What Took You So Long?

A while ago I shared this crocheted blanket with you

during the making of which my pup Thatcher (Tatty to her friends) ate my bamboo crochet hooks several times

but I got there in the end and gifted the blanket to my eldest son

much to Tatty's disappointment.  

So just like any good puppy dog Mum I promised to make her her very own identical crochet blanket and set to it straight away almost finishing it in less than a week but didn't.  The blanket than sat in a knitting bag for the next year and the next year - yep that's right for just over two years - but this week I got it out and finished it.

 See it looks pretty much identical to that first blanket, exactly as promised.

In fact it looks so similar I'll forgive you for thinking I've just recycled old photos.

But there's been some changes around here over the last two years.  The eagle eyed might spot the cream fabric sofa is now cream leather and the back wall has turned a serious shade of aubergine (eggplant)

but the biggest change has to be that Tatty now has a Havanese puppy brother, Watson

who's lived with us for just over a year - proof if needed that this is indeed a different blanket to the first!

And just like the first blanket, Tatty (and Watson too) loves it, she only has one question for me 

"What Took You So Long?"!

Do you have an almost finished, promised to a loved one, project tucked away somewhere?

Share your stories in the comments and ease my guilt! :D

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What's Your Favourite Wool? Mine's Got To Be Noro.

It's November and I thought it really was time I shared with you a crocheted blanket that I gave you a sneak peek of in a post back in August.  The facts are simple - I'm working far too many hours at The City Quilter (currently 4 days a week) and as a result, I'm neglecting my blog, not being as creative as I want to be and opening my Etsy store is waaaay past my 1 June 2013 deadline.  These are all areas that need addressing but for the moment I'll just show you the blanket!

My finished blanket is made up of 16 x 15" granny squares and it's final made size is 65" square.

My favourite wool brand is Noro and this is NORO Kochoran Yarn #76 (50% Wool, 30% Angora, 20% Silk) bordered and joined with Filatura Lanarota Easy Wool #389 (76% Acrylic, 24% Wool) 

 

It's wet and windy today so I resorted to taking photos on my balcony, trying to get some natural light, but there isn't room to lay the blanket out there so I had to hang it over my balcony door and oops I've just spotted that this photo below is actually the back of the blanket!

I've so many completed projects to share and it looks like I'm on borrowed time now weather wise to photograph them.  I'll keep grabbing my opportunities and hopefully my work/blog/creativity/business/home balance can be addressed before too long - does anyone know how to fit more hours in a day?!

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