woolly love

Last night I put the binding on the edges of my sweater blanket and I'm happy to call it finished. I had originally thought that I would make my own bias tape out of some cute fabric but, as the days ticked by and the blanket hung on the back of my bedroom chair collecting dust, I decided it just needs to get finished--I wasn't getting around to making my own binding anytime soon. I went to my drawer filled with bias tape and bindings of all sorts and chose a gray, a taupe and a blue lace.

I think using 3 different bindings is fitting for the blanket and I can say all  the materials used for this were secondhand--I love being able to do that! I was planning to put a backing on this to cover the seams--I should have lapped them--but I decided I would enjoy using this much more if I could feel the cozy wool against my skin as was my original inspiration for this. The blanket fits perfectly across the foot of my bed, a bonus since I didn't plan the size of this at all. At the moment though I'm wearing it wrapped around my shoulders.

After I finished taking the photos of the blanket Noah jumped on the bed and took a tumble in the woolly squares. It's getting lots of love already--perfect.