Sunday 19 July 2015

Lily Pond Crochet-along


Don't faint with shock, after being an errant blogger for the last month or so this is my second post in a day.


The reason for this double post today is because I put the last stitch into my Lily Pond CAL last evening and have been out today to photograph it. For those of you that don't know, Stylecraft have been running this CAL designed by Jane Crowfoot by releasing it in eight parts over the last few months. 


Never one to ignore a crochet challenge I couldn't wait to get started back at the beginning of April and here we are three months later with a completed blanket. I must say that there was a time when I didn't think I would ever finish it, the amount of ends to sew in was a huge task, this is never my favourite part of a project and I am glad that I did this as I went along rather than leave them all to the end.


So at the beginning of April I started with this ...







and on 18th July the final stitch of the border was completed, the last of the ends sewn in and another blanket completed.


















I must say that I am so pleased I kept up with the fortnightly releases so that I didn't have a herculean task at the end. There was a lot of work in this project but the finished blanket is well worth all the effort I put into it. Now which of the projects I have lined up shall I start on next?

11 comments:

  1. It is beautiful Jan!!!!!!! You did a wonderful job on it!!!! I love too that you took it outside for a photo shoot in the wild! Fantastic!!! xx

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  2. What a fantastic blanket, absolutely gorgeous..well done

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  3. This is beautiful Jan! I love how the colours work together and such quick work! Now I've found you I'm delighted to follow along! J9x

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  4. This is beautiful Jan! I love how the colours work together and such quick work! Now I've found you I'm delighted to follow along! J9x

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  5. I'm glad I stopped by just in time to see this work, it is absolutely beautiful. Well done!
    Amalia
    xo

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  6. This is beautiful, Jan, a work of art! I wonder where you will display it? Well done :)
    Cathy x

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  7. Oh, it is just gorgeous, Jan!! Lovely colors and I love the dimensional flowers :)

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  8. What a fantastic blanket - well done, it looks brilliant!

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  9. That blanket is AMAZING!! Looks like sooo much work but it's beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing.

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  10. That blanket is AMAZING!! Looks like sooo much work but it's beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing.

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  11. That blanket is AMAZING!! Looks like sooo much work but it's beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing.

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