My Special Blanket

Hello there I hope you are enjoying the weekend, I ran out of time yesterday to blog so here I am with my extra special gift. Look at this yummy crochet blanket !!!

By now you should all know of my sweet friend Carol, she helps me such a lot with my day to day making for my business. She helps with my swaps, with my prep for events and classes she is just incredible and I really couldn’t do it without her help sometimes. We often spend time together and I truly enjoy her company as well as appreciate her help.
Earlier this year I started attending a local stitching group that Carol runs with a few other members, we meet once a week and I usually take my sewing projects along or some sort of crafting even if is not stitch related. A few months back Carol brought to the group a beautiful crochet bedspread she expertly made for one of her daughters who lives in France.
It was gorgeous and I couldn’t stop stroking it drooling and wishing I was the lucky owner of such beauty. Well  imagine my delight when Carol asked if I would like her to make me one as well. I squealed and that afternoon I went in search of yarn :)

And Oh my Goodness if you do not want another hobby do not enter a yarn shop!!! I couldn’t believe my eyes at the beautiful myriad of colours and different textures. And what was initially our plan quickly changed into what you see above.
First the yarn, I settled for a soft and lustrous Baby Bamboo Cotton a blend of cotton and wool both soft and warm. And it was Carol who gave it the thumbs up, she said it was a beautiful yarn to crochet with.
Then I started a bit of researching Pinterest is great for that and I quickly found THIS tutorial and I fell in love. All that lovely colour proved to much for me to resist and I quickly  forwarded the tutorial onto Carol. And waited with baited breath, I could never attempt anything like this myself and I had a feeling I was asking to much of my friend. But she came back and she said yes!!! 
Next I chose the colours and the soft gray background and left Carol to do her magic, and boy did she work her magic.
I was beyond excited and for the next weeks my excitement grew more and more as Carol kept showing me lovely finished crocheted hexagons.

She is amazing!!!  the tension in this blanket is incredible every single hexagon was perfectly sized and fitted like a glove.

I feel so special owning this beauty and I am humbled that Carol did this for me,  the amount of work and hours gone into this blanket is insane.  not only is it beautiful its also very warm and I know this as I tried it out every single evening this last week, I love to snuggle under a warm blanket while reading or watching a bit of TV. My hubby jokes as we always keep a blanket or a wrap on the arm of our sofa and he calls it my comfort blanket, well this IS my comfort blanket now and I absolutely LOVE it!!

I hope you enjoyed looking at my special blanket, a gift I will treasure forever. THANK YOU my dear, dear friend :)
Till next time big hugs xxx

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