Rainbow granny blankie

[magiccrochetfan]

I made this using Stylecraft Special DK, purchased from a destash here.  The main part is a granny square w/ no ch between the dc groups on sides, and 2 ch in the corners.  Edging is inspired by Pierrot Yarns pattern http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/29-19-crochet-shawl

At one point, I had the wrong number of sts in an edging row, so I had to do surgery, cut out sections of a couple of rows and redid them; first crochet surgery I have done and was quite happy it worked!  closeup is where I cut and redid, with yarn tails from the cut and the added parts.  

 

 

[Tampa Doll]

That is so pretty and colorful.  I love the edging.

[Avon Lady]

​Beautiful, Kathy!!  Why did you have to cut out the errors?  Couldn't you have just frogged it and redone it?  It sure turned out right, though, didn't it?!

[magiccrochetfan]

Thank you Mary Jo and Colette, it means a lot to me that you like it :-)

 

The reason i cut it was that i was winging it for the edging. My st count worked everywhere else but in that one corner i had the wrong number of sts on the prevous row. Would have had to rip two rows and i figured i then would mess up somewhere else when i redid it. Easier to cut than to count sts and make notes lol! Plus i have read a lot recently about repairing by cutting so i guess i just wanted to try it....if it hadnt worked, then i could still rip.

[Laraine]

Awww, that's so pretty!  Love it!

[greyhoundgrandma]

Pretty-- I love the colors!

[katyallen815]

so happy!! thanks for showing us, it's lovely!!

[randib82]

I love that. So pretty and cheery

[CrochetAddict85]

Thats amazing, I'm thinking of doing something similiar but with christmas festive colours

[cshort]

Very pretty and fun.

[magiccrochetfan]

Thanks everybody for the nice comments, it means a lot coming from my fellow crocheters

[ddc]

I love it! I'm such a color junkie to me it looks perfect. I love the Stylecraft Special DK and have some waiting in the stash - it will be dessert after some serious destashing that's underway. I love seeing beautiful projects make from it - they always inspire me.

[Peggy85225]

So cheerful.

[kittyloverdeb]

That is gorgeous!  The colors you used are amazing!  You always do wonderful work!!!

[sopo]

It's beautiful and I'm impressed with the surgery idea! Love the colors

[ReniC]

Yikes! Very pretty Kathy. The selection of your display area on a tree makes the green pop beautifully from the green leaves. I also like the way you sorted the color scheme. Brilliant actually!

[magiccrochetfan]

That is gorgeous!  The colors you used are amazing!  You always do wonderful work!!!

 

Hey Deb, Thanks so much, i'm glad you like it!  

[magiccrochetfan]

Thanks everybody for the nice comments!  

 

I should say regarding the colors, this is largely the Lucy color pack from Deramore's with a few deletions and additions.  And also that I started out to make a regular size afghan, but realized the color combo was just TOO bright, so i finished it off at small-blankie size.  Don't know if i will get back to the original idea anytime soon, since i now have other projects started which are for gifts so there is somewhat of a deadline.   But I'm happy with this as it turned out, and I just have to figure out the best place to donate it.  Friend w/ a baby told me it's about the right size for a car-seat blankie, too small for a regular baby blanket.  So I may get a doll and donate doll and blankie to the local Xmas toy drive, I imagine a little girl would be happy w/ a doll and a rainbow blankie  .  

[Apak]

It's lovely!!!

[silverbelle29]

So pretty. Love the colors!