FFP

Dare I add a new acronym? Finally Finished Project…

I took it up to the Lakes and spent a couple of evenings putting the last squares together, before embarking on the border. I even did a little bit of that on the train – crochet is so much easier than trying to knit on the move – which makes me one of those people who have crafted in public. Never thought I’d be able to say that…

I did attempt a mini blocking session, with it spread out on a towel and me on my knees with a water spray, but I don’t think I’ve quite got the hang of it yet (or it could be that hanging about on my knees just isn’t as much fun as it used to be and I got bored and wanted it finished). It’s a great size for the sofa, because if you’re curled up it covers your legs and feet perfectly, without that annoying extra bit of blanket making you too hot, or gathering crumbs under your chin (I have my own cardigans for that). The cat for whom it was intended thinks it’s wonderful too, and she’s had several sleeps curled up on it already, which is lovely as she’d stopped sleeping next to me on the sofa when we got the new leather one.

I started off following the pattern in Simple Crochet for the modern afghan, but departed from it slightly. I used a larger hook (4mm) than asked for, and ended up with more squares (48 in total), but I think this has increased the finished size to something slightly more useful, for me and the cats. The next crochet project will be a crib/pram blanket, which I’m going to make using a combination of squares from the 200 crochet blocks book. No pattern in particular, just whatever square I fancy at the time, which should introduce the little nugget to the random nature of his mama’s mind sooner than he realises.