Canada Proud

I was so excited to start this blanket! This was a design I came up with and created myself.  Well, not the flag per say, but the layout and the maple leaf in the Corner to Corner (C2C) layout.  This stitch works up fairly quickly but when you add a pattern to it, it does take some patience to make sure you have the right number of colours in the right spots and you dont mess up the words.

 The back and forth of colour changes and turning of the project can be confusing and you need to make sure that you mark the right side and the wrong side as you don’t want to pull out a couple rows of work when you realize things don’t add up to where they are supposed to be!  This also helps ensure that you keep your colour changes and colour pull throughs to the back of the project. If you wanted to line it as well, this is great where you don’t have to worry too much about carrying of colours or the messiness of the loose ends!   

I worked through some challenges and although one little mistake was made, I caught it in time to make the same mistake on the opposite side so it looks equal.  I look at it now and wish I went back back to fix it, but at the time I was just too far along from the error and couldnt go back as I was on a time crunch to get it completed.  

Do you think you can spot the error??

 I also decided to line the back of this blanket with a flanelette as the fleece was going to be too much warmth and weight and it worked out great.  This was the first time I had attached flanelette and likely won’t be the last.  

 This blanket is perfect for campfires, cottages and couchs!  It can be also be customized to a city of your choice or anything else that you would like personalozed on it.  Family name, cottage name etc.  So many possibilities!