My First Big Crochet Project

Little did I know that I was being just a little bit psychic this morning as I was choosing yarn at Michael's for my first big crochet project.  The Hubbs patiently endured my indecision as I stood there like a deer in the headlights, attempting to choose three colors to use to make a throw blanket.

It's funny, but I never thought of yarn as expensive.  Until I realized how much of it you use to make things, that is.  The pattern for my throw was from Vanna's Choice by Lyon brand, and it said to get five skeins - each - of three separate colors.  The skeins are about $4 apiece...do the math with me, people - that's over $60 for one stinkin' throw!

I must give props to The Hubbs, for he noticed my dismay and gently turned me around to the one-pound skeins (more than six times the amount of yarn in one Vanna's Choice skein) and pointed out the fact that they were on sale for $5.99 each.  Good eye, mister!

Ah, the color selection...the hard part.  I finally settled on off-white, black and mustard yellow for the throw.  As long as we were there I decided to get supplies for a couple of other projects as well, so all in all it turned out to be a good trip.

Where does the psychic part come in, you may ask?  As I was parked on the old plaid sofa working on my throw, a little event commonly known as the Super Bowl came on the old boob tube.  The Colts were favored, and we were kind of rooting for them.  The Saints, having just knocked out Bret Favre's chances of one more Super Bowl before his next attempt at retirement, were kind of on our shit list.

Yet, for some reason, here I was...crocheting away on my very first pattern project, using The Saints' team colors.  As soon as I realized this, they started pulling ahead.  Funny, how that works...I'm just gonna say I knew it all along, and that I have a blanket to prove it.

And since this is the first project I've ever completed from a pattern, I feel a great need to share some photos.  I'm proud of this thing like you wouldn't believe...and The Princess is obsessed with the tassels, of course!

Here's a texture shot of the throw blanket laid out on the floor:

A little photographic evidence that I actually kept the rows straight and even:

Draped over the desk chair:

And one more for good measure:

The new official tassel inspector:

She's very thorough...

Cutest thing I've seen all weekend...have a great night, y'all!