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Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Rainbow One A Day

I have been a bad girl this week and done most of my One a day activity yesterday, tsk tsk I know....So it pretty much turned into six a day he he, but the main thing is that I got it done for today right?

Though I am getting pretty excited about how it is turning out, as it looks like it is coming together really well! I am just going with the flow on this blanket, I don't have a plan as to how it will turn out...so it will be a surprise to me as well as you guys.
I have thought of doing some rows of granny borders, and then possible adding more squares around the edges so it sorts of breaks up the squares a little....again I am not sure.
I just love how pretty it looks up close, I read in a book that you can join things together using dc and that is what I did. At first I wasn't sure of it as I thought it would be too raised up, but now I see it gives my blanket a wee bit of character :)

Lastly I wanted to show you my own little rainbow colour wheel, this helps me choose which colours I want to crochet together. I have started picking them in correspondence to what order they are in the rainbow...so green, yellow and orange....or red, pink and purple. It seems to work pretty well compared to randomly picking balls of wool from my collection :D

That's me for One A Day this week, hope you enjoyed reading and I appreciate everyone's loveliness. If you would like to see more people that are participating in One a Day you can check either Ravelry or Gingerbread Girl's blog, and even join in the fun if you like it!
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29 comments:

  1. Hi Hazel! Your blanket looks amazing! I love colour choice and the way you have joined your squares together. Can´t wait to see it finished!
    Have a nice week! Barbina

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  2. Ooo it is coming along beautifully! You are right about the colours... they are gorgeous together.. I love the asymmetric way the blanket is going too... very creative :)x

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  3. Yep, the colours are lovely.

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  4. I like the rainbow colour wheel picture :) Your joins look great, I like the effect the dc gives

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  5. I love the DC joins, they work really well.

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  6. Nice work on the DC's, I have never seen that before!

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  7. Looks really nice. The colors are great. Gonna love watching it come together.

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  9. I am a big fan of crocheting squares together instead of sewing. It's coming along really nicely! Love the colour choices, it's so cheerful and bright.

    This is Tink from Master of a Thousand Things, btw. Can't comment with my Google account as it has a hissy fit when I try to sign in, and since you've got Anon switched off I can't post with Name/URL like I do elsewhere! So had to use my LJ ID!

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  10. Ooohh,it's looking good,fab colours. Deb xxx

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  11. Really lovely and I really like the way you've joined them and the red.....keep finding myself telling people how I like red, I am beginning to bore myself! I like your colour wheel - great idea! But mostly I like the red!

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  12. Goodness me your blanket looks amazing!!!! so colourful and very unique! looks beautiful the way you have joined it all up :)

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  13. Loving the colors you are using! I can't wait to see how this blanket urns out!

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  14. Love your yarn rainbow color wheel!

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  15. wow i am in love with your blanket!! i am a sucker for a rainbow lol, think i will be sick of red yarn by the time my project is through! look forward to seeing your blanket grow!

    xx

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  16. Swooooon! I am in love with your blanket. I want to do one now!!! I can't wait to see how it progresses, the colors are so totally me!!!

    xx Marja (Noemie on Rav)

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  17. Hazel, those colours are looking amazing. I have a case of colour envy going on! It's fabulous.

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  18. Hey Hazel-am REALLY liking your hotchpotch granny square blanket! The colours are fab! You've got me thinking now of a future project!

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  19. What a great way to pick colors! I need a color wheel; sweet that you made it out of yarn.
    I love the border color you chose for your Grannies. It was a perfect choice. Everything is so vibrant.

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  20. I am in love with your blanket and am leaning heavily towards changing my blanket colours and going with more rainbow colours and different size granny's - in other words, more like yours!!

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  21. It looks beautiful! I love it! And I especially love the way it is joined, I have been trying to decide whether or not to join my coat that way too. I think it gives it much more character and definition. I am also loving the different sized squares! Very effective. :-)

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  22. I love rainbow coloured blankets. And I love the design, where the bigger squares are surrounded by the smaller ones.
    Kier x

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  23. Your blanket is looking great, I did all my squares in one day as well :D

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  25. Your blanket is looking lovely - I love the red you're using and the way you're joining it together!

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  27. This is so stunning already! Can't wait to see it progressing.

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  28. I love the colours you're using - it will be a beautiful blanket. Judy x

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  29. I'm very much a 2 or 3 a day girl!! I can't seem to keep up properly :-) I love your colour wheel it's a great idea for picking your shades.

    I joined one of my blankets with dc and I loved the little ridges it made :-) Love that you're just going with it too!

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