The pattern that I used was by Sandi Marshall, a free chart hosted by About.com. Her result was very square, whereas mine is slightly more rectangular. Either way it wasn't a bad result at all!
It took about three days, on and off again. The above is the unblocked result. It took an hour to block it all out as I only had so many pins and a smaller ironing board lol!
I used Baby Bella Evelyn yarn with a slightly bigger hook then they recommended. I did that because I had full intention of adding granny squares and the like to make a boarder for it, which were all done with the same tension. However once I put them next to it, it will turn out to be too bulky and heavy looking, so I'm going to just make a lace border until I achieve the size I want.
All blocked out
It does currently have its ends hanging out in places. Ill sew them in when I do the finishing edges. I found the yarn to be extremely frustrating (possibly why it only cost $1 for a 50gm ball). Each ball that I have used has had knots (yes knots!) joining the ends of the yarn together. Resulting in the loss of at least a few inches of yarn while I cut out the knot and then reattach during stitching. I'm not sure if it is a sign of the quality of the yarn, where it is manufactured or both? I know I have never come across this, especially to this degree, before though.
2 comments:
Beautiful x
That's gorgeous! Well done!
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