Menokreatikkul; It Was This Big

Twenty days back, I showed you something I began just to keep the hands from fidgeting. Yes, it has also been a distraction from doing the stuff that in my head is already done... but at least it is a productive distraction (I keep telling myself). And really, what else to do when outside is like this...?

It's been like that for a couple of weeks now... and determined to hang around, it seems. So crochet it is. (Though I did manage to clear another couple of cabinets in the Great Hutch Purge...) And as the temperatures had started to plummet, I fitted in an evening's project using up some absolute scraps of yarn...

You just can't have too many wrist warmers, IMO. Honestly, it makes all the difference to feeling cosy and comfy of an autumnal day... that and a beanie or headband...

Back to the main project. F did suggest that it might be a cushion cover - and actually, at that point, this is what I thought I might be doing. However, as she also pointed out, the reverse being almost as pretty as the front of the work, it seemed a shame - plus, I found that I loved the 'hand feel' of the fabric this particular stitching was producing. It was draping beautifully, too. Look how soft and 'flowy' this material is...

So one square done, another was begun. Then another... well, I drew the line at six, each different, but with one 'anchoring' motif at the same point on all... do you spot it?

Just that one wee three-stitch tapestry on the same row of each of the six main squares... which came about mainly because, you may recall, I was making this up as I went along and the first three squares I was counting furiously trying to keep them even, having decided this was going to grow and grow and become an extra special blanket for The Grey. Something specifically for myself. Which meant I had to order more of the yarn!!! There are two balls left (it was a three-for-two offer thus unavoidable over-order), so there will be something else made from this luscious, 100% acrylic - it's top quality from the Women's Institute range; as a pure wool gal, I am surprised how much I love this stuff. With the cost of pure wool these days, it is good to know there is a decent alternative... but back to the blanket...

I finished it on Tuesday evening. Having the six main squares, I had to make decisions about what the rest was going to be. In the end that was fairly easy - lots of smaller plain squares between and three entirely different motifs in the middle, then edged with a single row of the two colours entwined and using a larger hook, working every second stitch... here's the front and reverse. 

Right... what's next...??? I really ought to try and use one of the patterns I have bought and filed away, don't you think? ... Will the YAMster be able to focus? Will she manage it without going to the shops again? Is there sufficient yarn stashed???????? Are you in the least bit interested......????