of her classes when she owned her
studio in Gravesend.

She is a self taught crocheter, and has made some lovely blankets and cushions
which you can find on her blog and also in her Folksy shop HERE

Seeing a couple Christine has made up in this style, I thought it was a
good one for me to try.

This is just rows and rows of double crochet which took me a few weeks to complete.
For the scalloped/shell border, I followed Bella Coco’s Crochet tutorial which
can be found HERE on YouTube.
I did enjoy making this, so I have now started another, again in just one colour
but this time using a different stitch and border.

I purchased the yarn online from The CheapShop, Tiptree, Essex.
I used seven 100g balls of Stylecraft Special DK in the colour ‘Stone’
 
Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x


9 comments:

  1. Well done Janice I love it. I've always been able to crochet (well it seems like always) but my neice (she's 30) has taught herself to crochet during lockdown too, I know she had her struggles and threw it across the room more once. So I lift my hat off to you both and count myself lucky that i was taught at such a young age.

    Sue xx

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  2. Hi Janice this is a gorgeous blanket. I love it. Enjoy the rest of the week. Take care. Hugs Jackie

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  3. These are gorgeous Janice love the colours and borders,your yarn looks beautiful and soft-I have crochet blants for my grandaughters when they were born and Holly now 12yrs still has them all! BUT I can't follow a pattern and just crochet round in one big square lol
    Carol x

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  4. It is just beautiful Janice, you did a wonderful job with the border too! It looks nice and warm, I have one that is very thick that I use in the winter to keep warm!

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  5. Your throw is beautiful Janice...crochet is so relaxing...

    Anne

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  6. Wow Janice, that blanket looks amazing! Kudos to you for teaching yourself how to crochet. I can't knit or crochet and often wish I knew how. You're truly an inspiration!!

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  7. Wow your blanket is wonderful.

    Hugs Diane

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  8. A gorgeous blanket, Janice and such neat crocheting. xx

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