After nearly 5 months, 14 balls of wool, and quite a lot of swearing, I am delighted to say that my Persian Tiles - Eastern Jewels blanket is complete! #crochet

Things I have learned:
Weave in as you go along, do NOT wait till the end.
Leave longer ends to weave in, I had plenty of wool, I didn’t need to scrimp.
Catch mistakes early and use more stitch markers.
Blocking works.
Have faith!

I am unbelievably proud of this. I have always thought I was rubbish at crafts and I’ve proved that you can take up a hobby in your mid 40s and actually be good at it!

So is proving more popular than I’d anticipated! If you want to make this, the designer is Jane Crowfoot and you can buy the pattern from her website. The Eastern Jewels colour way is by Lucia’ Fig Tree and comes separately.

I bought the whole thing as a kit from http://woolzone.co.uk  and you’ll need 3.5, 4 and 4.5mm hooks.