.....not me, after all 😏 I had managed to persuade myself that I really wouldn't finish the "Orkney seascape" blanket in time for Christmas, so I went ahead and bought something for the recipient. Of course, no sooner had I done so than I actually completed said blanket 😒 Oh well, the purchase has gone into my gift stash ~ yup, I have one of those too LOL
The problem was that I was convinced I wouldn't have enough of the Cascade 220 yarn and would have to come up with a creative solution to make it the length in the pattern. As it turned out, though, I did have enough to finish the body of the blanket but not to add a border ~ I always like to add a border to my blankets as I feel it adds the finishing touch. I thought about ordering some more of the Cascade 220 but decided to have a rootle about in my stash first to see if I had anything suitable in there. As luck would have it, I had some Stylecraft Special Aran in a shade called Denim which went very nicely with the other blues, so that's what I used for the border and why I managed to finish the blanket in good time before Christmas!
I'm very pleased with how it's turned out and hope that the recipient will like it, too. I've made a start on the next chevron blanket project but I can take my time with this one. I'm really enjoying using all those gorgeous art deco-ish colours and will share photos of my progress in due course 😊
I love it -the colours are perfect - not so bright they'll keep the recipient awake, but there's energy there, while being soothing and cheerful. And you've got it completed well in time for posting. Well done!
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