Rachael's Blanket Tah-Dah

i I know I have shown this blanket here not very long ago, but now I'm ready to show the whole thing and give you all the details...

I have made this blanket in record time for my pace... It took me about 45 days to finish it and another 3 days to make the border (I had to wait to get more yarn) ... 

Even though I didn't work much on anything else while making it (which you all know is very hard for me) I think it was all worth it...

 I think it turned out vibrant and elegant and I love the simple lines on it. 

Don't you think the border gave a little feminine touch to it ? 

I made a simple border granny style with a 6 double crochet shell finish 

And here are the statistics :

I used 10 balls of

Lyon Brand Wool Ease

7 Oxford grey

1 Light grey and 

2 Cranberry Red 

With size H 5.0 mm Hook

Chain 183 sts

Double crochet to the end, turn

Double crochet to the end. 

Continue in tis manner until the skein finishes or you have 10 rows. 

Change color to red and do one row ...

Change color to grey again.

Continue in this manner until the blanket is finished changing to Light Grey for a row of your choice. In this blanket I chose the 4th row because I wanted the number to be uneven, therefore more pleasant to the eye.  

After the blanket was finished I did 1 row of SC with Cranberry Red around the blanket, then 2 rows of granny stripes and the last row I did 6 DC in each chain space to form a shell...

and voila ...

The blanket is ready...

I'm super happy with it and even happier that me ... the super add knitter/crocheter was able to stick with it and finish it in no time ...

Now I just need to wrap it and take it to my niece Rachael who just graduated from High School in the beginning of the summer. 

I think she will really enjoy it on the cold winter nights when she needs to stay up writing a paper for college... we are so happy for her and her new life adventures... I hope this blanket will be part of the great memories she will build.

I'm now working on about 6 different projects...

but I think I'm going to prioritize a bit and go back to only doing 3 projects at a time ... It makes me feel a bit more in control of my crafty life :)

 Hope you are having a fantastic week and thank you so much for all your kind comments ... I love each one of them :)