When I first started the sky blanket, one of the things I was very keen to do was to mark each month. Quite early in the year I came across a
tutorial for making your own buttons out of
shrinkable plastic, which seemed the perfect solution as I could personalise them however I wanted! I don't know if you've ever used this but it's like the coolest stuff ever!!! I initially thought of drawing a picture to symbolise each month but eventually decided that simplicity was key and just wrote the month on each button following the instructions in the tutorial and ended up with 13
(mostly round!) buttons
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Making shrinkles buttons by fabric&flowers |
So, enough of my rambling and retrospective musings......would you like to see the blanket?!
Ta-dah!!!!
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2012 Sky Blanket by fabric&flowers |
It's fair to say that it is a huge blanket, and one that I don't feel I've been able to fully capture in photos. The last seven days of 2012 make up the border, and each border row took about 2hrs!!!!!
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Sky Blanket with 'Jan' button by fabric&flowers |
I only used six different colours, but got lots of variation from using a couple of varigated colours which helped to keep it interesting. I kept the border quite simple, doing a little picot edging to break up all the monotony and because I felt that it complimented the ripple waves.
So, details - and I've gone all out here because I'm a bit of a numbers geek at heart! - as well as including details of all the yarns and I used and what sky they represented to me;
Pattern: Attic24's ripple pattern
Yarn:
Stylecraft Special DK Cloud Blue (1019) - blue skies, spring/autumn
Stylecraft Special DK Aster (1019) - blue skies, summer - hot!
Stylecraft Special Twirl DK - Sky (1654) - blue sky with clouds
Stylecraft Special DK White (1001) - snow
Stylecraft Special DK Parchment (1218) - overcast/cloudy
Stylecraft Special Twirl DK - Slate (1655) - rainy days
Amount of yarn: 17 balls
Size: 42" x 75"
Approx. number of stitches (!): 37,500
So there we go, 2012 is finally wrapped up!
Thank you all so much for following me on this journey - it's been so much fun and I love all the memories that I have woven into my diary of 2012.
See you all soon,
S x
Todays sky ● overcast. Meh!