Hello, you! A couple of weeks ago I told you about a blanket that did not yet have a name, that I was working up using the Scheepjes Metropolis cutie pie colour pack.

Well the blanket now has a name – and a few progress pics too. I’m super excited to show you, so read on!

Also you should know I am sat in an airport for the next three hours (more on that later!), so this will be an excessively chatty post.. you’ve been warned lol

Gloria Blanket

I mentioned it in the yarn arrival post, but it bears repeating that this design has been knocking around in my mind for a few years now, and it is also one of my most requested patterns – that is, many many folks have messaged me asking when I will get a move on with this one!

Side note: Another very heavily requested pattern is my upcoming Botanica Blanket CAL (#botanicablanket), and I will make an official info post on Tuesday, November 26 – or maybe the evening before, on Monday night. Yay!!

Wanna read more about Botanica? Go take a peek and come right back here to see the Gloria WIP pics.

But back to Gloria. 🙂

The name Gloria came to me like this: the original inspiration for this blanket is a photo on the Instagram account @ihavethisthingwithfloors (if you aren’t following – GO! And then come back lol).

Photo from IG is top left, and then the other pics are my interpretation. Don’t you love those random snowflake squares in there?!

Those majestic quarter mandala tiles , with just a few of these simple snowflake kind of tiles thrown in randomly – it rocks my li’l crochet world.

And see, the quarter mandalas aren’t all arranged into big mandalas, because that wouldn’t be very interesting… They’re kind of laid out in a quasi-random way, and boy if you know me, then you know that quasi-random layout is my JAM.

So anyway, this project got put on hold because the just-right yarn wasn’t chosen yet, or the just-right stitches weren’t stitched yet. And I never rush designs – everything in its time, right?

When I found the Scheepjes Metropolis cutie pie colour pack, I knew that would be the perfect yarn choice, but I did have this thought nagging at me. Maybe I should stick with the original color palette. But suddenly I realized, this design would look absolutely glorious in any color scheme.

And the name Gloria was born! Yay!

Scheepjes Metropolis

This yarn is so lush and soft, it’s a total dream. And the yardage – swoon. And just enough halo to be cozy, but not too much to be annoyingly floofy. It’s just perfect.

Here is the way I kind of organized the colors into groups – and I did take out 17 pastel-ish balls for this pic because those will be used in the border.

You just wait for this epic color-fade!!

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Progress Pics

A nice stack of squares is good for the soul, so here you go:

And here are the squares all laid out. I will wait to start joining them because there are so many more colors and I gotta get that fade right.

That’s that! I love this project, and I’m pleased as punch to offer Gloria Blanket crochet pattern completely free here on this website, along with videos and step-by-step photos. As always, there will also be a convenient and condensed PDF available for a small fee if you’d like to help support this site, CypressTextiles.

Bloggers’ Days Trip

Ah yes, I nearly forgot! Why am I sat in the airport? Because I’m headed to Scheepjes Bloggers’ Days! If you have been following me for a while, you may remember last year’s post about Bloggers’ Days 2018 – when we went to Yarndale.

Here’s a great pic taken by Carmen of New Leaf Designs – and you can recognize all of us as super duper famous fiber artists lol – some of us aren’t pictured here, but trust me we are all the cream of the crop!! Haha I love our group!

This year we are going to Scheepjes HQ! I’m so exited to see all of the other Scheepjes Bloggers again and learn some great new things in the workshops, plus get the inside scoop on what’s coming down the bend for Scheepjes (this I’ll have to keep under wraps!) and share what projects we all have coming up.

What a great trip we have in store! Look out for a lovely blog post with great fiber art friends and lots of crafting, and a ton of yarny beauty.

Thanks as always for reading, and happy crafting to you!

Rachele C.

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