Attic24 Blanket Fest

Well hello my lovely Peeps, and welcome to  the Attic24 Blanket Fest. No particular reason for this little celebration of blankety, hooky goodness today, I'm doing it Just Because.

Just because when I was photographing my sweet flower granny blanket back in January it was a  glorious bright sunny day and I got carried away with wanting to photograph things. And a heap of blankets seemed as good a thing as any to point my camera at. You can tell by the above picture that Little B and I had a lot of fun that morning. We both literally dived in to the pile and rolled around in it. It was marvelous!

I didn't even know off the top of my head how many blankets there were altogether, I had to line them up and count them. Eleven. Well I never. That's quite a lot of blankets/yarn/hooky time wouldn't you say? Achieved across the space of three years and five months, I started making my very first blanket in September 2007. Funny to think that it was pre-blog back then, it's hard to remember a time when I made things without writing about them too. Just me, sat at home in front of the computer teaching myself to make a Granny Square. Getting it and getting so excited that I was getting it. Deciding instantly that my first project would be a Big One, a granny square blanket. No scarves or hats or coasters for me, no,  I knew straight away that I would be a Maker Of Blankets.

I was lucky at the time in that although I wasn't blogging about the experience, I did have some fabulous friends to share it with (Sarah, Donna, Fiona ♥ forever my hooky buddies). We used to get together on alternate Monday nights, drink tea, eat cake, chatter and crochet. It was the beginning of a life changing experience for me, and honestly I do not say that lightly.

Anyhoooooo.....this isn't meant to be a long winded retrospective. What I really want to do here is to bring all my blankets together in one big visual swoop, with a simple link back into my bloggy archives where they each received their Ta-dah moment. For reference. And for fun.

Here we go then......enjoy!

Blanket # 1 :: Granny Square  :: Ta-dah moment February 2008 (pre-blog)

Blanket # 2 :: Ripple :: Ta-dah moment August 2008

Blanket # 3 :: Hexagon :: Ta-dah moment December 2008

Blanket # 4 :: Summer Garden Square :: Ta-dah moment May 2009

Blanket # 5 :: BB :: Ta-dah moment August 2009

Blanket # 6 :: Baby Ripple :: Ta-dah moment September 2009

Blanket # 7 :: Baby Granny Square :: Ta-dah moment November 2009

Blanket # 8 :: Baby zigzag :: Ta-dah moment March 2010

Blanket # 9 :: Baby Vintage Stripe :: Ta-dah moment (sort of) May 2010

Blanket # 10 :: Granny Stripe :: Ta-dah moment July 2010

Blanket # 11 :: Sweet Flower Granny :: Ta-dah moment January 2011

I love each and every one of my blankets with such passion.

Seeing them altogether makes me feel quite overwhelmingly giddy with pride, excitement, memories, love. They are VERY well loved my blankets and very well used too by the whole family. Every single one of them is put through it's paces on a daily basis.

They make one beeeeeeeeeeeeeeuuuuuutiful pile..................

...........although Little B thought they looked better once he had toppled them over.

Finally then....

....for your viewing pleasure....

....a mosaic of Blankety Delight....

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Ta-dah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you so much for sharing my Blanket Fest with me, it's been a huge bundle of fun.

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Edited to add :: ♥ thank you ♥ so much for all your wonderful warm comments, my heart is soaring reading through them!

I wanted to add a note about learning to crochet for those of you who might be inspired to give it a try. Best way to learn the very basics (ie how to hold hook and yarn and how to control your tension) is to find someone who can sit with your for half an hour and get you started. Its soooo much easier to get this initial bit of learning from a real life person if at all possible. Failing that, I know many of you have found YouTube helpful for this too. Once you can make a chain, there are many resources available to help you learn the basic stitches...I bought myself a small book ("Learn to Crochet" by Sally Harding) and worked through every stitch in turn until I was confident I'd got it. I then moved to the internet to find a basic granny square pattern (this one is very good, but please note it's written in US terms as opposed to English terms, there is a difference!) Hope this is of some help xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

 

 

Comments

[Gillian Dale]

Hi Lucy,
I’m enjoying crocheting a meadow blanket but I’m not sure what happens after row 45 - can you advise please.
Best wishes
Gilly

[Jane]

I love your blankets, I’ve just finished my first ‘cosy’. Now I want to make one for my snug. What is your most pastel blanket, blues, greys, pinks,

[Zozie]

Love your pictures - so colourful
I love making blankets too and have a blog CAL- a very simple one to crochet.
www.whimsyandcosy.wordpress.com

[Debra Moldenhauer]

I absolutely love your colour choices.

