I really enjoyed making this blanket. There’s something about these colors that just makes my heart sing, and the pattern was very pleasurable to stitch. This one gets a 10 out of 10 from me!

The video tutorial was very clear and helpful. There was only one question that remained for me, which was that, regarding the turning stitches at the end of the rows, it was unclear what the pattern meant by “the top of the beg ch sp from the row below”. I was putting the ending sc & hdc into the actual chain stitch at the top of the turning chain, rather than into the space it created. I couldn’t tell from the video exactly where she was placing her hook, so I went into the chain, as is fairly common practice, but it was causing a large hole, so I ripped back (about 20 rows) & restarted, going into the space instead. I don’t know what the “top of the space” would be, but this was an improvement for me, probably because my yarn was slippery, causing the hole to grow.

I did pick up a tip from this video: Normally my beginning slip knots are tightened by the working end of the yarn, but the designer did it the opposite way, so that you could tighten it with the tail, which she did after working the first few rows, to tighten up the hole that was at the point of the triangle. Interesting! I never thought of doing it that way, so I tried it when I restarted, and it worked really well! I think I might continue this practice in the future.

Also, I never normally knot my joins, but because this yarn is so slippery, I tried tying on the new colors as she did in the video. I didn’t really care for it though, and returned to my usual method after a few tries, but it was interesting to see the different ways people do things.

Border:
I omitted the tassels, and did the border as follows:
Round 1: Turn, 3 sc in corner, sc around, with 1 stitch for every row and 3 in each corner = 21 sts for each color sequence. Join w/slip st to first sc, ch 1, turn.
Round 2: sc in next sc, (ch 1, sk 1, sc in next sc) around, with 3 sc in ea corner. Slip st to first sc, attach white, turn.
Round 3: (cluster, ch 1, sk 1) around, with (cluster, ch 1, cluster, ch 1, cluster) in each corner. Slip st to first cluster, switch to grey, ch 1, turn.
Round 4: (sc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, sk 1) around, with 3 sc in each corner. Slip st to first sc, turn.
Round 5: (sc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, sk 1) around, with 3 sc in each corner. Slip st to first sc.

If I make this again, I’d consider doing the last row of the border with a larger hook, as it was starting to pull in a bit. Fortunately, I was able to stretch the edge while it was wet when I washed it.

Update, 4/3/25:
Well, even after the stretch blocking, the edge just seemed too tight and unforgiving. It really bothered me. I wanted to redo the last round looser, but the ends were woven in but good, and I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to undo just the last row, without it being a domino effect. A friend of mine suggested that I just add on, which I figured was worth a try. Can’t hurt, might help, right?

I liked the effect of the border the way it was, as it sort of echoed the rest of the blanket, so I didn’t want to add too much grey after the clusters. After a little bit of experimenting, this is what I ended up doing:

-I used an I Hook (5.5 mm) (the rest of the blanket was done with the H Hook (5.0 mm)).
-I worked from the same side as round 5 of the original border, as if doing a round 6 without turning (I had turned after each of the other rounds).
-(dc in the space between the clusters of round 3, sc in the next sc) around, with 3 sc in the corners.
-This used an additional 16.6 gr of the grey, bringing the total usage of that color (Toy Elephant) to 2.81 skeins.
-The size is pretty much the same (it just depends on how much you stretch it out when you lay it down).

I sort of like how it turned out! Just adding a looser edge onto the tight one made it feel more flexible and it laid better. And it doesn’t seem too wide of a grey stripe at the end. I think I rescued it! What a relief, because other than that, I really loved this blanket. That edge was ruining it for me.