Back in March, I was super excited to discover Bendigo Woollen Mills' new Murano range. It's an 8 ply, 100% pure wool, single twisted yarn with a slight thick/thin texture and the colours are just scrumptious! I bought six balls of CK21 (the colour was labeled as "2" on the tag) to make a crochet blanket for our friend Janice. Since her birthday is in August, and it takes me an average of six months to complete a blanket, I started working on it straight away.
Using a metallic red 5.5mm crochet hook (part of a set that our neighbour Richard Gilbert gave me ~ "Gilbert" as we called him passed away last year), I crocheted nine rounds of treble stitches following Meet Me at Mike's tutorial. From six 200g ball of yarn, I was able to make thirty squares measuring approximately 19cm x 19cm each. Like the other blankets I've made, the squares were crocheted together, and there was enough yarn left over to make a border of four rounds. The finished blanket measures approximately 100cm x 118cm.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteThat is one beautiful blanket, being wool it must be lovely to snuggle under. Your friend will just love it.
One of the ladies in my sewing group always buys wool from the BWM's.
Happy days.
Bev.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteGreat rug! Do you have any of the wool left - I'm knitting a cardigan and have run out of this wool!
Louise
Hi Louise, I'm afraid I used up all the yarn (except for about 2 metres). I have my fingers crossed for you - hope you will be able to source some soon.
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