Tennis blanket

 Lots of tennis being played in Australia at the moment which means lots of crocheting for me.

Our last stitch that we learnt at crocheting was single crochet then a double crochet done in two colours. The discussion was, was it better to carry the wool or cut and start the second colour. I liked the look of it but I didnt want to do either of the options so I made my own rules.

I did a long chain then stitch up one side and around the other before using the secobd colour. I used contrasting colours.

It is just off the hook and needs to be blocked to pull it into shape. Its about 40 inches by 60inches. Its quite dense, heavy and warm. I did get a bit sick of it as it was slow going. I finished it off with two balls done in ordinary granny stitch.

The second blanket was much quicker and measures 50cms by 50cms.

I put a border on this obe which I dont usually. 

No more blankets for now, I bought a pattern book a couple years ago with 15 animal toys in it. I did make a couple of toys from it and I want to make some others so starting from the back, I am on my second mouse.