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Sunday 22 June 2014

Ta-dah! Corner to Corner Rainbow Throw!

Hello all!

I finally (!!) finished my corner to corner rainbow throw. I showed you some snippets of it here and actually finished the first version around the same time. Unfortunatly, I made a HUGE mistake...

Somewhere in the middle I decreased too much which resulted in an ugly bend on one side. I was so upset I didn't even take pictures of it... Some people said, one wouldn't notice but trust me: I would!

And soooo... I undid 48 rows of 16 different colours... I could have cried!

After that, the blanket stayed in a box for some weeks until I go back to it about 3 weeks ago. Now that it's finished (and man, there were tons of little end to be sewn in), I am really happy I undid part of the first version.

What do you think?


It's so cuddly and lives permanently on our couch.



Blanket Date:

Colours used: 17 (Lucy Pack). 3 Rows of each colour 4 times!

 I used the colors in the following order:

 Meadow
Aspen 
Spring Green
Sherbert
Cloud Blue
Turqouise
Aster
Lavendle
Wisteria
Clematis
Fondant
Magneta
Plum
Pomgrantw
Lipstick
Shrimp
Saffron

Take care
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18 comments:

  1. Jodiebodie23 June 2014 at 05:09

    I LOVE your colour scheme. It always pays to undo mistakes but I can relate to the desire to just put it away and not look at if for a while after such a major frogging effort. I had a similar situation with a project and I couldn't bear to think about it for months! Do you think it is a form of mourning for the project that could have been? I am glad that you returned to finish this beautiful blanket. The results speak for themselves. Congratulations.

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  2. Button Buffalo23 June 2014 at 08:17

    Ooooh! I love love love those colors!!! I WOULD have cried at having to rip out all those rows. But the end result is beautiful!!!

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  3. Susie Hewer27 June 2014 at 13:08

    Hi Anne, thanks for your comments on my blog. Love your throw! I learned a smattering of German a couple of years ago as I was running the Saltzburg marathon which was wonderful.

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  4. Unknown20 September 2014 at 19:23

    Where's the pattern?

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    1. Michelle21 September 2014 at 09:26

      The pattern link is in the post above, but here it is again: http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/crochet-corner-corner-throw

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  5. Karen J26 September 2014 at 09:28

    Absolutely stunning Anne. Can I just ask which colour you started with please, as I've just bought the Lucy pack and would love to make one of these for myself :) xx

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    1. Anne26 September 2014 at 17:35

      Hi Karen! I started with meadow! Do you want the whole colour sequence? I can work it out and post it here if you like :-) I spent quite some time deciding on putting the colours into order. In the end my bf helped me...

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    2. Karen J26 September 2014 at 20:03

      Thank you so much Anne :) I received my pack today and only ordered it the day before yesterday. Excited is an understatement and I can't get over the gorgeous organza bag it all came in :) I think I can work out the colour sequence from the photo, but if I get stuck I'll let you know. Thank you so much again for your help and inspiration:) xx

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    3. Unknown25 July 2015 at 21:04

      Hi if like to know the sequence and how many rows did u do to make the size

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    4. Anne27 July 2015 at 10:37

      Hi Matthew,
      3 rows of each color four times. I would make it a bit bigger next time though.
      The color order is the following:

      Aster
      Turqouise
      Cloud Blue
      Sherbert
      Spring Green
      Aspen
      Meadow
      Saffron
      Shrimp
      Lipstick
      Pomgranate
      Plum
      Magneta
      Fondant
      Clematis
      Wisteria
      Lavendle

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  6. Karen J11 October 2014 at 16:33

    I'm half way through mine now Anne :) Did you have to buy any more yarn or was there enough in the pack? xx

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    1. Unknown12 October 2014 at 14:58

      Nope, one pack was enough. I even had left overs. I used each colour four times. Next time I would make it a bit bigger though. The current blanket I just finished on also used stylecraft special dk and it a lot bigger. It is 80 rows wide and 120 rows high. Perfect size for a couch blanket (for one person). I used about 6,25 balls of each colour (two colours in total). So with your 17 balls you should be able to make a even larger blanket. :-)

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    2. Karen J12 October 2014 at 22:33

      Thank you so much for your reply Anne, I'm loving making this but finding it's getting a bit heavy to work with on my knee, but as it's getting colder here in the UK it's perfect for keeping me warm as I'm making it :) xx

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  7. tiger13 May 2015 at 09:22

    Hi,
    Love your blanket. Found it on pinterest, as a beginner I was wondering if changing colour is easy to do, also can you tell me the colour sequence you used?
    Thanks

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    1. Anne13 May 2015 at 11:25

      Hello!

      Good to see you here :)

      The color change isn't too hard. I usually join the new color in the last stitch of the old color. But you can also bind of the old color and simply join the new one. I usually don't do the later as I don't like the knots but it is a way!

      I don't have the color sequence written up, but if you send me your email-address, I can post you a close up picture, so you can figure out the color order. :)

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    2. tiger11 June 2015 at 06:06

      I was able to zoom in by using computer. Will be using this for my own rainbow blanket.
      Thanks.

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  8. allie1311024 May 2016 at 21:23

    The Red Heart/Mikey pattern is good but doesn't tell how to change colors on the decrease half. I used the first color thru the slip stitching (decrease) and then changed to the new color. It seemed to come out well.

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    1. Anne26 May 2016 at 17:17

      I start with the new color in the decrease rows when I crochet the ch2 :) Looking forward to see your blanket!

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