Squares completed:

1. Square 1 (garter st.): Smoke
2. Square 1.2: Silver Twist
3. Square 2 (stocking st.): Silver Twist
4. Square 2.2: Silver
5. Square 3 (2/2 Rib st.): Magnolia
6. Square 4 (moss st.): Silver
7. Square 4.2: Smoke
8. Square 5 (2 row moss st.): Silver Twist
9. Suqare 5.2: Magnolia
10. Square 6 (horizontal stripe): Magnolia
11. Square 7 (checker board): Smoke
12. Square 7.2: Silver Twist
13. Square 8 (abstract): Silver
14. Square 8.2: Magnolia
15. quare 9 (alternating rib): Silver Twist
16. Square 10 (fishermans rib): Magnolia
17. Square 11 (trellis in purl): Smoke
18. Square 11.2: Silver
19. Square 12 (fishbone): Silver
20. Square 12.2: Silver Twist
21. Square 13 (fair-isle): Magnolia & Silver Twist
22. Square 13.2: Silver & Smoke
23. Square 14 (bobble stitch): Silver
24. Square 14.2: Magnolia
25. Square 15 (twisted stitch): Smoke
26. Square 15.2: Silver Twist
27. Square 16 (4 st. cable): Magnolia
28. Square 16.2: Smoke
29. Square 16.3: Silver
30. Square 17 (braided cable): Silver Twist
31. Square 17.2: Silver
32. Square 17.3: Smoke
33. Square 18 (honeycomb panel cable): Silver
34. Square 18.2: Smoke
35. Square 19 (honeycomb cable) : Smoke
36. Square 19.2: Magnolia
37. Square 20 (Lattice Cable Square): Magnolia
38. Square 20.2: Silver Twist
39. Square 20.3: Smoke
40. Square 21 (Diagonal Square): Silver Twist
41. Square 21.2: Silver
42. Square 22 (Drop Stitch Square): Silver & Smoke
43. Square 22.2: Magnolia & Silver Twist
44. Square 23 (Ladders Square): Magnolia & Silver Twist
45. Square 23.2: Silver Twist & Smoke
46. Square 24 (Ladders Square v.2): Silver & Smoke
47. Square 24.2: Magnolia & Silver
48. Square 25 (Ladders Square v.3): Silver

Edging and border will be done in Charcoal

28/01/2014: The current (unusual) cold snap has motivated me to get working on this blanket again. One of my goal for 2014 is to finish it. Currently working on edging the squares that have been washed and blocked.

13/02: Only 3 squares to knit, then to block and edge the last 6. Placing the finishing squares on the floor, I now know that I’ll need to make this bigger if I want it to be a lap blanket for the couch. Might have to knit all the squares once again, will see how I go.

19/02: The first round of all 25 squares is now done. Just have to soak, block and edge the last 6, then wait until I order more yarn to keep going. Very happy with this little blanket so far, the squares are a lot of fun to make and using a different pattern for each means I never get bored.

01/05: I’ve finally bought the yarn to finish this blanket. Just waiting to receive it now and I’ll get right back to it. With a bit of luck, I’ll have it finished before the end of winter!

22/06: And I am done with the knitting. Woohoo!!! Just have to block the last 6 squares, then edge 29 of the squares with a row of crochet and put it all together. Still a lot of work ahead, but very happy to have reached the knitting milestone before our big move to cold country.

26/06: 48/48 squares knitted.
48/48 squares are blocked.
48/48 squares are edged.

27/06: On the home-stretch now. All squares are edged. Now to decide how to place them, crochet them together and do the border.

02/07: FINI!!! :) Two days before our big move and I couldn’t be happier. I would have selected an even bigger smiley face to express how happy I am with this blanket, if I could. This was my biggest knitting project ever: one year and 3 months in the making, roughly 125 hours of a labour of love. It’ll be put to good use in Bathurst, that’s for sure. I’ll try to take and upload pics before we go, otherwise it’ll have to wait until next week.

Project cost: $102