Big ol' Tetris Blanket.

[orbitaldiamonds]

Hello, all. I just joined and thought I'd show you my current project. I'm hoping to finish it up this week or next because I already have my next one (which involves circles and learning) in mind.

Anyhow...


When I was at the craft store looking for the perfect multicolored yarn for this Tetris blanket for vasco_pyjama, what I found was this instead: Lion Brand "Hometown USA" yarn, which is thick and really soft and comes in a dozen or so really rich colors. And I only had to do three rounds to make a pretty big square.


This is where I laid out the width of the blanket and thought o crap, this is gonna be huge! But Fizzy (v_p) was still happy with the idea, so I kept working on it.


Lots and lots and lots and lots (150 altogether, about 111 so far)...


Rows 13, 14, and 15.


With rows 10, 11, and 12 added on...


Aww crap, this should be rotated 90 degrees to the left. That's what happens when you have 10 rows at 10 squares per row and think you've got the picture. :P

My husband Chris says I can has naptime nao?

I've added two more rows since then, so now I get to make 35 more squares and put them together, and then take out all the yarn from where I made the strips (because they look uneven on the blanket), and re-stitch those lines so they look better. Fizzy's my best friend so I want it just right. :)

Comments

[afuna]

Nice! I love game-inspired designs, and that looks pretty nifty (as well as being a lot of work *G*)

[orbitaldiamonds]

Thanks! :D

[saavikam77]

Awesome! I've been wanting to do another granny blanket, so the Tetris idea seems pretty cool. And that must be some seriously thick yarn for the squares to look so solid with a P hook! :p

Out of curiosity, how many skeins did you use? And how did you do the square corners so they don't have holes?

[orbitaldiamonds]

Thanks! The paper around the yarn said to use an N-hook, so that's what I used, and it's working just right.

So far, I've used 43 skeins, I have three more to work on, and then I'll have to buy some more to finish it up. After this, I'm gonna try to make stuff to sell. This is an expensive habit!

[saavikam77]

*43*! O_O Good gods, that's a lot of yarn. Must be a low yardage per skein. *ponders*

I had to stop buying yarn for a while, b/c it tends to get pricey when you crochet, going through so much yarn so quick.

Thanks!

[orbitaldiamonds]

Yeah, pretty low yardage. You can kinda see it in the top picture. And yeah, it's gonna be a $600-ish blanket, and I've been buying too much for my budget lately which means I have to scrimp during this pay period and the next to make up for it, but it's been addictive. I love that kind of yarn. (Though one of these days I'm gonna try to get ahold of Lion Brand and see if I can make a deal to buy that kind of yarn wholesale.)

P.S. The way I was using the yarn, one skein would make three squares and most of a fourth.

[curiosity]

That is definitely an impressive undertaking. Excellent work. Now I wanna make a Tetris blanket! :P

[orbitaldiamonds]

Well, plotting it is easy! Just play Tetris on the computer and take a screenshot at some point. :)

[munin]

Awesomeness! That looks fantastic. I've always been a bit leary of piecing things together. It seems overwhelming somehow. But looking at that and all those bright colors makes me want to try it!

[trulybloom]

I saw that type of yarn at the store today - it was quite hefty and would, indeed, may an idea throw. Did you use a specific pattern of te tetris block, do did you just make it up? Either ways, it's damn cool! Thanks for sharing the pictures!

[orbitaldiamonds]

I've found it to be actually pretty fun. I'm doing the single crochet stitch, with the "wrong side" up to add texture. :)

[orbitaldiamonds]

It's a fantastic yarn. I hope Lion Brand keeps it around forever. XD

I played a game of Tetris online, took a screen shot, and then switched the colors to the Tetris style my friend preferred on MS Paint. Boom, pattern. :) (I love it when things turn out easy.)

[trulybloom]

What size crochet hook did you use? I really like how thick it turned out. Looks really warm.

And, hurray for Tetris - how that game has infected out lives. I even play it on the supermarket conveyer belt at the check out - LOL!

[orbitaldiamonds]

I used an N-hook, 'cause that's what the yarn called for on the sleeve.

Sho'nuff--though I haven't had that bad of Tetris Effect since I had a Game Boy and played all the time. :)

[pastwatcher]

Wow. I love big projects, but I still probably wouldn't undertake this one on my own; thus I am impressed, and yay Tetris!

[orbitaldiamonds]

Thanks!

I didn't intend to make it that big, but when I started using that yarn (which wasn't in the original plan), it turned out that way. :P