Customer Reviews
This was not the easiest pattern to follow, but I really liked my end result. For my colors, I kept the Kings Canyon, Acadia, and Yosemite, but I substituted Petrified Forest for Bryce Canyon and substituted Grand Canyon for Coral Reef.
Background info: I hit my one-year anniversary of learning to crochet while making this blanket. But during that year, I averaged 2-3 hours of crochet a day and have completed around 120 patterns, so I managed to get fit in a fair bit of experience into the year. That said, this was the most I’ve struggled reading a pattern. Sometimes the wording just wasn’t clear, sometimes it didn’t make sense on paper but was fine when I trusted the process (so, user error), and sometimes it truly was wrong. The impression I got was that he didn’t have any testers or a second set of eyes for technical editing. But either way, between the written pattern and the video tutorials on his YouTube channel, my one-year/120-pattern’s worth of experience was enough to be able to figure it out every time I hit a snag.
I used a zigzag slip stitch to join, and I tweaked the border a bit as well. All in all, this was a great blanket to learn a variety of techniques that were new to me. It was fascinating how varied the different the fabrics really were from all the different stitches.
Mr. Strong is the king of blankets; his clever designs from mandala to log cabin and an array in between are colorful and varied. I’ve purchased several of his kits from Lion brand and am working on one now. Kudos, Mr. Strong!
It’s nice to learn a little about the people behind the patterns
Customer Reviews
This was not the easiest pattern to follow, but I really liked my end result. For my colors, I kept the Kings Canyon, Acadia, and Yosemite, but I substituted Petrified Forest for Bryce Canyon and substituted Grand Canyon for Coral Reef.
Background info: I hit my one-year anniversary of learning to crochet while making this blanket. But during that year, I averaged 2-3 hours of crochet a day and have completed around 120 patterns, so I managed to get fit in a fair bit of experience into the year. That said, this was the most I’ve struggled reading a pattern. Sometimes the wording just wasn’t clear, sometimes it didn’t make sense on paper but was fine when I trusted the process (so, user error), and sometimes it truly was wrong. The impression I got was that he didn’t have any testers or a second set of eyes for technical editing. But either way, between the written pattern and the video tutorials on his YouTube channel, my one-year/120-pattern’s worth of experience was enough to be able to figure it out every time I hit a snag.
I used a zigzag slip stitch to join, and I tweaked the border a bit as well. All in all, this was a great blanket to learn a variety of techniques that were new to me. It was fascinating how varied the different the fabrics really were from all the different stitches.
Mr. Strong is the king of blankets; his clever designs from mandala to log cabin and an array in between are colorful and varied. I’ve purchased several of his kits from Lion brand and am working on one now. Kudos, Mr. Strong!
It’s nice to learn a little about the people behind the patterns