Abakhan Challenge - Part One

I am calling this Part One of the Abakhan Challenge. If you have been following my blog then you will know that I accepted the challenge to see what I could make with £15 of anything of my choice. My choice was 7 balls of King Cole Bonus DK . This is what I made.

 A baby blanket in a ripple or wave stitch using shades from my choice. My taste runs to the bold and the colourful. I love a bit of colour in my life.

This photo gives a  better idea of the size of the blanket that I made. Useful for the moses basket or the car seat. I could  have made it larger to fit a full sized cot and I would still have enough wool to do that as my choice comes in 100 gram balls

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This close up photo is nearest to the colours of the blanket as I see them. It wouldn't be me if there wasn't a crochet flower on it somewhere. If I was making this blanket for a boy then I would omit the pink and the flower. If my choice of colours isn't your idea of what a baby blanket should look like then there is a wide selection of pastel shades to choose from if you look on the Abakhan page. For a baby boy then you could use shades of pale blue, lemon. white, and pale green. For a baby girl then shades of pinks and lemon mixed with cream or white would make a delicately coloured blanket.

What to make with the rest of the yarn? I am never happy until I have used up as much of the yarn as I can. There is enough in the part balls to make something else. I used six shades of the same yarn for the blanket as though technically I could have used oddments to make it I do prefer shades of the same yarn for texture and washing purposes. The blanket wouldn't stay in shape if I mixed wool in with acrylic and cotton as they all wash differently. I like the same kind of yarn, whenever possible, if I am making something with different colours. If I can't keep to the same brand then at least I try to match up the thickness and the material.

I am going to keep you in suspense as to what I am making with the rest of the yarn. I will give you a  hint though.

For this project I am not using the red as I want a more delicate colour effect.

Granny squares. I will let you guess what I am making with them. The project is from the same book as the ripple blanket. I will reveal more in my next post. One clue - it's not another blanket.

I hope that your weather is better than here. It's a bit dull and has been raining. The only excitement of the day has been that the recycling bins got emptied. I told you that I live a quiet life. Today I will be working more on the granny squares and then hopefully by my next post I will have something to show you.

Happy Crafting. Love to you all.