First Square

Seems like this yarn turns out smaller squares than my sample, so I will have to make more squares. Aiming for about 262. Took me an hour this square, but I was making sure I was doing it perfectly! I think I will have to resort to doing parts in bulk as they suggest. So you get into the groove of doing one part, and doing it repetitively and you get better at it as you go. Should mean you start doing them more efficiently. But I like to see the end product... we shall see which way I will resort to.

Yarn!

Finally picked my yarn and colours. I'm using Adorn Silky Merino DK in various colours, and I'm going to use a 5mm hook. Ten colours plus cream instead of white.

Colours and yarn.

Gawd, and I thought choosing the colours were going to be the difficult bit.

Which type of yarn should I use??!

Well definitely not the itchy scratchy stuff. I could go for this yummy merino...

But they are $9.90 a ball!!!

I could opt for these wool blend ones for $4.90 but they aren't as soft and snuggly...

Both have a nice range of colours at least.

I guess its all about how much I want to spend, in the end. Who knows how much it'll be by the time I complete it.

Joining in

I've discovered yarn bombing.

Look it up.

It'll be easier than GeoCaching... look that up to!

Now to do my first yarn bomb...

Size matters

I've worked out that my blanket will consist of either 168 or 224 squares.

If I manage to do at least one square a day, it won't take 2 years!

Colours, colours, colours!

I'm so confused!

I thought I had decided on a rough colour scheme, similar to this:

But then I discovered this in my research, and I quite like this too. Ooh dilema!

Ragdoll

I also want to attempt a ragdoll like this, using fabric from the clothes my daughter has outgrown.