Used 2 skeins per blanket; so 4 skeins in total.

I had always wanted to make this pattern but was working on other projects, around the time I saw this pattern in the Hobbii Twister yarn on FB posted by Pietrina Falla on 14 August 2020.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1370975902929963/permalin...

So Pietrina’s work inspired me to make Marnie’s Garden 1 and 2, as Christmas gifts for Marcia.

Marnie’s Garden 1

29/08/2020 Rows 01-11 took 2.50 hrs
30/08/2020 Rows 12-18 took 2.50 hrs
31/08/2020 Rows 19-21 took 1.00 hrs
01/09/2020 Rows 22-22 took 0.50 hrs
01/09/2020 Rows 23 skipped this row
01/09/2020 Rows 24-27 took 2.25 hrs
02/09/2020 Rows 28-33 took 3.25 hrs

{Sub total 12 hours}

REPEAT ONE (of rows 14-33 above)
03/09/2020 Row 34 Row 14 took 0.50 hrs
03/09/2020 Row 35 Row 15 took 0.75 hrs
04/09/2020 Row 36 Row 16 took 0.50 hrs
04/09/2020 Row 37 Row 17 took 0.75 hrs
05/09/2020 Row 38 Row 18 took 0.50 hrs
05/09/2020 Row 39 Row 19 took 0.50 hrs
05/09/2020 Row 40 Row 20 took 0.75 hrs
05/09/2020 Row 41 Row 21 took 0.50 hrs
05/09/2020 Row 42 Row 22 took 1.00 hrs
06/09/2020 Row 43 Row 23 skipped this row
06/09/2020 Row 44 Row 24 took 0.50 hrs
06/09/2020 Row 45 Row 25 took 0.75 hrs
07/09/2020 Row 46 Row 26 took 1.25 hrs
07/09/2020 Row 47 Row 27 took 1.00 hrs
07/09/2020 Row 48 Row 28 took 1.00 hrs
07/09/2020 Row 49 Row 29 took 0.75 hrs
07/09/2020 Row 50 Row 30 took 0.75 hrs
08/09/2020 Row 51 Row 31 took 0.75 hrs
08/09/2020 Row 52 Row 32 took 0.75 hrs
08/09/2020 Row 53 Row 33 took 0.75 hrs

{Sub total 14 hours}

REPEAT TWO (of rows 14-33 above)
08/09/2020 Row 54 Row 14 took 0.75 hrs
08/09/2020 Row 55 Row 15 took 1.25 hrs
08/09/2020 Row 56 Row 16 took 1.00 hrs
joined 2nd cake during row 16; started with grey
09/09/2020 Row 57 Row 17 took 1.25 hrs
09/09/2020 Row 58 Row 18 took 0.75 hrs
09/09/2020 Row 59 Row 19 took 0.75 hrs
10/09/2020 Row 60 Row 20 took 1.00 hrs
11/09/2020 Row 61 Row 21 took 0.75 hrs
12/09/2020 Row 62 Row 22 took 1.25 hrs
12/09/2020 Row 63 Row 23 skipped this row
12/09/2020 Row 64 Row 24 took 1.00 hrs
12/09/2020 Row 65 Row 25 took 1.00 hrs
13/09/2020 Row 66 Row 26 took 1.50 hrs
13/09/2020 Row 67 Row 27 took 1.00 hrs
14/09/2020 Row 68 Row 28 took 1.00 hrs
14/09/2020 Row 69 Row 29 took 1.00 hrs
14/09/2020 Row 70 Row 30 took 1.00 hrs
15/09/2020 Row 71 Row 31 took 1.00 hrs
16/09/2020 Row 72 Row 32 took 1.00 hrs
16/09/2020 Row 73 Row 33 took 1.25 hrs

{Sub total 18 hours}

REPEAT THREE (of rows 14-17 above)
16/09/2020 Row 74 Row 14 took 1.50 hrs
17/09/2020 Row 75 Row 15 took 1.25 hrs
17/09/2020 Row 76 Row 16 took 1.25 hrs
18/09/2020 Row 77 Row 17 took 1.50 hrs

{Sub total 5.5 hours}

BORDER
18/09/2020 Row 78 Border Row 01 took 1.00 hrs
19/09/2020 Row 79 Border Row 02 took 1.50 hrs

{Sub total 2.5 hours}

{Total hours 52 hours}

Ran out of yarn about 4 inches before the end of the last border row. So I had to undo the row and change the number of dc/tr stitches in the shells from 8 to 6. I left the corner shells at 8 stitches but all others were only 6. Then I had enough yarn to finish the blanket.

Started Marnie’s Garden 2 on 21 September and finished on 16 November 2020.