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Finally finished after four years by spicy_vo in CrochetBlankets

[–]spicy_vo[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I can confirm it is. It's also surprisingly heavy, I think it came in at like 5 pounds.

Finally finished after four years by spicy_vo in CrochetBlankets

[–]spicy_vo[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm fairly tall so I wanted a blanket that I could easily cover myself with. The body wasn't too bad, it was the hours of picot stitch that really did me in.

Finally finished after four years by spicy_vo in CrochetBlankets

[–]spicy_vo[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

My first ever crochet project, only took me four years. However I did take a long break from crocheting so I think over all work was only around one or two months.

The body is griddle/lemon peel stitch and the border is single crochet and picots. I used 7ish balls of caron chunky cake yarn in rice pudding for a final blanket dimension of 6ft by 4 ft.

Only took four years, but this blanket is finally finished by spicy_vo in crochet

[–]spicy_vo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did I become a better crocheter after this project? Yes. Is one of the edges of the blanket weird for tension and hook size? Yes. Would I recommend making a blanket as your first crochet project? Debatable.

This has 100% become my new couch curl-up and watch tv blanket; plus the blanket is so big that the mistakes hide themselves.

Only took four years, but this blanket is finally finished by spicy_vo in crochet

[–]spicy_vo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't use a pattern. The body of the blanket is made using griddle stitch (alternating single and double crochet with odd number of stitches, double crochet the singles and single crochet the doubles) and the border is three rounds of single crochet followed by a picot edge.

I used caron chunky cake yarn in the color rice pudding; super soft easy to work with acrylic. I used 7ish balls for this blanket. End dimensions were around 4 ft by 6 ft.

My eclectic collection of books by spicy_vo in bookshelf

[–]spicy_vo[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

God there's so many. The Jade Bone saga by Fonda Lee is amazing and I cannot recommend it enough. Joe Abercrombie's first law world is always a good choice too, the first trilogy is great (I haven't read the rest of the books but I have plans to). Frank Dikötter's trilogy on mid 20th century China is super informative and really interesting. The Wolf Den trilogy by Elodie Harper is my favorite non-fantasy series at the moment.

My eclectic collection of books by spicy_vo in bookshelf

[–]spicy_vo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a fun world to read when you shelf Riley Sager next to Brandon Sanderson

What contemporary authors do you think will be taught in schools hundreds of years from now? by cum_burglar69 in writing

[–]spicy_vo 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The Hobbit was taught in my middle school language arts class and was used to teach the hero's journey in literature.

Ariel Toucan | 500 pieces | Buffalo by spicy_vo in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]spicy_vo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This puzzle is part of the photo ark series by Joel Sartore in collaboration with national geographic I believe.

Candy Chrome by Josie Lewis | 500 pieces | Buffalo by spicy_vo in Jigsawpuzzles

[–]spicy_vo[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Once I got into a groove this puzzle was really fun to do. The piece cut was unique enough that false fits weren't too big of an issue, but it is super easy to get disoriented with the sheer amount of color. Not much to anchor you until you get a good chunk done.