Crochet a Vintage Blanket as a Gift

I’m going to make this blanket from a vintage pattern. It’s a “mile a minute” afghan designed to work up pretty quickly in strips that are sewn together

These kind of blankets are made by constructing long strips that are sewn together. Here’s 1 completed strip and 1 that is waiting for its blue border. They work up really quickly!

I’ve finished 4 strips, a bit of a 5th, and sewn 3 of the strips together to start forming the blanket. The pattern calls for 8 but I’m thinking I might do 10!

Some progress, some regression. I’ve finished 6 strips so far! But when I went to attach the new ones I realized the method of attaching them together was too weak and there were a few holes, so I had to detach them and start over with a slip stitch instead. In the end it looks much neater and was worth going back and trying again!

I took everything apart and reattached them using a slip stitch. There are now 7 out of the 8 strips that the pattern recommends connected. The slip stitch was quick and easy and looks nice and clean.

I finished just in time to pack the car for our trip to visit family. I decided to make the border in one of the correct colors and love the effect! I gave it a quick steam block to relax the yarn a bit and it’s ready to wrap.