Mario Blanket

Two-hundred-and-fifty-two squares later, I finally finished Jason's Mario blanket.  Er... I guess technically I finished it a few weeks ago, (I gave it to him for his birthday).  Let me tell you something... it will be a LONG time before I undertake a blanket project again.  My hands were cramping so badly, it took me FAR too long to finished the last six squares. 

Total Color Count:
109 White Squares
54 Brown Squares
45 Red Squares
42 Peach (or Tan) Squares
2 Yellow Squares

Rough Pattern:
14 W
4 W, 5 R, 5 W
3 W, 9 R, 2 W
3 W, 3 B, 2 P, 1 B, 1 T, 4 W
2 W, 1 B, 1 P, 1 B, 3 P, 1 B, 3 P, 2 W
2 W, 1 B, 1 P, 2 B, 3 P, 1 B, 3 P, 1 W
2 W, 2 B, 4 P, 4 B, 2 W
4 W, 7 P, 3 W
3 W, 2 B, 1 R, 3 B, 5 W
2 W, 3 B, 1 R, 2 B, 1 R, 3 B, 2 W
1 W, 4 B, 4 R, 4 B, 1 W
1 W, 2 P, 1 B, 1 R, 1 Y, 2 R, 1 Y, 1 R, 1 B, 2 P, 1 W
1 W, 3 P, 6 R, 3 P, 1 W
1 W, 2 P, 8 R, 2 P, 1 W
3 W, 3 R, 2 W, 3 R, 3 W
2 W, 3 B, 4 W, 3 B, 2 W
1 W, 4 B, 4 W, 4 B, 1 W
14 W

When I was finished putting the rows together, I went around the edge and Single Crocheted a red trim (you just can't see it in this picture).


And, on a little side note, it took one of my dogs, (Logan) all of .... thirteen days to CHEW HOLES in this blanket... yep .. I have to face the music and remake some of the squares, but I'm silently... procrastinating.  I really don't want to have to fix it.  It took too long.  It only took 2 weeks, but since I was on a time crunch I was a crocheting FIEND for that two week period.