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Wednesday, 17 December 2014

A half-baked notion

The morning of my birthday, last month, I had the urge to crochet whilst waiting for Mr CA to get ready to take me to Jamie's Italian.  I was dressed and ready, just waiting for him which is always the way in our house.  I picked up 200 Crochet blocks by Jan Eaton and started working on a square.

 This is no 197 - Fretwork.

As I was crocheting I came up with a half-baked notion of making a sampler blanket, using my stash of left-over oddments and this book.  A blanket made up of each square in the book, and maybe some more from other books or the internet.  

 Later that week no 16 - Waterlily was born.  This is left overs from the wrist warmers I posted earlier in the week.

I'm not sure if my half-baked notion will come to fruition, but I might just keep crocheting a square as and when I feel like it and see what happens.  It will be a rainbow blanket, out of necessity, so I think if I keep the colours similar within squares (and add neutrals apparently), it should work out.  We will see.  Or not.

 edited to add.  As I was adding the tag to this post, I saw there is already a tag for "granny sampler blanket".  It would appear this is not a new half-baked notion.  I have a vague memory of some other blocks from this book.... I'm off to investigate.
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11 comments:

  1. pennydog17 December 2014 at 09:58

    Great idea!

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  2. Sarah in Stitches17 December 2014 at 18:12

    Great idea! I love the colors too. Hope you have some more squares stashed somewhere! :D

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  3. Rachel17 December 2014 at 19:24

    Maybe you are closer to creating that blanket than you thought you were!

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  4. Oops-Lah18 December 2014 at 01:37

    I wonder if you - in the meantime - unearthed some more blocks you've made previously ;)! I have something similar going for years already. Every time I feel like knitting (and it's not often) I would knit a square and one day I hope to have enough for a blanket. Keep going, those squares look lovely.

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  5. margaret18 December 2014 at 07:29

    wonder f I could follow the instructions in this book I seem to be having problems understanding from the book I bought, maybe I will pop over to amazon, have not bought a book for about 3 weeks!

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  6. Christine18 December 2014 at 07:50

    Lovely blocks, I like the idea of a sampler blanket

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  7. moira18 December 2014 at 10:55

    you are a crafting machine!

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  8. Anonymous18 December 2014 at 11:23

    I had a similar half-baked idea early this year ^^ to knit squares for a blankie (because I can't crochet) . . . first ten squares were knitted, then it got forgotten

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  9. Sandra :)18 December 2014 at 19:42

    HAHA I quite often forget what I've done too - supplies bought, projects started, projects finished - the older I get, the fuzzier things become - oh well! As long as I remember my own name and my internet password, I should be OK ;) Pretty blocks - especially the waterlily!

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  10. Celtic Thistle19 December 2014 at 11:32

    You have my husband's sympathies Wendy, he claims to be always waiting for me!

    Hope you come across a forgotten stash of completed crochet blocks that will make achieving your granny square goal so much quicker to achieve :)

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  11. Jane21 December 2014 at 06:36

    Did you find any other blocks? It's a good idea, love these blocks

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