Crochet spotty blanket

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During my fateful craft fair at Kenyon Hall Farm I decided to take some crochet to keep me busy. I find it makes me feel more comfortable with the idea of people judging the things I have made if I can keep my hands busy. Otherwise I think I can seem a little intense, staring at anyone who comes to my stall, trying to read their expression to see what they think of the things I have made.

I took the scraps of some Pattons Smoothie yarn to make into granny squares with the idea of using up the smaller bits and using some dark blue yarn, of which I have lots of balls. With all that time on my hands I sat making lots of circles to be made into squares at a later date.

I was not really sure how big the blanket would be or who it would be for but I really need to reduce my stash from 2+ huge bags to, well, at least only one huge bag and I thought that multi-coloured circles would work well as I had the blue to pull it all together. 

This is how many I have made so far, not a huge number I know but Easter Holidays got in the way a bit. My evening crochet time was taken up by lots of tidying and cleaning for visitors coming then tidying and cleaning after they had gone. Oh, how I hate to tidy and clean especially when I would rather be working on something else, anything else that allows me to avoid tidying and cleaning.

This week I treated myself to some lovely cushions from Marks with big spots and I realised they would go perfectly with the blanket I was starting so I think it will end up as an over-the-back-of-the-sofa-and-to-keep-you-warm-on-chilly-nights blanket. I will let you know when I am finished.

Jo x