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The New Kids on the Block

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Update on my latest granny square crochet blanket project, this time with Lion Brand Re-Spun recycled polyester yarn.

In the post What’s On The Design Carpet: First 20 Squares I shared I made the first 20 granny square blocks using three (3) different yarns in six different combinations:

I lamented that I likely did not have enough yarn, using the three skeins, to complete a blanket with 100+ granny square blocks (which is needed if I want it to be a lap blanket and not a shawl!). So I decided to bring in three more skeins that I had in my stash and create some sample blocks using these yarns:

So with all that background to bring you up to date, now I can show you the “New Kids on the Block” – the three sets of sample blocks I made with three different combinations:

  1. Using only the three new yarns
  2. Old yarn in the first two rounds and new yarn in the 3rd and 4th row
  3. New yarn in the first two rounds and old yarn in the 3rd and 4th row

I made a total of 18 new blocks.

Here are those 18 new blocks (3 different sets of 6 different yarn combinations) combined with the original yarn 6 different yarn combinations:

So combining the original 20 blocks I completed, I have 38 blocks made so far (14 are missing from the image below as they are just additional of the original 6 combinations).

Here are all 38 blocks stacked on the granny square block holder John made me a couple years ago:

Yes this is more than you want to know but I figured I can use this post as a reference if I start to get confused on what I have as my combinations so far!

So currently my plan is to make 5 each of the 24 different yarn combinations I’ve made so far, for a total of 120 blocks. I will lay them out and decide if I need more and go from there 🙂

Oh and just in case you didn’t catch the reference to the late 1980s/early 1990s boy band, The New Kids on the Block, here’s something to either remind you of or introduce you to them:

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20 thoughts on “The New Kids on the Block”

  1. love the choice of colours to add to the combination. The very dark brown will help brings things together, I feel. And oh Tierney . . . thank you for the giggle . . . I did catch the reference to the new kids on the block . . . I’d just forgotten how YOUNG they all were !!!

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