And am mad about making blankets too although in South Africa it is too hot to use them most of the time but they make wonderful decor too.

[Tracy Sutton]

Your blankets are so beautiful and such an inspiration, I am new to crochet, have all the squares made to a Harmony blanket, a Granny stripe sunny kit waiting to make, now a certain someone ha sgot me into sock making! I've almost finished my first one - thanks to you. Keep up the good work and I cannot wait for the next blanket design.

[Iris]

I just had a look at your Blanket Fest (again) and my favourite one still is your first blanket, the Granny Square Blanket finished 2008. Did you everr write a pattern for the square with the cute central flower? Or will you do it?? I would love it!! ;-)

[Josie]

I live in the Netherlands and a acquaintance of my made a blanket inspired by your hexagon pattern. And now she got me making one too. I love it. Especially looking for colours that match for every hexagon. Its great to do.
Thank you for sharing.

[Ankita Vj (India)]

So scrumptious....mmmmmmmmm....loooooove to see them all togather...

[Nancy]

These are gorgeous! Do you sell them, what is the approximate price point?

Thank you.

[Baby Blankets]

OMG these are sooo cute!!! My sister is having a baby in August and these would be PERFECT!!

[Mary Ellen Goetz]

you have every right to be so proud of your creations! you have the gift of a fabulous eye for color..and the patterns look like a party waiting to happen! Thank you for sharing!

[Beverly]

These are really beautiful! I've crocheted blankets, but the hardest thing is to get the ends to stay tucked in after washing.. So disappointing to see them coming undone! Any ideas?

[Winwick Mum]

What a fabulous squishy pile! There's something so lovely about snuggling into a homemade blanket, something that you just don't get with a bought one. Making squares is a brilliant way to pass the time whilst waiting to pick children up, in waiting rooms, at after-school clubs etc so there's really no excuse for us all not to have such a squishy pile! :-) xx

[Wendy Rance]

Yum Yum Yum. Like you Lucy, we learnt to crochet with a computer in front of us. Only difference was that we were following your tutorials. Thank you so much for sharing. I said we, myself and my son! He made your birds first and now toys for friends and relations, so on his behalf thank you again. Can't wait for the next ta da :)

[Janny Bijlstra]

Beautifull blankets!

[Lisa]

They are FAB! I have been able to crochet for years and years but have never finished a blanket. Other things yes, but not a blanket. I have an overwhelming need to go out and buy wool!

[Cristina Arguello]

Agradecida de haber podido disfrutar de tu Mantas Fest!!!!Son tan hermosas!Felicitaciones por tus tres años,Lucy!!!!

[Kim McCulley]

Gorgeous!! Stunning!! I had absolutely NO idea you so recently began the craft of crocheting. Amazing and so encouraging. Thank you for sharing. Your color palette males me feel so cheery.

[France]

I'm so glad I found your blog! I had repinned your "pile of blankets" because I thought it was so pretty but got all sad when I realised the pin led nowhere! I've now repinned so people can find your blog! I looove your choice of colours! Such gorgeous blankets! All those types of blankets always remind me of my grandma ♥

[kathleen Solomi]

My comment just disappeared
I love your blankets
I crocheted 7 last year as presents for my family
I'm now crocheting just for me

[kathleen Solomi]

I crocheted 7 blankets last year and gave them to my family as Christmas presents
I'm busy again hooking to keep for myself
Thank you for the imspiration

[Peter Tompuri]

Those blanket are really good looking and colorful which reminds me of some scarp in Finland where i notice that they are using a lot of simple scarp normal color which still make them look good specially those woman.

[Chery TX]

I love these! I live in TX USA. Wherecan I find patterns? Have you published them in a book or leaflet?

[Sheila]

One word! Gorgeous!!!

[Verity]

So colourful. I love them because they are so cheery and bright