The One Where Rainbow Bright Threw Up a Blanket.

I've been working on a secret little project the past few weeks.  And by secret, I mean that I just hadn't had a good opportunity to take pictures of it because it was raining a lot.  And by little, I mean it will be big enough to cover a Cal King sized bed when it is finished.  Ladies and Gentlemen, meet my newest crochet project: The Rainbow Bright Blanket.

The Rainbow Bright blanket is essentially a de-stash of all the random balls of worsted weight yarn I have hoarded over the years.  I decided to do this project when I was cleaning/playing in my craft room and couldn't get the drawers of my little yarn dresser to close.*  I realized: all those individual balls of yarn sitting there, with the potential yardage to make a hat each if they were lucky, weren't doing anyone any good.  So, I decided to double crochet them all together into a stripey blanket.  I started calling it The Rainbow Bright Blanket after my friend Tatiana showed me a photo of he de-stash blanket she had just completed and I told her I was making one too, and my blanket looked like Rainbow Bright barfed it up.

What I love about this project so far:  Unless I make a horrible mistake that puts the structural integrity of the blanket in jeopardy, there is no ripping allowed in this project.  No do-overs.  No, "but, I am feeling really judgmental of myself  today so I am going to retaliate by being super controlling over the color succession of stripes in this blanket I am making."  I didn't even let myself rip the rows where I had accidentally been adding an extra stitch to each row.  Those rows are a bit fatter than the others.  I'm dealing with it, and crocheting on.

This project is not about following a pre-determined plan.  It's about creating in the moment.  It's about rolling with it.  It's a metaphor for how I am encouraging myself to live my life: with less self judgement, with more intuitive confidence, and with more trust.

That being said, I am also considering adding a pretty border of white crocheted stars to cover each "rough" end when the stripes are done. Considering my current feelings about Stars, this feels more like it could be a crowning a beautiful finished project, rather than simply a cover up of the "fat rows" and messy edges.  It will also work well with the whole Rainbow Bright idea.  We'll see.

That's the important bit.  We'll see.

*Wow.  If you ever wonder whether I am a spoiled lady, just read that sentence over again.  A craft room and a yarn dresser!?!?  For Pete's sake...

Comments

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Cool! I'd like to do something like this one day. Right now I don't actually have that much leftover yarn, which for once I'm sad about! haha

[pantalones cortos hombre]

Gran trabajo en este
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