Blanket in need of a good home

[wildeabandon]

I will probably write more about my surgery in a later post, probably locked, but the short version is that it went well, and I was quite sore for a few days, but by now I'm just a little bit sore and mostly back to normal. One of the things I did whilst I was recovering was finish the final couple of squares of a blanket that I've been crocheting for the last two years. I have immensely enjoyed making it, and I'm really pleased with how it's turned out, but...

...so it was one of those projects that I started because the pattern looked fun and interesting, rather than because I have any particular use for the finished article, nor did I have any particular recipient in mind. So would anyone like (either for themselves, or to give to someone else who you think would appreciate it) a large (approx 7ft square) crocheted blanket? It would work as a sofa or bed throw, or as a picnic blanket. It's an 80/20 acrylic/wool mix, so if either of those fabrics disagree with you then it might not be for you, but on the plus side that does make it machine washable.





Please don't be shy about saying that you'd like it, even if you don't know me very well, even if it's for someone else whom I've never met. It is, I think, a rather lovely object, but it's one where for me the pleasure was all in making it rather than owning it, but I'd get even more pleasure from knowing that someone else was enjoying the end result.

Comments

[mtbc]

I like your choice of colours!

And thank you for the update, very glad to read it went well and that you're well along the road to recovery.

[wildeabandon]

Thank you. I was going for something vaguely evocative of heathery moorland, which I think I mostly managed to hit.

[kht]

That is glorious! I like the colours :)

[wildeabandon]

Thank you :)

[sfred]

What a beautiful blanket! I hope it finds a good home.
I'm glad you're recovering well.

[wildeabandon]

Thank you - it looks like it has :)

[ewt]

That is a fantastic blanket! I am not a great fan of acrylic so will leave it for someone else to snap up.

Glad that the surgery went well.

[wildeabandon]

I am very pleased with it, but am now rediscovering the joy of small projects - some of the leftover yarn has already been turned into a stuffed octopus and a sea snail for Iona, and I'm just putting the finishing touches to a turtle to join them :)

[barakta]

Glad your surgery went well and your pain is now less.

That's a fab blanket. I hope you find someone who can enjoy it wonderfully.

[ceb]

Glad to hear surgery went well, and nice blanket.

I`m trying to get into the habit of DWing again, having lapsed, and allow me to say of what is probably not a particularly new profile pic that *damn* you look good with a beard!

[wildeabandon]

*grin* Thank you. I can give you an exact date for the pic, which is 12th December 2020, because the day I got the new haircut I posted to DW asking specifically about whether I should keep the beard or not, and there were quite a few comments along the lines of "I don't normally like beards, but that one really suits you" (as well as one saying "I'm nearly always on team beard, but in this case I like both with and without")

[shreena]

I am glad the surgery went well!

Arjun loves pink and purple so would enjoy the blanket as a bed throw

[wildeabandon]

Brilliant! And that gives us an excuse to get together, because it has been Far Too Long(tm). Email to follow shortly...

[smhwpf]

Glad to hear it went well.

That is indeed a gorgeous blanket.

[andrewducker]

Joining in the chorus regarding niceness of blanket and gladness of surgery recovery.