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April 18, 2016:

Rowan has released the make-up diagram early (thank you!). I made cartoons of each square in Adobe Illustrator so I could see what it looked like (2 of which I guessed from the photo of the finished afghan because the patterns haven’t been released yet).

Taking the following data:

1. I don’t like the way the symmetry was used.
2. I don’t like the Stage 6 square, it’s tedious.
3. I don’t like holes in my blankets.
4. I need a longer blanket because the first one was 8x6 and it was too short.

So I decided on the following rogue solution:

1. Get more symmetry!
2. Reduce Stage 6 square amounts to only 3!
3. I managed to reduce from 12 lacy squares to 9.
4. Make a 10x5 so I only have to make 2 more squares!

The only downside is that I have a beautifully symmetric blanket… except for Row 10. Whatevs, it’s worth it if I can sleep under it. The first one is only good as a lap blanket!

March 21, 2016:

I can’t believe it took me 3 afghans (#1, #2, #3) and at least 150 squares to FINALLY MAKE A SQUARE TEMPLATE! OMG, revolution. I use a really cheap 6x3 acrylic rug for most of my blocking, so I just duct taped right onto it. About 30 minutes investment for 300 less gray hairs of re-measurement!

They aren’t squares at all, though. 9.5” x 8.5” was the best I could do.

February 13, 2016:

Square 2 mod: No switching of background color into stripes, and offset the slip stitches so they are not vertically aligned.

January 31, 2016:

My project notes for the last Martin Storey KAL are coming in handy! Turns out it’s the same gauge, same stitch count for Square 1. So, US 7, 65cm required for a long-tail cast-on and my garter stitch scheme for the old Square #1. Convenient.

I’ll be using 2 colors, and all solid squares will be gray. I guessed on the yarn amounts, 6 Mustard, 15 Moonstone, I’ll probably be wrong by a ball or so. Also, the last afghan was too short, it’s annoying. I might have to lengthen, though the thought of doing more squares than called for chills me to the bone! :p