Demelza blanket

After finishing the Ross blanket at the end of April, it didn’t take me long to get onto the next one – the Demelza in June 2018. Again, this used colours I just wouldn’t pick myself, but I thought looked great. It isn’t so much learning new stitches, but the way they are put together. These squares were really varied and great fun to do.

I learnt from the Ross blanket the best way for me to work on them. I start off by doing a complete first square, to see what it looks like. I then work on the remaining squares of that design each round at a time. That way, I remember the pattern and get them done faster. I do the round for each square, and then sew all those ends in. These were week 1. After the first small squares I remembered to take pictures of the rounds in progress:

Week 2: I even started taking them out and about with me. So addicted, I took crochet with me when I took my son out to fly his drone!

Week 3: Note the pattern is downloaded on the ipad… hence it is often in the pictures!! I love having the patterns like this, as they have lots of photos to help, and you can always zoom in to read the pattern!

Week 4: Lovely flowers

Week 5: Rectangles. These are quite difficult to start and I had to youtube how to do the foundation treble row to start each one. I would have to youtube it again, as I can’t remember!! What on earth did we do before youtube!? What I do like is how effective this is making different height flowers, but I don’t seem to have a picture of the finished rectangles on their own.

Week 6: :The middle. Another lovely 3D flower.

Week 7: Joining. Not a fun stage, but exciting when you see the squares all coming together. These are crocheted together, and it does take quite a long time doing, and then sewing the ends in (which is why it is so important to sew in the ends of the individual squares as you go. Imagine how long this stage would take if you hadn’t!)

Then Week 8: Border. Each row takes an age now, as it is huge! Especially compared to the individual squares, where you make progress quite quickly! But it is well worth the effort, as the border finishes it off just right.

Now I either got seriously addicted to crochet, and couldn’t put this down, or I got much faster, or a combination of the two! Started beginning of June 2018, finished at the end of July! I had already lined up my next blanket to make too!!!