Babette v2.0 Progress

I’ve made some progress on the latest Babette. I’m quite tickled with it, actually:

The colors (particularly the darker taupe color) are a little muddy in this picture, but you can see the general idea.

My pace is a bit slower than the previous blanket, due mostly to two factors:

1. Ruby has become a permanent fixture on my lap, and has determined that the yarn ends are for eating. This does hinder progress, and a few nights I just had to give up entirely.

2. The arrival of this game in the apartment. I’m obsessed, and it has definitely cut into my crochet time. I’m only a little bit ashamed, because it’s really fun.

I have learned something new with this version of the blanket that I think will save some time in the long run. I’ve learned how to hide yarn ends as I crochet along, which will be a huge time saver. I’ll only need to darn in 1 or 2 ends from each square – sweet!

It also helps that I have stripe colors for panels 1-8 completely mapped out. I am making small tweaks as I go along, since the colors on Excel aren’t really accurate (I’m cutting a little pink, adding a little more stone, that sort of thing) so I don’t feel as pressured each time I pick up the project to balance the colors.  For me, that’s the hard part. It’s a lot easier to just do the actual crocheting part!

I’m trying not to be distracted by a knit blanket that’s somewhat similar. That’s going to have to wait. Really. It will.