The instant that I saw this pattern, I thought of my daughter Erin. It’s so totally her colors! I knew immediately that I had to make it for her, in exactly the colors pictured. Yes, the Red Heart is scratchy, but it’s completely indestructo! And it does soften a bit with wear.

So off I went, not realizing that I was embarking upon an endless task. Omigosh, the color changes! All those ends to weave in! It seemed to go on forever, but it was oh so worth it in the end.

I used a partial assembly line technique, doing 1 round at a time for each of about 10 or 12 motifs. I didn’t think I could do the same round for ALL of the motifs at the same time. I needed a bit more of a sense of accomplishment than that. But it was enough to memorize the pattern and get on a roll with it. Then, once I had some completed motifs, I would sew them together as I went along, so as not to have to do it all at once at the end.

I decided to blow off the tiny little triangle motifs to square up the edges. Just couldn’t deal with those. So my finished item has a zig zag edge, which I think looks fine.

And Erin loves it, which is all that matters in the end.

The pattern calls for 1 skein of the Burgundy, and 2 skeins each of the other colors, but I really couldn’t say how much of each color I actually used. I was working on my Stained Glass Window Afghan at the same time, and I bought the yarn for both together. My receipts aren’t itemized by color, and both afghans used a couple of the same colors, which made it difficult to know in the end how much I used for each. This was back in the day before I kept track of such things for Ravelry. I’m much better about that now!