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Blue Ribbon Fussy Cuts Blanket
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March 5, 2014
October 5, 2016

Blue Ribbon Fussy Cuts Blanket

Project info
Fussy Cuts Blanket by Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne
Knitting
Blanket → Throw
Us
Needles & yarn
US 8 - 5.0 mm
4,400 yards
Cascade Yarns ® 220 Superwash®
10 skeins = 2200.0 yards (2011.7 meters), 1000 grams
black
Black
the YARN mart in Little Rock, Arkansas
Noro Silk Garden
20 skeins = 2200.0 yards (2011.7 meters), 1000 grams
assorted
many
the YARN mart in Little Rock, Arkansas
March 5, 2014
Notes

I’ve been wanting to start this for a long time. Go.

block/color/center

  1. 381 red
  2. 309 lime
  3. 381 turquoise
  4. 341 yellow
  5. 349? cream
  6. 377 light turquoise
  7. 356 choral
  8. 380 white
  9. 338? pink
  10. 387 lime
  11. 249 light pink (from Glenn)
  12. 389 purple
  13. 349 orange
  14. 376 orange
  15. 358 purple
  16. 314 aqua green
  17. 354? Yellow green
  18. 391 light blue
  19. 279 pink 19.lost track!
  20. Orange

12/21/14 blocks are done. On to borders…

February 1, 2016…#februaryisforfinishing
Let’s do this.

May 31,2016 block borders done. So much joining to do…June 14…now I just have 4 strips of blocks to join, plus the Ickes edging…June 25, 2016 done (but still need to close up holes and weave in ends).

October 5, 2016 finally finished! Entered in the Arkansas State Fair and won a Blue Ribbon!

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About this pattern
Fussy Cuts Blanket
by Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne
from Craft Activism: People, Ideas, and Projects from the New Community of Handmade and How You Can Join In
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About this yarn
Silk Garden
by Noro
Aran
45% Silk, 45% Mohair, 10% Wool
109 yards / 50 grams

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220 Superwash®
by Cascade Yarns ®
Worsted
100% Wool
220 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: March 5, 2014
  • Finished: June 25, 2016
  • Updated: October 21, 2016
  • Progress updates: 6 updates