I am so happy to say that I have finally finished my Stardust Melodies Afghan. Yea! :). It turned out even nicer than I thought it would. I just love it when that happens!
Here are all of my beautiful blocks stacked and ready to be sewn together. I love looking at neatly piled blocks. Don’t you?
Then it was on to sewing them together. That took longer than I thought would because I laid them out on the floor and had to go back and forth changing colors to match the block. Then I had to weave in the tails as well.
It was no problem, it just took longer than I thought it would. Next was the border. I am absolutely in love with it!
The border is this gorgeous textured finishing touch for this afghan. Before it was added I felt the blocks kind of fought against themselves with each trying to be the star of the show. The border calmed them all down and unified them.
Isn’t it great how that happens?! Here are a few more shots of my finished blanket—
It makes me want to snuggle up in a soft chair and read a book or write a blog post 🙂
I am going to fold this blanket and wrap it up to give to some dear SWEET friends for Christmas. I am excited to give it to them❤️
Thank you for following along on my Stardust Melodies crochet journey. If you are interested in making this beautiful afghan, you can get the free pattern on Polly Plum’s everytrickonthehook. I paid for the larger option offered on ravelry.com
This is my second finish for the Q4FAL. I’m on my way:)
It is definitely a SWEET day at my house today!
this is one gorgeous blanket. Your friends will treasure it.
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Thank you Claire! It always feels good to finish a long time project!
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Oh my, this is beautiful! ❤️
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Why thank you Miss Rebecca!❤️
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You did an awesome job with it, Tracy!! Incredible work!
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Thank you Abbey! It has been so fun watching it come together:). ❤️❤️
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That is absolutely exquisite and yummy!!!
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I feel the same way! I just drink in its beauty all day😊👍🏻
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It’s beautiful, your friends will love it 🙂
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Oh I hope so! Thank you!❤️
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Beautiful. Will you share what yarn you used for the border, please?
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Hi Marie! You bet! I used 2 skeins of Lions Brand Scarfie wool blend. It worked perfectly:)
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That is just beautiful, Tracy, gorgeous colors, and some amazing hook work on some of those blocks!😍
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It reminds me of your knitted Block:). So fun!!!
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I hope mine turns out half as well as yours!
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Oh I’m sure it will:)!
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You are sweet,mthanks!
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So beautiful Tracy, I never knew crochet could be have such intricate designs. I am so impressed with your blanket and love the muted, soft colors.
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Thank you Abbie! I have been having a good time playing with crochet textures this past year or so. I just love it!❤️❤️
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I can see why! After seeing your blanket, i realize I will have to venture beyond my Granny squares!
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Great job, it’s gorgeous!
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It is gorgeous Tracy! I like the colors you chose, you have lucky friends 😊.
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Thank you Brenna! I have som pretty yarn that a friend brought me from Spain that I am going to make some hand warmers with next:)❤️
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Oooh, looking forward to seeing them!
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That’s a beautiful blanket! I love your colour choices, they are perfect!
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Oh, Thank you Kate! The color is fun and best of all it is done:)!
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Wow Tracy…… just WOW!!!! This is such a beautiful blanket. The colors and the textures are amazing and good call with the border it really tied the whole thing together!! 😀
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Thank you Tami! The colors were t my favorite at first, but the border really tied them all together:)
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Oh I somehow missed this post o.O Your stardust melodies is gorgeous!
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This is a wonderful blanket, good for you to finish it! Thank you for joining in the FAL community on behalf of the global FAL hosts!
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Oh thank you so much Leanne! It is really so nice of you and the others to host such a fun event:). I for one, really appreciate it:)❤️❤️❤️
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