Thanks so much for all the good wishes for Amy's birthday and for sending me your spare good luck for her birthday sleepover. It went really well, we all had a lot of fun (me included) and the girls surprised me no end by all being asleep by midnight – which meant I had a better night's sleep than I usually get with Toby (who had gone off with his Dad to spend the night at Nana & Grandpa's).
Whilst the girls were giving each other makeovers, eating pizza and watching dance movies I was left alone quietly crocheting up in my bedroom and so I now have 15 squares in 'me old china' blanket.
I am so much happier with the more subdued colour scheme – not everyone's taste for sure, but most definitely what I had in mind for this project.
All in all a happy weekend at the Williams house!
little cotton rabbits 
Oooh great news that the sleepover went well! It sounds better than my sister’s 12th birthday sleepover (actually she may have been a little younger) as they watched Titanic after my parents had gone to bed and she was so hyped up on being the centre of attention, full of sugar, SO overtired and very upset at the film that she ended up inconsolable in floods of tears and spent the rest of the night in my bedroom while her friends slept downstairs!
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An evening’s crochet followed by a good nights sleep … sounds like you really did enjoy Amy’s sleepover! I’m so glad all went well. And the blanket is looking lovely 😀
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Glad to hear that the sleepover went well and that Amy had a lovely birthday ~ my little girl was 12 last week too! I really like the colours in your blanket and think it will be really lovely when it is finished :Ox
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Yay! Gotta love a successful sleepover.
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Wow indeed! Make sure you make a note of the date and time as I’m sure you will go down in history as the first person to host a sleepover where everyone slept!!! 🙂
Your blanket is looking lovely, I’m glad you’re happy with it now.
Vivienne x
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I must have somehow missed your previous post…but I’m so happy to hear it all went well! 🙂 And your crochet is absolutely lovely. I love the colours. xx
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Fantastic that the sleepover went well and that you got some time to yourself to work on your blanket. I think the colours are looking lovely together.
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oh there was no such thing as sleep overs in my day, I wish there was as it sounds like my sort of evening!
the crochet is looking good!
xxx
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I’m so glad the sleepover was a success and your blanket is looking lovely Julie – the colours are so harmonious. Lucy xx
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Ooo the soft muted shades in those squares are beautiful. A very good choice. Pleased the weekend went well (for everyone) x
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So glad that you had such a great weekend! It was very thoughtful of Dad to take Toby to grandma’s so that Amy could have her special time. I was wondering how the guys did in their different environment? The blanket is soothing now – what a difference one little seemingly innocent color made!
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The sleepover sounded like a lot of fun for your daughter. Twelve is a good age for those sorts of things, isn’t it? They don’t need as much supervision as when they are younger. Your crocheting is lovely. The colour combination you have used is very pretty.
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Glad it went well! And I’m loving Amy’s curly candles.
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Your Ccochet is lovely. So pleased all went well at the sleepover and especially that you got time to crochet.
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How nice when it all works out good for everybody. Rare in my experience.
So loving the blanket. My own crochet project is growing. Thanks again for the inspiration.
Dont know if you like halloween at all but I am running a giveaway for a sewn witch on my blog if you fancy entering.
http://perfectlittlepurses.blogspot.com/2011/09/its-giveaway-time.html
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Glad it went well – love the cake and blanket. Happy B day Amy – gosh 12 already. Meant to say that the photos of Toby on your previous post are really lovely.
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Great to hear the sleepover went well and some sleeping actually went on!
Your blanket looks gorgeous, I can see now why you are happier without the ‘green’.
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Those colours are beautiful, I find them very inspirational actually, they would look lovely in my living room.
I’m glad your daughter enjoyed her sleepover, I guess I have all that to come in a few years time!
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Glad you managed sleep too! Amy’s cake looked delicious….and your reworked blanket is good enough to eat! Liked the green, but it wasn’t for this project…the blanket is so much calmer and friendlier without it! Jx
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Love it! I think your blanket is beautiful and I love the calming greens. I took a flick back as I couldn’t remember your previous colours, but i guess I can see why you feel happier now, somehow it is more restful now, I hope that doesn’t sound critical of the last pictures as they were lovely. You obviously have an excellent way with colours! On flicking back, I saw your lovely little people/rabbits? They are so clever, or rather you ae so clever!
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I like your color scheme. It looks good! How lovely to just chillax in your room while the gals are busy being good and having fun.
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I really love the colours you’re using in your blanket. I did like it with the yellow in it, but now that you’ve taken it out I have to say that I prefer it. It has such a lovely, serene look and feel to it now 🙂
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I love the colours that you finally settled on. They are some of my favourite colour combinations. Glad your sleepover went so well!
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Wow – actually sleep achieved!!
I have a question about sewing all the yarn ends in – do you do it as you go or square by square or all at the end? This part sometimes feels so tedious that I tend to avoid the multi- color projects. Is there something I don’t know?
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I have been reading your blog for about 2 hours now…I am absolutely in awe at the beauty of your work and your eye for color.
I am also in awe at your patience in raising and loving your son. I have a good friend who has gone through similar episodes at night and cannot even imagine what it must be like. I have a child with down syndrome and while my experiences are much different, they are also difficult in their own way.
I am now a huge fan of your blog and will be back often to visit. Thank you for such a beautiful outlook.
I am a knitter but haven’t been able to knit for almost a year, am getting back to it, I’ve missed it so much!
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HURRAY!!!! and the blanket is just lovely. I love it when things turn out well. Which they probably actually do more often than not – at least, in the long run –
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Agh a night at home just for me sounds like a dream! The blanket is looking fab.
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Sounds like the perfect evening. Well behaved children who go to bed not too late and a spot of crochet….blankie looks lovely by the way 🙂
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I’m glad to here the sleepover went well, I use to love my girls having sleepover’s.
I adore the colours ofbyour blanket.xxxx
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A sleepover with actual sleep…thats a first!
glad you had a lovely sleep x
I just adore the colours for your blanket, so pretty
hope you are having a good week
love jooles x
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The blanket is looking gorgeous and glad it’s working out after the litle starting hiccup.
Glad to hear the sleepover was a success, and also very suprised what time they were asleep by!
Kier x
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I definitely LOVE your colour scheme (and the beautiful cake you did for Amy’s birthday!)
Hugs from Italy
Gallinavecchia
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I love your colour choices they’re beautiful – I’d pick these for a new blanket for sure!
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Glad to hear the birthday girl’s sleepover actually involved SLEEP! Good for you – glad you got some sleep.
I love the granny squares and the colors are wonderful! I would love to learn to crochet after a get a little better at knitting. Seem to be a perpetual beginner! 🙂
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great progress
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So pleased the sleepover was a success. And belated happy birthday to Amy.
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So happy to know that everything is happy in the Williams household!
I’m have a little giveaway to celebrate having one of my projects in a local Aussie magazine. Pop over and leave me a comment and I might get to send Amy a dolly that she’s too old for now! LOL
Love Jen
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To bed before midnight??? What did you put in their cupcakes!! Fess up! I want to put some in my own cupcakes. 😀
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