Every year my lovely Mum always makes us a homemade Christmas present. She has been knitting me squares for years, to sew into a gigantic blanket for my bed. I used to love searching under the tree for the big squishy parcel which I knew would contain a new bundle of squares. My Mum and Dad love to travel so my Mum has collected wool from all over the world to knit my squares. My favourite is a gorgeous blue and white variegated yarn from Iceland.
You can never have too many blankets, especially now that it is getting chillier, so I’m going to start sewing them all together. So now I simply need to decide which order to sew them into. Would you arrange them in a pattern or group certain colours together? How would you sew them together?
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I’d do them all random and colourful 🙂
Thanks Emma!
I’m with Emma – random pattern = more colour, plus it’s like a memory quilt as you sew it all together then, remembering which yarn came from where, what year you got that square. Maybe use your absolute favourite square as the central square, if that makes sense, and build out from there? Can’t wait to see pics of your WIP xxx
Ooo I like the idea of that!
I’d do the seams on the outside, as a design feature….
There is another option!
Wow that’s such a good idea! X
I loved knowing that every year I would get the next installment!
What about sewing them together in stripes, like a rainbow? That’s what I would surely do. But with such gorgeous selection, it doesn’t really matter, it’s gonna be beautiful anyway 🙂
I do love stripes as does my Mum! Thank you Poppy 🙂
what a lovely thing to have, I’d go random….whatever you do it will be a beautiful thing x
Thank you Lisa, what a lovely comment 🙂
I really like a log cabin knitted blankets, you could arrange colours to get that sort of effect.
I hadn’t thought of that Emma!
Oh it’s got to be random – I would close my eyes then pick one square each time – I bet it would turn out fab! And such a lovely thing to treasure as well.
Thanks for your idea! Its going to be a very special blanket 🙂
How many squares do you get each year? Has your mum done it even since you were born? It’s the cutest thing I’ve ever heard!
Anywhere between 20 to 70! She has been doing it for about 5 or 6 years I think. She is the best 🙂
Love your presentation.
Thank you Veronica 🙂 It took me a while to get it just right!
What a lovely idea … your mum must be a wonderful mum … I think I would go random … can we see it when you’ve finished 🙂 … Bee x
She is wonderful 🙂 O of course, it may take me a while but I will keep you updated!
I think I’d spread them out randomly on the floor, maybe shift a couple here and there to get the balance right (gut feeling!), then crochet them together with long parallel seams as a feature on one side of the blanket.
Yes, I would find it hard to be completely random!
It’s going to be gorgeous, please show it when finished
Its going to take me a while so I will probably post work in progress photos as well!
Looking forward to them!
That’s a lovely christmas tradition! Very special 🙂 and the blanket will be wonderful in this cold 🙂
I love seeing all the new wools appear!
There is nothing niver than a hand made gift. The thought that goes into it means such a lot to the recipient. It makes it all the more special,
Definitely!
I would stitch them in chronological order which will also map out where your mom has been over the years
Ooo that’s a lovely idea!