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Lynda Blanket: Reveal

Heehee, I hope you’re excited to see the Lynda Blanket!  I LOVE how it turned out (I think I might have said that already… a few times)!!

Last Thursday, I had one of those dreaded ‘good service on the Piccadilly line’ delays on my way home.  Usually, tube delays trigger a LOT of negativity for me, but that one didn’t!  Here’s why:  I was sitting there at Baron’s Court, grumbling to myself about the fact that I just wanted to get home, worrying about taking nice photos before the sun went down and WHERE I would take the photos.  I looked down at my lap and focussed on the fact that the red of the bench always makes me happy.  And then I thought:  “That would make a lovely backdrop for some photos.”

So I spent my 15-minute wait taking loads of photos of the blanket.  I had a little inside giggle at what the people must be thinking about my schenanigans.  To be fair, you see all sorts in London, so a middle-aged woman draping blankets over benches is probably not that bizarre.

This encounter was not unlike the time I took photos for my Lydia Blanket Reveal at the cemetary between Baron’s Court and Charing Cross Hospital one morning.

The photo below was my favourite.  I would have loved to get the bottom of it in as well, but I was mindful of the fact that there were tube tracks behind me and ‘PLEASE STAND BEHIND THE YELLOW LINE’ blaring over the tannoy.

Here you can see a bit more of it.  If you look at the ochre/purple/pink Octagons, you will notice that each one works up differently, depending on where the colour-changes fall.

This unpredictability is one of the things I most enjoyed about using Scheepjes Secret Garden for the motifs (and figuring out the final layout).

First, I used a photo of just one square to make a mock-up of the blanket so that I could see if my vision for it would even work. For the record, I think it would look great in one colour, keeping in mind that each octagon will look different as discussed above.  Then I used one image of each colour to create mock layout options.

I finally decided on a diagonal sequence.

Having decided on my layout, I still wasn’t quite sure how the actual squares would play together (because they are all different, have I mentioned that yet?).  I then spent a delightful hour (or two) moving all the furniture out of the way and physically arranging all the squares on the floor until I was happy with the balance.

In the photo below you can see more examples of how each flower differs.

Having joined all the squares, I opted for a simple border so as not to distract from the colourful flowers in the blanket.

Finally, I asked Boys 1 – 3 to help me take a photo of the finished blanket.  Boy 3 is on the right, moaning about getting back to his Fortnite game; Boy 2 is on the left, asking if anyone will be able to see that he is only wearing underpants;  Boy 1 is in the middle, standing on his tiny tippy toes and trying to be as tall as his brothers.

When I look at this photo; at this blanket, at these hands and feet and the boys they belong to…

… It confirms (affirms) that “Look at what I made!” feeling I want each of you to delight in every time you create something!

I will be sharing the pattern next week Thursday (as well as where you can buy yarn kits, should you wish to).  I can’t wait!

I hope you have had a fantastic Thursday.  My day was filled with ups and downs and three four five very ups (if ‘very ups’ isn’t a thing, it should be), equalling a total of pretty darn wonderful.

Want to see more of our Lynda Blanket journey?

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Happy Hooking!

Dedri

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  1. A lovely post about your lovely blanket. It is beautiful. And the little bit about your kiddies gave me a chuckle. Growing up in a household with many kids, I’m sure we drove our parents crazy with our “priorities”. XD

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  2. Hi Deirdre I love this pretty blanket! I have started purchasing the yarn in anticipation of the pattern! thanks so much for your encouraging blog!
    Doreen

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  4. This latest creation is simply maaaaaaavelous!!!! And so are your assistants SMILE Am looking forward to next Friday,,, thanks much for sharing all these beautiful works with us Helen

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  6. Lovely story, lovely picture, and lovely final words at the end of the post! It is a beautiful blanket, can’t wait to see the pattern and give it a try.

    Thank you for your posts, I love just about everything you post.

    David from the U.S. of A.

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    • Hi David. Thank you :) I’m glad you liked the post. Each and every post I put out there makes me feel a little bit nervous, so positive feedback means a lot x

  7. Love everything about it. The design, the colors, the total outcome is beautiful. I look forward to getting the pattern so I can make this for my bed.

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  8. Really love this one Deidre. The movemnet fo the colurs across the flowers and the design of the flower is absolutely terrific. Good choice of background for photos :) And the border and jining motifs work well together. Look forward to trying this one out.
    You see every kind of thing in the London Tube so I doubt anyone was taken aback.

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    • Hi Roy.

      I meant to get back to you and just realised I hadn’t yet. I was a bit caught up between the website hacking and real-life things. I hope you are well and look forward to your next email.

      Dedri

  9. I can’t wait!!!!!! I love it, love, love, love. Maybe cause my name is Linda, maybe because I’m a colour junkie. Thank you for creating this.

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  11. Fabulous!
    I’ve had my eye on the Secret Garden wool for a long time but couldn’t find a pattern I liked for it – until now, its perfect!
    We are going to Oudtshoorn at the end of this month as part of our trip to SA to do The Garden Route (and a bit beyond) so have been looking for a project that is portable and will keep me occupied during the long journey from Yorkshire. We go 4 days after you release the pattern – lol…. I think everything is telling me that this will be my memory blanket – so looking forward to doing it.

    Many, many thanks for sharing your work

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    • Oh Deb, I am so sorry I missed this comment. I hope you saw the Man’s Head in the mountains when you drove towards Oudtshoorn from Cape Town. Our family farm is at the foot of that Mountain. Now I HAVE to see your blanket, since it has visited the place where my heart lives. I hope you will share photos.

      Dedri

  13. Love this! I’m really not a yellow person, however this is so sunshiney (is that not a word predictive text?? ) it’s one of my fav colours in this blanket.

    I’d be tempted to do this with the green, yellow and purple.

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    • Sunshiney is totally a word! The yellow was the surprise beauty queen in this one. Green, yellow, and purple would look lovely! Have a great week my friend x

  14. Hi Dedri,

    Absoluut asemrowend!! Jammer vir die afrikaans vir die ander mense, maar dit klink net die beste vir my en ek glo vir jou ook!!

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  16. This post is so full of fabulous! Every single paragraph and photo brought me joy. Thanks so much for sharing your personal journey with this project! ❤

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