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I don't seem to have posted a photo of the 2022 crochet blanket. That year I didn't pick a colour theme but instead resolved to use up leftover yarn. This effort still left a lot of yarn in the house so last year I did something similar, only I did purchase new yarn in three neutralish colours in the hopes of adding some unity to the effect. I'm pleased with the outcome, though wish I'd selected three brown colours rather than two browns and a bluish grey. There is still a lot of leftover yarn, mind you. This year I've picked one pale neutral colour to go into every square and will focus on "stash-busting" for the rest.

It was late January before I finished this blanket mind - which means I'm already two squares behind on the 2024 effort!! For those interested, details of the annual Moogly Cal can be found here.

2018 was the third year I participated in the Moogly Crochet-a-long (it releases the pattern for a crochet square every 2 weeks) and above is the finished result. It won't be staying on the bed because it hasn't yet been cold enough this winter to necessitate a blanket (or possibly fixing the broken window pane in the bedroom has made all the difference).

I've been following the Moogly Crochet Blog for a while and found myself increasingly taken with the fortnightly squares that were being posted as part of their "crochet-a-long" so, once I had finished B's vast crochet thing, I set about making the 2016 sqaures (this was in August, there was a lot of frantic catch-up crocheting). In theory I was using leftover bits of wool, but I ran out of these about halfway through and had to buy more - this became increasingly stressful since the original supply of wool I had acquired on the cheap because it wasn't being produced any more.

Anyway, the final result is this blanket:





I have already started on the first of the 2017 squares and have bought all the wool except for one colour I am as yet undecided about.