I've been working on my Granny Rectangle blanket since Christmas Day. Over three months ago, and the damned thing still isn't finished. My main problem hasn't been a lack of willingness on my part, I like working on it because it's so simple. The bigger it gets, the nicer it is to snuggle up underneath it while I work on it. Unfortunately, I'm not the only one who thinks this!
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| He may be cute, but he's incredibly annoying! |
Every time I get this project out now, the cat appears and settles in. He's got a knack for sitting on exactly the wrong part of it, so I can only work on it for maybe five more minutes or so before I get to the part underneath his furry backside. I got particularly frustrated with him yesterday (yes, can you believe it, all that lovely sunshine and warmth outside and I was curled up on the sofa working on my blanket!), as I was so close to finishing the final round, and he plonked himself down on the one tiny part that hadn't been finished.
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| See that? That's the final corner. Do you think he wanted to move? |
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| See! He sat exactly on the part where the rounds join! |
He's so cute though, I can't bring myself to forcibly remove him.
I just cuddled him until he got fed up of being disturbed; he moved further down the sofa and I was able to rescue my corner and get on with finishing the last round.
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| Please excuse the mess, I did a lot of shredding last weekend and hadn't quite got round to hoovering up. I've done it now. |
So it's gone from being big enough to cover the small two seater sofa, and now almost covers the somewhat larger three seater sofa. Definitely wide enough along the short edge, but I can't decide if it's long edges are long enough. Should have started with a longer chain in the middle, I reckon. As it is, if I want to extend it I'll need to do granny stripes on each end as I don't really want it to get any wider. But for now, I'll be happy to just weave in my ends and have it useable at last without a hook and a ball of yarn dangling off it!
I took it upstairs to lay out on the bed, so I could measure it. It's 55" x 72" as it stands. I think I'll have to test drive it on the sofa, to see if we all fit under/on it at the same time. It may need to be a bit longer to accommodate the cat curling up on it inbetween us and leaving us both enough blanket to be warm and snuggled underneath!
