I’m pretty sure the One Pound Mill Ends Assortment is actually Red Heart Super Saver, but since I can’t prove it I listed the quantities separately. The color appears to be a perfect match to the RHSS Royal when the skeins are placed side by side, but once crocheted into the blocks there is a noticeable color difference. The RHSS is darker.

The center large blocks were steam blocked to 12” prior to sewing together. The small quarter blocks were assembled into large blocks of 4 and then steam blocked to match the size of the large blocks. All of these blocks assembled made a center section of 60” square.

I added one additional row of US SC to both variations of the small squares used to add length at the top and bottom edge of the blanket in order to get them to the same size as the rest of the blocks. These were assembled into pairs and then steam blocked to 6x12” before being assembled into a strip and added to the top and bottom of the blanket. The total size of the blanket at this stage was 60x72”. I then added rows of DC all the way around in each of the colors except for white. This brought the size to 66x78”. After machine washing and drying the size ended up around 63x76”.

I actually started making the center block with the colors ordered in such a way as to have the greens together and the blues together. I thought I had gotten one dark yarn (the Royal), two medium shades (the Periwinkle and the Real Teal) and one light (the Aruba Sea), but something about that first block I made didn’t look right to me. I lined up the skeins and took a black and white photo to better assess the color value. I was a bit surprised to see that I actually had two dark yarns and two light yarns and nothing in between. I then reordered the color sequence based on color value and started over, which means that the greens and blues did not end up being grouped together but rather intermixed. I’m still happy with the end result, but it’s not what I had planned. Next time I am choosing colors for a project where relative lightness/darkness matters I will try to remember to use a B&W photo to assess the color value while I am still in the store.