I liked the idea of trying to attach different sized granny squares together. The little squares are only 2 rounds and so very easy and fast to whip up. The big squares are 4 rounds each. The most difficult part of this blanket was doing the join as you go with attaching the big squares to the little ones. There is a space where the big square needs to be attached to 2 of the little squares. I was worried about this when I was imagining the pattern for this blanket, but I am very happy with how it turned out.
The colors are nice and very vibrant. I was happy the whole time I was making this blanket. As I was getting to the end of the blanket, I wasn't sure what color to do the edging. I like to make the edging either stand out or blend in to the blanket, but because of the order of the stripes, I knew I couldn't use just one color to do the edging in. It would stand out on one side of the blanket and blend in on the other. After much thought, and some outside input, I decided to do two rounds of single crochet, the first in green and the second in blue.
I am very happy with how this blanket turned out. Simple and stripey and altogether cheery. I have some other projects in the works as well, but I'm still trying to keep up with trying to make more blankets. If you want to choose some colors and let me know, I'll gladly make a blanket up and donate it for you!
This blanket was finished on 1/30/14 and weighs 6.45 oz.
Total yarn stash used: 14.6 oz
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