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Friday 29 October 2010

Hand-knitted Treasure

It is definitely blanket season. Our house is full of them: big ones, small ones, old ones, new ones, woollen ones, furry ones, store-bought ones and hand-knitted ones. We've got them on the bed and on the sofa and a big pile in the spare room for guests.

My favourite blanket? The one my mum knitted for me when I was a baby, a lovely rainbow patchwork of tiny squares:


The slightly blurry photos were taken in our spare room on a rather gloomy day! As you can see, I am fighting the gloom with colour :)

13 comments:

  1. That's really an amazing blanket! You must have been a very happy baby :)

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  2. What a beautiful blanket!!! What a great work your mother did!!!

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  3. that's beautiful & so colourful, my favourite throw is one my mum made me too although it's a patchwork one. x

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  4. Lovely to have something your mum made when you were a baby, such pretty colours too!

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  5. Gorgeous 9 patch quilt! I've never seen that pattern knitted before, Lovely!!

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  6. Ne kadar güzel işler çıkarmışsınız bayıldım.Hepsi birbirinden güzel
    sevgiler

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  7. Just so lovely....I agree about fighting the gloom with colour. You have to!

    http://victoriawhincup.blogspot.com/

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  8. I love your blanket! The colours are great and so cheerful.

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  9. i've always wanted to knit a blanket to pass down in the family, it's lovely to see you've already got this & has inspired me to get my bum into gear & start making one :)

    x

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  10. Such a happy blanket. I'm sure it has loads of beautiful memories =)

    Kell

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  11. great blanket! how is it constructed? surely not individual squares sewn together?

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  12. Oh my! This blanket is awesome!

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  13. Thanks for the sweet comments everyone - my mum is thrilled you like the blanket! :)

    Fiona, yes it's lots of tiny squares all sewn together. So much work!

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