Hannah's rug

This rug took over four years from start to finish. Here’s the story.

In 2011 I saw these blocks on Attic24’s blog, and fell in love. 

blocks by Lucy of Attic24

Grand daughter Hannah was due to turn 21 at the end of the year, so I decided to use them in a rug for her. I tweaked Lucy’s pattern slightly, and began to make squares.

 

As it was called Summer Garden, each block had a flower in the centre, and the third row was blue or green. I darned in the ends as I went, and blocked them individually.

By the time Hannah's birthday arrived, I had assembled the squares, but decided it wasn’t quite big enough. So Hannah received a different present, and I kept working on the rug.

Then my daughter Susie – Hannah’s Mum, fell ill. Very ill indeed. She was in Intensive Care for ten days, and we weren’t sure if she would pull through. Happily she did (and is now perfectly healthy again.)

During her time in hospital, and the slow convalescence that followed, I was glad to have those little crochet blocks to occupy my hands.

But strangely, when Susie was all better, and life returned to normal, I just couldn’t bring myself to work on Hannah’s rug. Every time I picked it up, the memories from that anxious time came flooding back.

So I packed it away, with all the spare wool, and went on to other things.

Occasionally over the next few years, I was tempted to pilfer some of the wool for another project, but I managed to resist, still hoping to finish it, one day…

Hannah and Tom

Then last year, Hannah and her longtime boyfriend, the lovely Tom, got engaged, and I thought the time had come to finish that rug. When I saw it again, I still loved it, and the bad memories had faded. I finished it in time to hand it over at Christmas 2015. I think they liked it.

 The rug measures 42" X 58”, weight 1340 grams. I used a 4mm hook, and assorted 8 ply yarns, mostly BWM Classic and Luxury.