Solar System Part 4

Yarn Geek Makes' Solar System CAL is one of the first CALs that I actually attempted to make at the time that it was being released. (the blog was known as Two Hearts Crochet at the time) But I didn't start off very strong. The weather kept me from getting to the Hobb Lobb for the yarn I needed so I didn't start part one until after part two had already been released. Then it just kept going downhill from there.

Part 1

Part 2

The pattern was released weekly but it took me a week and a half to do part 2 and even longer to do part 3. 

Part 3

Part 3 included embellishing the sun

By the time I made it to this point, 6 of the 12 parts had been released but I was embracing my slower pace and pressing forward. Unfortunately, someone else's Solar System project caught my eye. They were using a vastly superior purple color for their project. So I went ahead and started a second Solar System.

Part 1

I don't think it's obvious in this picture, but I did the sun differently by using two shades of yellow so it was a bit bigger than the original and had a different look.

By the time I got the 2nd part of the purple Solar System completed, the full CAL had already been released and I had other projects that split my attention away. I was still working on the third part of the purple project when my backpack was stolen with my purple Solar System inside.

That incident really rocked my world in a bad way for a while. So I didn't even try to pick up my blue Solar System either. I just let it sit. One day I picked it up and realized that one of my cats had peed in the project bag and it had dried. So I'm not proud of it, but I stuck the whole thing in a bin to prevent further incidents but also didn't really solve the problem.

The first time I decided to systematically do the next step on each of my past projects, the thing I did for the Solar System was wash it. A lot. So this time around, I picked up a blanket that is much more aged than it should be and it's scruffy in places.

I considered finishing it off and keeping it as a lap blanket.

I considered throwing the whole thing in the trash.

Then I started crocheting anyway. I used up most of the rolls of yarn that went through the wash. The colors and textures aren't the same as the yarn that was already part of the blanket. Next time I work on this I'm going to have to buy brand new yarn which will add another layer of colors and textures that don't match.

I decided that all this drama makes for a more interesting blanket. I kind of wish I'd taken a closer up picture of the part 4 rounds, but if you look closely, you can see the line about halfway between the outer two grey orbit lines. 

What a weird story this blanket will have to tell when it's all finished.