Be warned, my husband takes awful photos!
For the first time in my life I bought a crochet kit, to make the eastern jewels blanket by Janie Crow, I spent extra on the pattern for this particular colourways. Everyone online says it’s a big task, because with so many colour changes, there are many many many ends to weave in.
I started, mostly working while watching(but not watching) TV in the evenings. Then I saw in t Reddit, someone who had turned it into a cardigan. 
I decided to do that. Thing is there was no actual pattern, just photos, I reached out to the person who posted it, she couldn’t remember what she did and the actual garment was in a different state
So I was on my own, easy peasy(ish) I figured, -insert hollow laugh here-
It was neither easy nor peasy. Plus the person who was modelling in the inspo photo must be about 9 inches shorter and 50lbs lighter than me, so I kept realising I had to make another octagon, and another, and another. All up I made 50% extra octagons, and lots of other elements. I winged the gusset under the arm, and months later (it was in time out for a while) realised it was stupid and there was a better way.
However, one fine day, it was long enough and the sleeves were long enough and it was just winging a border. (Only about 400hours later)
Today it had it’s first outing. I’m considering lining it, at the very least I will sew tape into the shoulders to prevent it from stretching too much. I love it!
The photos are weird, in real life the pink does not pop like that, it’s bright, but they all tone together
