What a week this has been.  My resolve to focus on the simple joys was sorely tested!  Nevertheless, I did manage to find joy in many simple moments, not least of which were the ones I spent working on this blanket – especially the calming rhythm of the textured bits.

My Simple Joy blanket starts off with 5 solid double crochet squares  (you can read more about the colours in last week’s Yarn Arrival post).

If you have been following me for a while, you will immediately recognise these colours as my go-to colours.  This is actually quite minimalist for me.  Usually, I would throw in two more lighter pink shades, definitely a light blue shade, and possibly another purple (pretty much the colours I used for the Colour Crafter Sophie).

For this blanket, I wanted to limit the colours as much as I could. I wanted to create something that was BOLD and CALMING at the same time.

This is probably my favourite photo of the blanket to date:  five little colourful rolls.  Just… I don’t know… eyeball happiness?

To offset the bold colours, I am using a neutral not-quite-grey and a very simple textured stitch.

I tried to take a close-up of the textured bits, but it just looks all higgledy-piggledy when you zoom in…

As I told you last week, I made a Colour Crafter version of this blanket quite some time ago.  The colours I am using for the Chunky Monkey version are the same as for that one, but just look at the difference in size between the squares!

I will be finishing my blanket by adding some colourful stripes on the opposite end of the blanket (creating my own rainbow, if you will).

I am sure you can already picture what the end product is going to look like…

I hope to see you back here next week when I do my grand (simple) reveal of the Simple Joy Blanket.

Want to see more of our Simple Joy Crochet Blanket journey?

• Simple Joy Blanket Yarn Arrival
• Simple Joy Blanket WIP (This Post)
• Simple Joy Blanket Reveal
• Simple Joy Blanket Pattern

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