Right before I got the flu I decided to look through my massive amount of yarn and realized that I have a lot of yarn that I just do not use the brand anymore. Some of it I really won't use so that went into a garbage bag and I'll be donating it. I'm thinking about buying a crochet hook and tossing it into the bag so that someone else can have some fun with the yarn. I have yarn that I prefer not to use because it's so soft that it doesn't have a lot of structure and that's something I want for my blankets that I'm selling. I've been doing a lot of granny square type blankets and I feel like the yarn isn't going to hold together. It's probably my paranoia talking. So I've decided to keep some of that and just use it up first. So that's what I'm working on today. The yarn is Caron Simply Soft and it's great yarn. It's so soft, it's just not appropriate for some of the blankets I want to make. I have my heart set on the Sewing Daisies Babouska Rose blanket and the roses with Simply Soft fall a little flat. So I decided to use up some of my yarn before I buy the yarn for the babouska rose blanket. I'm making the corner to corner blanket by Red Heart. I love this pattern! The blanket will be this solid hot pink color and then I'm going to do a white border. I haven't decided on what the border will be but as you can see I have plenty of time to decide.
I love the texture of this blanket. It reminds me of a basket stitch.
I'm not reading much these days. I have a James Patterson book going but hasn't been touched. If I have a spare minute I'm usually on blogs reading about craft fairs because I'm thinking about signing up for my first one this year and want to know how much to prep and what I'm getting myself into!
Linking up with Tami and Ginny
Oh, I love the bright color! And the pattern looks awesome!
ReplyDeleteYour pink work looks very beautiful, I love the structure! And so sweet of you to make someone else happy with a bag full of yarn!
ReplyDeleteWOW! I love the look of your blanket!!
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