Lockdown crochet project

I ordered a selection of Stylecraft Special DK from Black Sheep Wools when we first went into lockdown.

I think I had intended doing the Persian Tiles blanket, but a stumbled across ‘A Block a Week CAL’ from 2014 which had, as it says, a block a week – so much less repetition than some other block blankets I have done, or doing persian tiles.

In hindsight, for this, I should have done the standard square for each one, and then when they were ALL completed, decided which additional rounds were required to make them all the same size, rather than trying to get them the same size as I went along. If I am honest I loved some of these blocks, and really didn’t like some!!! Some of them just didn’t square up very well. But the point of it was variety, so I stuck at it. Some weeks I did a few blocks, others none (if I was sewing instead, or baby knitting/crochet!)

I would recommend the CAL for its variety and lots of different styles.

So what should I do with 42 squares? Just sew into another blanket, or do something slightly different?

I joined rows together with alternate colours with a very basic double crochet (single crochet US) on the right side. It is a bit bulky, so I may do a slip stitch join next time. I did want to do something slightly different to a standard blanket, but wasn’t really sure about joining to make a cardigan, as the squares are a bit big for that. So I went for …… a poncho!!