2016-07-01
I am starting with a row of Foundation SC (instead of chaining) of 209, and then a CH 1. (Next time I will not use FSC because it makes the first row of blocks bigger than the rest.)

2016-07-10
Had a busy weekend out of town camping and hiking to sliding rock at Tallulah Gorge, and even though I brought my crochet, I didn’t get a chance to work on it. I’m really loving this pattern. I’m 13 block-rows in.

2016-07-16
Finished block row 25.

2016-07-17
Finished block row 31.

So I’m noticing my work is leaning toward the left again. This apparently is happening because this blanket doesn’t “turn.” It’s one-sided. I think my tension causes this. It’s rather disappointing.

2016-08-04
I finished the last block row today. I did 9 sections of 6 colors, so a total of 54 rows. I also started the border today. (See below for how I did the border.)

2016-08-05
I did 9 rows of SC border today.

2016-08-06
I did the final row of SC and then 1 row of RSC in red. All finished! This blanket worked up very quickly!

BORDER

(1) Starting on one side, begin working an upside-down triangle (half square) by slip stitching first into the corner, and working left, slip stitch 5 more times within the same square, and then slip stitch once into the adjacent square. (2) For your return pass, slip stitch in two loops until you have 3 left on your hook, slip stitch in all three at once. (3) Working left, sk the first vertical bar, slip-stitch all the way across to the adjacent square, and slip-stitch into the next stitch on that square. (4) work return pass the same way as step 2. (5) Work next row same as step 3. Continue in this manner until you get to the end of your triangle. After you slip stitch into your remaining 3 loops, slip stitch into the first stitch on the square, this stitch is the first stitch of your next triangle.

For the corners of the blanket, work a border triangle as normal, except there is now adjacent square to slip stitch into. Normally, to create a square, your return pass would be ‘slip stitch in 1 loop, and then slip stitch in 2 loops for remaining’ but instead you will start by slip stitching in 2 and then decreasing at the end each time the same way you do the border triangles. The corner triangles here contain only 3 rows. Once at the tip, CH 1, and then slip stitch into all three rows down, turning the blanket to begin the next side of your blanket.

Because I had an even amount of block rows, I had to create large triangles in 2 of the corners. I used the same method has last paragraph, but instead they were just much bigger.

After the triangles, I turned the blanket over and with the wrong side facing, I did a row of SC in the same color as the triangle border. {Next time, I probably should just do it RS, because it’s going to be blocked anyway.}

The next 10 rounds of the border are with the RS facing, (I did one round of SC in each of the remaining colors) twice, but I ordered them in a different color order. Always do 2 or 3 SC in the corners to prevent curling.

For the very last round, I will do RSC with a larger hook (5.00mm) in red because that’s the color I want to stand out--my favorite. I used a larger hook because RSC is tighter than regular SC.

So as a tip, make sure your blanket has an uneven amount of rows, and also invert the first two rows. Meaning, make sure your second row starts inside the triangle of the first row, and it ends inside the triangle of the first round. I’ll probably just make a square blanket next time (in the round) instead of rows.

I used my blocking wires to block this, by sliding the wires through the RSC border row. I would never attempt to block something like this without wires. They keep the sides extremely straight. I steam it with an iron but did not apply anything else.