The 6th "dude" blanket

The first blanket that I made like this was for Chris. Then I made 3 more, one for each of my brothers. I bought enough yarn to make 8 blankets! By the time I finished the ones for my brother these had become blankets only for the men in my life. Number 5 was made for my cousin's husband. This one is #6. It doesn't have a destination yet but I'm sure it will. I only have yarn to make 2 more. I'll kind of miss them when the yarn is gone. I've really enjoyed making them. One of the next two is already assigned but it will be nice to have 2 in the closet for emergency need. Of course, there are loads of yarns that will work for this pattern. Premier Puzzle comes to mind right away.
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This one finished about 48" x 64"

Cascade Cartwheel Yarn, 7 balls, color 3, Seattle.
Pattern from BagODay Crochet, pattern repeat is 8 stitches plus 3
​I used a K hook and chained 147 stitches (with an L hook)
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I do not like having scrap yarn so when I finish a project I immediately add the scrap to one of 3 corner-to-corner scrap projects.  This one might end up being good enough for a wheelchair blanket but I expect that most of them will be pet blankets. Anything that will avoid having a bag of scrap yarn bits. I have an overload of scrap fabric. I sure don't want the same situation with yarn.
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I'm starting to plan my project for the beach. It looks like the weather is going to be a little chilly, especially early in the week. That means that we are going to have some quality creative time. 

On the crochet front I'm taking the blue sweater to finish. I haven't touched it since January and it's really close to being done. I'll also take the baby blanket that I've been working on. It's moving along really quickly.
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I haven't quite decided on sewing/quilting projects but I'll get that figured out Friday. 
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I thought I'd share this photo too. This is the first delivery of 29 veterans quilts for 2023 from my quilt club. It's so nice to be a part of this amazing group of ladies.
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