Finally, Friday is here! I actually finished this on Sunday so it has been a long 5 day wait, but I thought I should show some restraint and actually post it on the right day. (Sorry Instagram followers if you’ve seen these photos lots of times already!)
I joined the 16 squares using a flat braid join; this tutorial by A Patchwork Heart was a breeze to follow and worked a treat. It took about 3 hours to work all of the joins but I love how they look. I was concerned about the colours clashing but the white border separated the squares enough to prevent that.
The border, however, proved a little troublesome. I had planned to design my own but after looking at Pinterest for inspiration I discovered that most of the ones I liked were in the book Around the Corner Crochet Borders so I bit the bullet and bought myself the Kindle version (mainly because I won’t pay for Amazon Prime and I’m too impatient to wait for delivery!) The chosen border was number 45, and I adore it! I worked a round of half trebles into the loops from the flat braid join first to give me a ‘flat’ base to work from. It was only 3 rounds, and made of very simple stitches, but I thought it finished it so prettily.
My choice of border was affected by the numbers, I did a lot of work with multiples to decide which ones would work and had to write off a lot of other pretty ones. However, I now have a book of 150 borders for my future projects!
Here it is in all it’s glory! I haven’t washed or blocked it yet, but that’s a job for the coming week as it’s our village show next weekend and I’m looking at things I can enter into the crochet section. This one is currently in the ‘maybe’ category.
Have you finished anything this week? Let me know!
PS I’m not getting paid to share the Amazon link, I’m just sharing because it’s a fabulous book!
That turned out beautifully! I love your choice of colors for it.
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Wow, this is just beautiful and I love the way you have linked each square together.. 🙂 Love the colours now they are together xx You are SOoooooo Gifted.. 🙂 and talented, your crocheting is just amazing.. xx ( Still learning loads and have yet still much to learn ) in Crocheting xx
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Thank you so much, that really is a lovely comment. There is so much to learn, I always try to make sure every project teaches me something new!
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🙂 you are someone after my own heart Mrs C 🙂 we are never to old to learn and I am always grateful to be learning something new from others.. again such beautiful work you create xx
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It’s a winner in my eyes. I’d buy this wonderful work of heart.
Well done Mrs. Craft. I absolutely LOVE it!
Very good luck with this in the village show. ~ Cobs xxx
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Lol, bless you and thank you 😊
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Such a beautiful blanket!
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Yay! It looks great, and the border really finishes it off well. I’d definitely enter it in the crochet section, for sure! 😊
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Its beautiful!!!! I love it! You did a fantastic job!
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Thank you, it was a labour of love!
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It shows!! Its really pretty!
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This looks beautiful! I have that book of borders, and I agree it’s great! It has come in very handy.
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Thank you, I can see lots of great ideas in the book.
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Gorgeous! I love the colours, they remind me of sweet shops when I was little
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Thank you, it was mean to be tutti frutti inspired so I’m glad it reminded you of that! 😊
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That is a lovely blanket, well done! 😀
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Beautiful blanket,border worked really well
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Thank you, it was a tricky choice!
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i love that. so beautiful! 😊
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Thank you 😊
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So pretty! I love Around the Corners, it’s totally worth investing in 🙂
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Thank you, I’m glad I bought it as there are lots of great ideas in there. 😊
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Beautiful! The boarder is lovely too!
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Thank you 😊
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This looks great. I’m so glad the white between the squares meant you could use all the colours… They look fab together now. And the border is beautiful. I may have to add that book to my crafting library!
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Thank you, the book is well worth it! 😊
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I love the border that you chose and the color too 🙂 Isn’t it awesome to have the finished FO? Also, thanks for mentioning the crochet border book. I’m going to check it out and hopefully gain some inspiration for my next crochet blanket!
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Thank you, the book is definitely a good buy. 😊
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Gorgeous!! The colors work so well with this granny pattern! 😀
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It’s absolutely gorgeous, the border is perfect 🙂 I love the brain join, I really must give it a go someday
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Thank you, it’s a great join as you only have 2 ends to sew in as well!
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Oh even better!
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Aw, turned out so sweet!!! The border you chose is perfect for those lovely squares. Great job!
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Thank you 😊
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