Rainbow Blanket

I usually have anywhere from 8-10 WIPs in my stash because I have crochet ADHD so bad.  I will work on a project for a couple days and then get bored and move onto the next.  Well, lately, I have actually been finishing up so many projects because they are all getting to the point of being done. 

That being said, here is one that I finished relatively quickly.  I started this blanket back in May with the intention of using the yarn for another blanket, but I started the other one and just didn't like the pattern that much.

So became this blanket.  I learned about this stitch from one of my favorite IGer's, @littledovecrochet.  If you have an Instagram and love looking at crochet items, she is fantastic.

This is the Moss stitch, or linen stich, or granite stich.  There are so many names for the stitch.  It's a basic sc, ch 1, sc, over and over again.  Very simple, but it creates this fantastic look and feel.  It is also a very stretchy stich.  I have a hard time keeping the blanket in a rectangle because when I pick it up, it just wants to stretch.

I used my trusted Clover Amour 5.5mm hook for the body of the blanket and then a 5.0mm for the border.

The border is three rows of the moss stitch and then a final row of a crab stitch in a 5.0 mm hook.  I've found over the years that I work with three different hook sizes when I work on a blanket.  The starting chain is a hook up from what I will be using for the body, the body hook, and then I work the border in a hook size down.  So, I used a 6.0mm for the starting chain, a 5.5mm for the body, and a 5.0mm for the border. I don't know why it works, but it makes the blankets come out much more even.

Yarns used were all Caron Simply Soft.  I don't have the actual names anywhere, but they are easily found in your local yarn shop.  I got all mine at Joann's when they had a sale on them.  I didn't even use a full skein of each color, so it looks like another rainbow something will be in the works. The blanket turned out to be 35"x 54" and turned out bigger than I anticipated.  I'm so happy with it!

I'm so excited to be able to cuddle under this blanket this winter, but for now, it'll be nice and folded across the couch for me to admire.

Until next time!
Courtney

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