24-01-2025

Note this variation for consideration: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/auntisa/rainbow-of-stars...

Also, for joining consider “Joining with a slip stitch crochet join, using a 4.5mm hook. Work the slip stitches through the leg of each stitch that’s closest to the back of the blanket.”

25-01-2025

Reminder:

HDC stitch: set up like DC but pull through all loops at once

TR stitch: yarn over twice, pull through 2 loops at a time 3 times

DTR stitch: yarn over 3 times, pull through 2 loops at a time 4 times

25-01-2025

Took a couple of stars and one run through the squaring off rows to get the feel for it, and just completed one proper square. It’s a lot bigger than I thought - might do a 5 x 5 square with a fat border.

26-01-2025

Star weighs 5.6 grams. Finished square weighs 15.6 grams.

Each ball weighs 127.5 grams, therefore can make ~ 25 stars per ball. (Only need 5 of each colour.) And will need 25 squares X 10g = approx 250g of aran (white) so I might not need the 3rd ball I just purchased. Oh well. Doesn’t count joining or borders, so I’ll probably end up using at least some of that 3rd ball.

02-04-2025

I have really been enjoying this project. I’ve got the pattern more or less memorized and it’s nice, easy and not-quite mindless work to put the stars and squares together. Just a few more squares and I’ll be ready to join.

20-04-2025

Finished!

Toward the end of the project I decided to add a 6th row that repeats the row 1 pattern.

I joined the squares with a simple whip stitch on each side (front and back). Then I did a border row of sc in the background white, popping in a dc if there was a dip where two squares were joined. Then using the colour order of the first and last row of squares, which happened to go light, dark, light, dark, light, I did a border row of sc in each of the first two colours (lime and burgundy) then a dc row in yellow, then an sc row in each of the navy and pink.

Super happy with how it came out and how forgiving the pattern is.

My only complaint is that I still haven’t figured out how to weave in ends that STAY woven in with acrylic yarn.