Here in Dublin, the first chills of autumn are setting in. I dug out my all time favourite autumn scarf and engulfed myself in it over the weekend. I heart autumn and winter {to some peoples horror, that includes my mother}, and love nothing more than curling up on the couch with a yarn project. I thought no better time to give you an uppy-wupdate on my our boudoir blanket.
I’ve crocheted a substantial enough of a chunk of her so far {yeah, this blanket is a damn lady} to graduate onto the first stripe. I was so up in the air about what colour to choose – hot pink or purple? I only decided on a colour this week.
The main grey I’m working with is an Aran wool which means I was limited to Aran colours for the stripe. It was either hot pink {left stripe} or purple {right stripe}. I was cut throat and immediately ruled out the purple; as you can see, it was blugh. I really wanted to step outside of my comfort zone and go with hot pink, but I was still too hesitant. I managed to find a third Aran wool {middle stripe} that was the Goldilocks to my dilemma – just right. A little bit of column A, and a little of column B, and home it came.
After a long day I look forward to being an utter slob on the couch with a good yarn project. I just hope I finish said boudoir blanket in time for winter. I already know for my next blanket project, I’m going with little granny squares. Those you can bring on the bus. Not this lady. You can’t tell by the pictures, but she’s a Kardashian – at 6.5 feet wide, she’s feminine and substantial. Baby got back.
A note on my attempted Tunisian crochet – hella no. I caved and went back to old fashioned double crochet within a couple of days. I found the Tunisian crochet slow, tricky and ended up making me very anxious. Seeing as our boudoir blanket is more than 6.5 feet wide, I gave the Tunisian crochet a pass on this project. I’ll try my hand at it later, but for now, it shall not pass.
