Pip's rug

Next on the list of grandchildren was my grandson Pip. It seemed wise to ask what colours he and his partner Bec would like. I showed them photos of Toby's rug and a few others, and they requested blue and grey, in wide zig-zag stripes. Not my preferred colours, but I bought the wool and began experimenting.

 This didn't really float my boat.

 

 This was better, but was going to be really thick and heavy, and I wasn't confident I could join the panels successfully.

 Finally I decided on this, and so began a couple of months of misery. I just wasn't happy working with those colours, and my friends had to put up with my constant whining.

Finally it was done, and I have to admit it's a stunner! Pip and Bec seem to like it too - I didn't tell them about the whining though.

I used BWM Classic in Silver, Midnight Blue & Denim Mix, Fireside Blue Flame, Stellar Blue Agate, and Luxury in Baby Blue, 1400grams all told.

I had used a 4mm hook for Toby's rug, and thought it was a bit loose, so used a 3.5 hook this time.

Pattern - 20 tr between each increase and decrease. I used rolling stripes, 1 row of first colour, 2rows of second colour, 3 rows of next, and so on.
Border - 1 row tr pairs, 1 row tr, 1 row half tr, 1 row tr, 1 row dc. Here's a detail of the border and infill rows.

I blocked it by dunking it in cold water, spin dried, then spread out on bed and smoothed into shape.

 It grew quite a bit, to a final measurement of 48" x 65"