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can you believe it... i finally finished my granny square blanket!!! for real!!! 

i chose a very simple, double-crochet edging. i think it frames the squares nicely without demanding too much attention.

some facts:

-it was made with 40 balls of Phil Coton 3 in 5 different colours and a crochet hook size 2,5mm
-it measures 180x115cm (so it would fit a single size bed)
-it contains 416 squares
-it traveled with me toAix-en-Provence, Marseilles and Amsterdam and was my on-the-go project for many, many bus-, train- and carrides
-it took me 2 years, 6 months and 5 days to finish it
-it was my first crochet project ever, and one of the reasons i wanted to learn how to crochet

-it is so gorgeous and i can't stop looking at it! :)

lessons learned:
-i will never use cotton yarn for a project like this again. it makes the blanket heavy and it doesn't give a lot of warmth. a cotton blanket is more the kind of blanket that looks great on a bed, or thrown over the sofa. unfortunately not the warm and cuddly kind...
-if i were to crochet a granny square blanket again, i would probably use another joining method, like the “join-as-you-go” method. it took me so much time to crochet the individual squares together!

-weaving the ends in before you start putting the squares together is a good idea... look at all those loose ends i still have to weave in. eugh! ;) i hope there are some good tv-shows coming up...