Winter Project: Angus's Blanket

I've spent a lot of time working on Angus's blanket over the last few weeks. I knew this would happen; I had no enthusiasm for this project over the summer but as soon as the weather turned cooler I was happy to be working on it again.

It's the perfect kind of crochet to do in front of the tv in the evening when you are tired, as it demands absolutely nothing of you. The downside to this is that is can be boring, but I have lots of other projects on the go for when I want something a bit more demanding.

The rows of granny stripes are looking good and I'm pleased with the balance of colour overall. It has now reached the stage where it's no longer looking like a scarf, but starting to feel like it might be a blanket. 

I draped it over a chair to try to give an idea of it's size and it's bigger than I though it was. Almost big enough to be called a throw.

But not big enough for Angus's bed yet. Currently, it measures 160 x 65 cm and when I laid it out over Angus's duvet I thought I might be one third of the way there. That sounds quite good, doesn't it, a third done. I might actually get this project finished this winter!

Joining in with my friend Jennifer's Winter Project Link Party at her blog Thistlebear. Do go and look at Jennifer's lovely blog if you don't already know it, she write beautifully and shares snippets of her life and home in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Edited to add:

Some of you asked about the yarn and colours I am using in this blanket. I am using a mixture of mostly Stylecraft Special DK with some Deramores Studio DK leftover from another project.

The Stylecraft Special DK colours are:

silver

graphite

white

mustard

mocha

parchment

lime

petrol

meadow

boysenberry

The Deramores Studio DK colours are below with Stylecraft suggestions for a close match in brackets:

blush (raspberry or pomegranate)

topaz (aster or turquoise)

indigo (midnight)

I hope that helps.