"My Little Pony" Blanket

I have decided that i would make a my little pony blanket for my niece for chistmas as she is a massive fan and i can only make blankets at this stage. So i did a little search of the net and looking for a cross stitch pattern that i could use as a guide for a granny square blanket. I then ended up finding this picture.

i worked it out that every bead will be a granny square, but then i thought if i make then the normal size they will end up massive, so i thought how about i do the squares only 2 rows big instead of the traditional 4 rows. Turns out this was the way to go. So i made a few squares just to get an idea.

Counting how many this would take i decided these where the best size. So i then got on to making all of the squares and making sure i hadnt missed any.

At this point i had come to the realisation of how big this project was going to be. But i was almost complete and wasnt going to stop now. So when i had completed all the squares i layed them on the floor and positioned them to get a better idea of how big this was going to be.

Turned out it was still big but at the same time a great size. I thought about filling in the edges to make it a proper sqaure but then thought of how much longer that would take me and i had already planned on making two of these for xmas and i was running out of time. So i put it together as is and this is the end result.

I was so proud of myself making my first proper project and for my niece who i know will love this blanket. I have realised that it may not be put together as best as i couldve but at the same time i didnt care i was happy that i had made it and if she got a week out of it i would be happy. So now its all wrapped up and under the tree ready for xmas day xD

In my next blog i will be showing my process in my first every Amiguimi project of Olaf from Frozen.