Some new Squares

My Legacy Blanket

Do you love crocheting squares?
I really just discovered a big love for them! A square usually doesn’t take very long to complete and – very important to me – you quickly see successes. This also makes them to great ›in between projects‹.
Besides they’re great to make when the weather is still hot – you’re not trapped under a big, warm blanket. Although, very suddenly it has turned cold and autumnal over here, so this is not so important to me at the moment.

You might know that some time ago Pam Knighton-Haener from A Yarn of Serendipity designed a very special blanket as a legacy for her grandchildren. It consists of 12 different squares, representing her grand kids and her family. At the moment the instructions for joining the squares and for the border are in testing. Besides she revised the patterns for the squares and I had the chance to test some of them. A good opportunity for a new blanket. It will be only the second one I have ever made with joined squares. Unbelievable!

So far I have already made 9 out of 12 squares. Unfortunately ›made‹ does not mean that they are actually finished. Only 3 of them are blocked with all the yarn ends worked away. For another 3 I am currently rethinking my colour placement and 3 still have a lot of loose ends that need to be done.

I am afraid it is one of my bad habits: I only work away the tails when a square is completed. Yes, I have tried to improve this process! Yes, I know that it is much easier and less frustrating to do it at once!
The only thing is, when I work away the tails right away, I often find a mistake afterwards (again Yes – of course I know that I should check this beforehand – but still …). Meanwhile I am almost convinced that working away the yarn ends straight away might bring bad luck – so I just let them live a little longer.
Good things take time, as we say.

Nevertheless I love working on this blanket and I love my finished squares.

I am using a combination of Drops Lima and Drops Merino Extra Fine – both DK / Light worsted – with a 4 mm hook.
Drops Lima consists of 65 % Wool and 35 % Alpaca. It has 100 m per 50 g. Merino Extra Fine is 100 % Wool with 105 m / 50 g.
My main colour is Lima #100, Off White. The accent colours are Merino Extra Fine #07, Light Taupe (Light Brown) and #15 Light Greyish Green.

I hope the blanket will wash well. Lima can only be washed by hand but I really like the feel of the yarn. And I decided to combine the two yarns because of the colours. The colour 100, Off White, is the same for Lima and Merino Extra Fine, yet looks a bit different. Probably due to the structure of the yarn the contrast to my accent colours looks softer with Lima. And I liked this look much better.

My finished squares are about 25 cm / nearly 10 inch.

All patterns for the Legacy Blanket -some paid, some free – are available in Pam’s Ravelry store.

Now on to finishing the next ones!

Have a lovely week 💕