Something weird Senior year has taught me is this: I really like crocheting. It keeps my hands busy while I watch movies or TV, while also kind of giving me an excuse to watch movies and TV because hey, I need something to preoccupy my mind while making 44 identical hexagons. And in the end, I've got a nice, soft blanket to watch stuff in.
For this blanket, I took a pattern that I had done a few months ago for my aunt's Christmas present (and annoyingly forgot to take any pictures of) and basically just made it bigger. In the past, size has definitely been a problem for making blankets. You're so happy to have finished one you don't even care that it's too small to be useful for, like, anything. So for this one, I stuck it through and made it about six feet by five and a half feet, enough to cover most of my bed when it got colder. I think that I'm going to send it to my cousin and her family back in Nebraska, since they have to deal with much worse weather (and cus I haven't given her a bday present in two years. Oops). I'm sad to see it go, but also very much looking forward to other family members being impressed with my adequate abilities.
This blanket took me about 30 hours of work total, from starting off the first patch to tying off the final edging. Finishing a project is always weird, because on one hand you just. want. to. be. done, but once you finish, it's like "okay, now what?"
Shout out to the wonderful Miss. Kimura for modeling my artwork.
To all the dreams of 4-H competitions never to come,
Molly C. Galloway
For this blanket, I took a pattern that I had done a few months ago for my aunt's Christmas present (and annoyingly forgot to take any pictures of) and basically just made it bigger. In the past, size has definitely been a problem for making blankets. You're so happy to have finished one you don't even care that it's too small to be useful for, like, anything. So for this one, I stuck it through and made it about six feet by five and a half feet, enough to cover most of my bed when it got colder. I think that I'm going to send it to my cousin and her family back in Nebraska, since they have to deal with much worse weather (and cus I haven't given her a bday present in two years. Oops). I'm sad to see it go, but also very much looking forward to other family members being impressed with my adequate abilities.
This blanket took me about 30 hours of work total, from starting off the first patch to tying off the final edging. Finishing a project is always weird, because on one hand you just. want. to. be. done, but once you finish, it's like "okay, now what?"
Shout out to the wonderful Miss. Kimura for modeling my artwork.
To all the dreams of 4-H competitions never to come,
Molly C. Galloway