If you want to talk about Blood, Sweat, and Tears, then this is definitely that project. It took 9 months to create, gave me many sleepless nights, and caused me to want to give up over and over again. Luckily I was coherent enough to take pictures of nearly every step of the process to share this journey.
It all started out with countless hours of Google searches and pattern findings. I just couldn't find the right one. I looked for free and I looked for paid, but nothing fit with the vision I wanted to create. So I decided to make a plan. My first plan was on the whiteboard and it looked like a mess.
Once I converted it to "Paint", it made a little more sense and got me really excited, thinking I'd have this blanket in a month.
Joann Fabrics is my go to hot spot for crafting needs. I always check there first, and I always check my coupons. I bought a few skeins of yarn to get me started, little did I know that this would not be nearly enough. I wish I could remember the exact count, but it was probably close to 40 skeins total by the end. I just know I did it for $80 thanks to coupons.
Finally I was ready to start my first square, which took about a week. Then I made a goal for a square a week. It was rough, but I was on a schedule. They aren't pictured, but I did the black ones at the same time as the orange.
Once the squares were done, it was time to get creative. I made my first pattern for the logo. When that didn't work out, I made another one, and another. It took me 6 designs to get the right measurements down.
My first attempt, the logo was way too tiny, the other attempts didn't look much better. It took nearly 3 weeks to get it right, but finally it started coming together.
It came together so nicely, my littles tried to steal it for a tiny blanket.
With the first logo done, I could finally start seeing the finished product coming together.
Then a month and a half later, I could really see it coming together.
I was so excited and sure that the last square would be an easy one. It didn't quite work that way. It was really difficult to crochet the ball without it curling up on itself, but eventually I figured it out and then crocheted the block around it.
Afterwards, it was time to put them all together, another 3 week project, and another week to hide all the ties and clean it up, but in the end, I was really impressed with the finished product. It was completed in time to sell at a charity auction, and that was good enough for me.
