REinventing :: A Crochet Blanket

It started with colours 

too gorgeous to resist

at op shop prices 
too hard to walk away from

combined with a burning desire to create something 
other people do all the time 



my very own Granny Square Blanket
so I set myself up at the end of the couch
and at night [for nearly 2yrs -I'm a novice!] 
armed with bags, balls & cones of what I hoped was wool
I crocheted hundreds of squares
hand stitched them together
& threaded in the thousands of ends
before I decided I didn't like it 

turned out I enjoyed the process much more than I did the product 

it didn't take long to shake off the shock & disappointment of this realisation 
 when it dawned on me I could REinvent it! 

 after two cycles in the washing machine on the hottest setting  
she was felted 

some squares felted better than others
[it wasn't all wool] 



the felted squares were cut into square[ish] shapes

ready to join 
squares cut from an old green woolen blanket

the luscious green satin ribbon which bordered the blanket

 was salvaged

[just in case]

then on rainy days
and late into the night



the squares were united



by machine 
and by hand

with the satin ribbon frilled 
and added to either end



along with some homemade bias binding 
to cover exposed seams in the same fabric as the backing

 

when she was finished

with her wonky stitching 

and overall unevenness

I was delighted to discover

 I'd fallen in love

with the process as much as the product

and not surprisingly 
it turns out I'm a much better REinventor 
than a Crocheter...