Last year, I decided to tackle 2 large craft projects – my first blanket and second sweater.  Since I already showed a preview granny square, I thought I’d follow up with the blanket :)

These are the progress shots I took over the course of last summer.  I can’t say how long it took to start and finish since I started making the circles around 6 years ago.  Yes, that long ago!  I made about a dozen and then 2 years ago, made the rest of the circles.  It wasn’t until last year that I sat down, figured out the joining pattern, and got to work.

All in all, this was a great project to work on.  I used cotton yarns – the circles are mostly Lily Elite except for the lime circles which are from random yarn I found in Argentina and the cream border is from a cone which I got on Etsy years ago but can’t seem to find any markings on it.  So, lots of mystery yarn went into this project :)

Since it’s a cotton blanket, I mostly use it as a throw and sometimes as a lap blanket in the summer.  If I were to make another blanket, I’d definitely go for wool or at least an acrylic/wool mix.   If you’d like to give it a go, I highly recommend it.  It’s a really beautiful pattern called Flowers in the Snow.   Happy crocheting!