Tuesday, November 3, 2015

A colorful granny square blanket



I found this hot pink yarn on clearance at Jo-Ann's Fabrics. I got the turquoise yarn to get some contrast and got to work on this blanket. The stitch is a modified granny square, and there is an excellent tutorial here: Bernat tutorial 

The stitch is very dense and uses a ton of yarn. I ended up using some leftover orange yarn that I had at home and purchasing some extra green and multicolor yarns to finish the project. The multicolor yarn was the value brand from Michael's, and it was perfect because it had the exact colors I needed. I just love variegated yarns!

I finished the blanket with a border made of a contrasting color, since I didn't have enough of the blue or green yarn to do it all the same. I think it turned out good. Here is a detail of the border: