This one got away from me. 14 repeats, is almost all of one skein for chart 1. 12 beads for 2012, 28 for the date of the anniversary, one in the center of each 9 diamond pattern, and 6 along the last diamond for the month. 61 beads total. I was left with about 3 yards of yarn in the end.

It blocked to one Lena tall, which should mean that she can hold each end in hand with her arms outstretched.

I may do even more repeats. I want it to be fairly large. I know it will stretch quite a bit with blocking, but I realized that 9 repeats creates 10 diamonds across and I’ve yet to even approach needing the other skein.

I love this pattern!