As I mentioned yesterday I thought I'd give this Blooming Flower Blanket by Liz Salazar for Premier Yarns a go with my Premier Puzzle yarn and some Amigo Chunky from Hobbii.
The pattern is another one that was oddly written, in that the maker has to keep precise count of each round of stitches, but the repeats have sorta-kinda place references rather than the exact stitch count number. "Dc to the center of the petal" rather than the exact number of double crochets. This makes you have to guess or (like me) fix the pattern in your head by creating your own count.
I had to frog and restitch one row three times to figure out the place reference/exact count problem, which did not make me happy. Altogether I frogged five or six rows in addition to that one that was particular troublesome, which killed my momentum.
This is how much I got done in one night after wrestling with this pattern. The stitch counts on the solid blue row are wrong again. I was trying to be a good sport and really give it a solid try, but my enthusiasm is at zero. I decided to frog the whole thing and use another pattern.
The next night when I sat down to frog what I'd done I thought better of it. I hate being defeated, even by an oddly written pattern. So I pushed on, frogged and redid the last row, and then worked on while trying to follow the three-row repeat at the end of the pattern.
This is how much I got done that night. One section is definitely off-center because of the problems I had with the stitch count, but I'm gradually correcting that one row at a time. It won't be perfect, but I am making this one for me, so I can live with the flaws.
How much I had done last night, which was the third night. The nice thing about bulky yarn is how fast it works up. I should finish this throw today or tomorrow.
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