Number 11

This will be the last India cot blanket for a while as I've run out of squares. It's a motley selection of colours but I've managed to make quite a large blanket with these left overs.

I've succumbed and ordered some wool for a Christmas Ripple Blanket. (Call it a Christmas present to me.) I've a few ideas buzzing in my head and just guessed the number of balls of yarn I would need. Red, white and green will be the colours for this blanket which certainly won't be finished by Christmas. I still have one shepherd to complete for my crochet Nativity and I'm plodding along with my Summer blanket squares, adding more colours to the original 17. I'll just keep the squares coming until I've finished the wool.

Swimming tomorrow as part of my fitness regime! I wonder how many lengths I'll be able to do! It's been a long time since I've been to the swimming baths.

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Wo ho!

Finito! This is Summer Blanket Plan B Number Two for DD (for Christmas).

The edging is one round of treble shells then 2 trebles, 1 chain, 2 trebles in each space ...

... with 2 tr, 1 ch, 2 tr, 1ch, 2 tr in the corners. I think that this is a Bunny Mummy edging. (Her blog should be in the side bar.)

Number 3 blanket will be for DS, partner and pussies for Christmas.

Number 1 blanket is for me and that one will have to wait.

Knot Again

How is it that I can never find the end?

Ah, there it is.

Now I've just got to untangle this lot.

It took me 15 minutes and I rolled it into a small ball so I could manoeuvre it easily in my 'under and over' piecing together of Summer Blanket No. 2. SB1 for me is on the back burner at the moment. I thought that I could make some smaller 100 square blankets for DD and DS for Christmas presents. I'm joining by crocheting together. The going 'over' is easy. Just ch 1 and continue on to the next squares.

To go 'under' the ball of wool has to be passed to the other side of the blanket.

The loop is then passed under.

I pull it through with the crochet hook.

Here are some under and overs on the Summer Blanket 2.

Maths

There are 6 in each small pile. (6 different squares can be made with 3 colours.) 6 x 19 = 114. There are 33 in the last large pile. 114 + 33 = 147 squares completed.

 Each square in the large pile needs 5 more squares to complete each set. So 33 x 5 = 165 squares still to make. Nearly half way there!

Now let's do some sums.

147 + 165 = 312 squares altogether. In order to have a double bed throw 2m long x 3m wide I should have 200/12 = 16 squares approx. by 300/12 = 25 squares. 16 x 25 = 400 squares. Oh no, not enough squares. Perhaps I'll have it a little smaller! I'd better check my figures.