Make it Monday - Crochet Memory Blanket Update

Time for a rather long overdue update on how my year-long crochet blanket project is coming along.

 

I'm really pleased with how the colours are looking together and how the randomness isn't too random! All the blankets I've made before have been strictly ordered in both colours and patterns, so I was a little bit worried at first if I would like the randomness of this project. Now I'm not worried at all and love the way the colour pallet I've chosen works together.

 

 

 

Now to explain the special squares so far.

 

Here is a closer look at the left hand sight of the blanket.

 

Middle row, far right, is the African flower square I made for my granny's 90th birthday. All female birthdays are going to be marked by this square but not necessarily in the same colours.

 

Diagonally down to the left of that is the multi-blue square for Fraser's baptism. Any special days for the boys, other than birthdays, will be marked by this same multi-blue square.

 

Then on the bottom row, the square with the purple circles is to mark the day my aunt passed away.

 

 

 

 

Now here is the right hand side so far.

 

On the top row there are 3 grey squares followed by two multi squares with grey centres. These are for the week that Fraser had a touch of bronchiolitis at the start of the year. The multi squares are the days he started to improve.

 

The second last square on the top row is based on Captain America's shield and is for our huge Marvel fan James' 14th birthday.

 

In the middle row, two along from the flower square, is another multi-blue square to mark Alasdair's first morning back at nursery since Fraser was born (he only goes two mornings a week).

 

And the light green square was to mark a day a couple of weeks ago that felt almost like Spring.

 

 

 

 

I'm currently 7 days behind but hope to catch up this week and then begin crocheting what I've done so far together. I did a few squares today to fill in the gaps in the top photo. Now just imagine there are another 7 squares after that green one at the bottom!

 

 

It's such a fun project!

 

It's not actually the only blanket project I have on the go though. Calum (11) has asked me to make him a stripey blanket so I have that on the go too. I've told him that he needs to wait till next winter for it to be finished and he's happy with that, but more about his blanket next week.

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Crochet Mood Blanket 2014

The tree is down, the decorations are packed away for another 11 months and a bright new year has begun. Well, not quite so bright. It's been rather stormy and wet weather wise, but I mean bright as in full of opportunities.

 

I've never been one for New Years resolutions, as I think I mention every new year. All that giving up chocolate and stuff. It's just not me!

 

But a year long crochet project.....

 

I came across this one on Instagram and just loved the idea. All that it involves is one granny square a day. Or week. Or month. Whatever you think you can manage. Then at the end of the year you have a lovely sized blanket.

 

Now you might have noticed my love of the humble granny square over the last few months.

 

Since the summer there have been two brightly coloured blankets for my two littlest men...

 

 

 

 

 

 

A granny square teddy blankie toy......

 

 

 

 

And my current work in progress, a granny blanket for my own granny. It's going to be a joint Christmas and birthday present for her. She turns 90 at the end of the month.

 

 

 

How then could I resist this challenge?!

 

The original idea was to assign colours to your moods and then crochet each day according to how you feel but plenty of people are doing their own variations.

 

I've decided to go with a purple/lilac theme as this will be for our bedroom. I've always fancied making a blanket for our room but the thought of a King sized one was a bit daunting! At the pace of a square a day it's a little less so, and it means I can also work on other things at the same time. In my spare time. Ha. Ha.

 

Anyway, back to my plan.

 

I'm going to have shades of purple and maybe greens on average days, then on special days I will choose special colours. Like pinks for female family members' birthdays and blue for the males. Then the odd coordinating colour for any other special days. And maybe an occasional different square pattern too. I'll see how it all takes shape. All the squares will be bordered in cream.

 

I know I won't manage a square every single day so on days when I have more time I plan to make up some extras.

 

Oh yes, and I'm keeping a wee note of what squares/colours were done on what dates so it'll be more of a memory blanket than a mood blanket.

 

Here are my days 1-4.

 

 

I know I have quite a few crochet friends and it would be great if you could all join in. I'd love to see what everyone else makes. Wouldn't it be lovely if those of us who are taking part could exchange a square each?!

 

Let me know if you are in!

 

There are other ways to connect with those taking part. There's a Facebook page, just search for Crochet Mood Blanket 2014. Or on Instagram look for #crochetmoodblanket2014. Incidentally, if we haven't connected on Instagram yet I'm @myhousefulofboys.

 

Finally, here's a Gaelic word of the day to kick start the new year:

 

Plaide (pla-je) - blanket

 

 

 

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