Almost done, just need to weave in the ends for the gray border and multi-colored edging. It was too cold outside for me to want to take any photos out there (in the teens for the high and windy!), so I had to take them next to the sunny kitchen window. Not room enough for a full view.
I made 20 of the log cabin granny squares, and then did 2 rounds in gray around each square, joining them join as you go in the last round. After joining the squares, I went around the whole blanket with 4 rounds of gray. Then I did 1 round in gray of single crochet, crocheting into the chains on each corner space, with 3 sc in the center chain (not in the chain 3 space, in the individual chain stitches).
Then I did 1 sc round changing colors as I went so I had some of each color. I didn’t end off when I changed colors, which was a bit of a pain to have all those attached, but I could pick them back up when I did my final round of reverse single crochet (also called crab stitch). I like the kind of edge that stitch makes, it looks nice and finished. Here is a closer look at the edging (front and back)…
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Absolutely beautiful!
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Beautiful blanket. Love the colors against the gray.
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Beautiful. And the grey really makes the bright colours sing.
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Lovely colours.
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Absolutely beautiful! Is there a free pattern available? I would love to make one for my 20 year old grandson. Thanks
Gabrielle
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The link to the directions for the squares are in the post above. Here it is again, it is the post called Log Cabin Granny Square.
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That is gorgeous, I love the colours that you’ve used.
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That is stunning! I love it 😀
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Wow, this turned out really cool! The grey is perfect to offset the bright colors.
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It is so Beautiful!!!! Thank You for sharing it with us!!
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I love it and the thin, multi coloured edging is so effective! Looks amazing. 🙂
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Your blanket is looking beautiful. Really like the changing of colors surrounded by grey and the different colors in the border. All the combinations really make it POP !
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This is looking absolutely beautiful! x
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This is beautiful! I love the bright colors with the gray!
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Love the squares and the colors, your blanket looks beautiful!
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This is just gorgeous. Such an amazing effect. I have been working on a mitered (sp?) Granny square afghan and I think I just found my next project…lol so beautiful I can’t get over it. I have never seen anything like this.
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You are so clever with colour, just love the zingy colours with the cool grey…. perfect!
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Do you use dk or worsted weight yarn?
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It is worsted weight.
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Hi Sue, It is amazing what you find when you go on a web search, clicking on blogs others follow. I am so glad I found yours. This log cabin is lovely, thanks for the inspiration. I may well try, I have almost finished a single blanket in Attic24 ripple using Planet Penny cotton yarn. I like this as you can do panels before you put it all together.
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Hey! I follow your blog and enjoy reading so I nominated you for a Liebster Award and you can read about it here: http://cormeg7.wordpress.com/2014/03/27/liebster-award-nomination/
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Beautiful work! I love the colors you used. What brand of yarn is it if you don’t mind sharing?
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It was Vanna’s Choice, chosen because I liked the colors. I think the gray was Loops and Threads Impeccable.
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I can’t wait to try this but I am going to continue in your pattern to make a blanket one piece.
Beautiful and such a challenge to me. Thank you. God bless
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On your Log Cabin Square post it says that the link to here also includes estimates of the yarn used but I don’t see that on this post. How big did the afghan end up being and how much yarn did you use?
I love making afghans in the winter as it is always cold here in Canada and I don’t handle the cold well so am inside most of the time. I have plans to make this one and the Mitered Granny Square one too.
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Drat, I linked to the wrong post. I corrected it, and added a link to the post that actually has the estimate. It is just an estimate, because I used leftover yarn from another project
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Beautiful! Thanks for sharing. I also used this Log Cabin pattern 3 yrs ago, made a continuous full size quilt, also used reverse sc for edging, AND also made it with Vanna’s Choice colors! Now I must try your gorgeous granny squares! Thanks.
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