Block Stitch Birthday Present

My baby sister turned 18 on 11/11.  Let me go cry in the corner for a second.

Ok, I'm good.  I asked her what she wanted for her birthday and she told me that she wanted a crocheted blanket.  I was very happy to obliged her.  She picked out the colors and that was as much as I told her about it.  I gave it to her on her birthday and she absolutely loved it.

I used Homade@myplace's blog for this pattern and I used Loops & Threads Impeccable in Aran, Soft Taupe, Claret, and Chocolate Brown and I Love This Yarn in white for the yarn.  I used about 1.5 balls of each of the main colors and one skein of the white.  The border is the main 4 colors in a single crochet around with 3 single crochets in the corners.  It turned out to be 60" x 70" of pure softness and I almost couldn't give it away.

Just a quick note about this pattern:  The ends are absolutely atrocious because there are soooooo many of them.  I had to make sure that I was weaving them as I went.  I would do about 10-12 rows and then stop and weave.  It was the only way that I was able to stay sane at the end.  I HATE weaving in ends so that's what worked for me.  

Until next time!

Courtney

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