I hadn't planned to make another crochet blanket, although recently I have been missing the pleasures of a little evening crochet time, but when I came across Minna's fabulous fleamarket find I fell in love.
I adore the colour scheme of her blanket so I'm trying to replicate the smoky, misty feel of it and I have spent the last 2 weeks trawling the yarn shops looking for heathered aran yarns. I've settled on using mostly Cascade 220 yarn as their colour range is vast and it is a very good price (I bought most of mine from Get Knitted).
Despite the big range Cascade didn't have all of the colours that I had in mind and so I'm also mixing in some yarn from my stash - some vintage Magpie Aran by Rowan, some 'Willow' by texere and some mystery pink yarn (I think it's Rowan) in exactly the shade I wanted. Luckily I find that crochet is very forgiving when you use yarns of slightly different weights and thicknesses. I've posted full details to my Ravelry project page.
Now I have made a start, I'm happily settling down into a gentle rythm of working on this after the children are in bed at night. That last hour of the day is perfect for a little sleepy and undemanding crochet time and I'm really enjoying working on this. Hopefully it will turn out as beautifully as Minna's blanket and in honour of her beautiful styling and photography I'm going to call this the 'misty morning in autumn afghan'. Hopefully I'll have it finished by the time those first misty mornings arrive!
