My First Finish of the Year

I can’t believe it.  I have a finish and as an extra bonus it is a UFO that has been hanging around for a while.

This was started back in November 2023 when I bought a basket of 8 ply acrylic yarn oddments.  I decided to  make a donation rug using the Spiked Granny Square pattern.

I had a lovely time over the next few months, adding to the pile of blocks.

Then I added a cream border to them all.

Before joining them all together using crochet in April 2024…..but the squares wouldn’t sit flat.  My crochet was obviously too tight.  Blast!  Not happy……

And there it sat in a box until October 2024…when all the squares were separated and put back in the box.

That is where they have sat until this week.  Every time I see the box I feel guilty about not biting the bullet and getting them finished into the rug.

Ta da!  By doing a little each day for five days it is finished.  Not perfect, but finished and ready to send off for donation, when I get around to it.  When I finish something like this I do wonder why I leave it for so long.  I am the queen of procrastination.  Oh well, better late than never.

It is a nice, cheerful little rug and do hope someone will enjoy it when the time comes. 

I’m very happy to have it done and dusted and I can now remove the box from my sewing room and start another knitting or crochet project guilt free.  Yes, I am going to try to have just one project on the go at a time…..unlike my stitching projects.  We won’t talk about how many of them are in the “To be completed” pile.

Now to work on the next project on my wish list for this month.