#patchwork blanket

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Row 27/31, 432/496 pieces

Another choir rehearsal weekend, another row done! After focusing on my sweater and the needle-punched rug that still needs finishing, I put the blanket on the back burner for a bit. But I'm back at it, adding 13 during rehearsals and evening activities this weekend. I would have gotten more done but I finished the row in the middle of one of the evening lectures so I had to sit through the end before being able to take a picture 😅 Now I'm off for holidays so this is my main project for the week and the journey. I didn't bother separating out a batch of pieces to take with me as there are only 64 left (a nice round number for a software developer like me 😃) so I just brought them all. Let's see how far I'll get!

Traditional photo taken by my friend this weekend, this time without me smiling because BLANKET BIG (I'm 1,70m 😁)

Bonus picture of me trimming the woven in ends while also trying to keep the discarded ones in my hand, which prompted my friend to call this "serial killer mode" 😆

(In case anyone was wondering: I'm sewing these during rehearsals when I'm not singing or having to hold the sheet music in my hands. A lot of singers are crafting during rehearsals and as long as you're not disrupting anything, it's absolutely no problem. This weekend I saw knitting, crochet, cord making, embroidery plus my sewing of knitting. I've previously also seen tatting, spinning with a drop spindle and knotting friendship bracelets (is there a special term for this?). You can see my sheet music peeking out under the blanket on my knee 😃 my neighbours are periodically touching the different pieces for a texture experience 😁)

The pattern is as always "Puzzle Pieces" by Megan Ellinger and can be found on Ravelry. Find my other progress posts under "#puzzle pieces blanket".

LOOK AT HER!!!!!! a little over a year in the making (off and on) and here she is!!!!

I have a lot of old, old, old acrylic projects that were either not done very well, or that were never finished, so I have been tearing them all back to repurpose. I'm actually very nearly done. The pile pictured is the last of it: a few squares (swatches? an attempt at some kind of knit granny square blanket? who knows) and two scarves.

With all these scraps, I'm making a patchwork blanket:

Just sort of making it up as I go, picking up from one side or another, trying to make the color pairings interesting. It's all just a real simple crochet moss stitch, which is very easy to do and creates a wonderful texture that I'm really fond of. Ideally I won't need to worry about getting more yarn to finish rows when it gets too big, because I'm making it out of small rectangles and squares. All of these so far have been growing off one another, so they have been getting bigger, but I'm not going to be keeping that up. Making a scrap & stash busting blanket somewhat looses the point when one has to buy more yarn to finish it.