For my big project I’m working on I chose to make a blanket but I wanted to do one that I have had practice on but also didn’t want to do simple or easy one. I kind of like using a pattern close to my dishcloths I have been making. I realized that granny squares and dishcloths kind of use the same techniques. I mean they are both square patterns but have different uses. I also decided I wanted a challenge because I’m using different colours and switching them almost every two rounds. 

I have been learning what tension means when it comes to crocheting. Sometimes tension is a good thing and sometimes it can be considered bad. It depends if you want the stitches to be tight or looser. I have been looking at Bella coco crochet for some tips and tricks on tension. One that I didn’t really think of is how the yarn is rolled. I noticed that when I was crocheting that I would sometimes get knots and tangles, but the site said that you could cake the yarn and get a yarn bowl to help. It also says it sometimes depends on how you hold a hook and how much pressure you have while holding the yarn. I think that tension is something i sometimes struggle with and it was nice to read this article to help me 

When I went to Michaels to pick out colors for my blanket and decided I wanted a darker theme to this blanket. I thought a brown and darker white would look good but I needed another colour so I was thinking black but then I thought it wouldn’t look good. I ended up choosing a darker red colour and I have been working on this blanket for a week now. In my opinion the colors kind of look like the colours from the 70s. I swear my grandparents may have a blanket with the exact colours I have picked out. Though the more I look at the blanket, the more I’m liking the colours and how it’s turning out.