What I am now making

Someone needs to come and talk to me next time I decide that making rugs as gifts is a good idea. They really are a wee bit too time-consuming for this stage in my life. I do enjoy my crochet, but the time that it displaces at home is most likely to otherwise be reading time, and that is not a good thing when I embark on big projects to be done in short time periods of time. But, here is another rug for another niece. (I have another two nieces to go, then I am calling it quits on rugs!)

This niece likes purple, thus the colour choice. I am not so happy with that lighter pinkish purple, as it is not quite the right shade and I find it a bit clashy with the medium purple and the two paler colours a little drab, but I think the mix up and a little colour twang adds to the slightly retro look in the end. Otherwise it might be all too bright and predictable. Originally I had the two darker purples and the green and white, then I added in the two paler colours from an ebay mixed bag (supposed to be the same wool, but I have my doubts).

This niece is a groovy sort of soon-to-be teenager. I am making this as a granny stripe, as I thought that might look a little more "modern". I am enjoying this method of just moseying along making it up as I go (and the fact that I won't have all those squares to join up at the end). I didn't think that this niece's upcoming birthday is her 13th though, and she might not appreciate a crochet rug for her 13th, so I shall ponder that.

I snapped these pictures on the couch on the weekend, then uploaded them and decided they are duds, but here is a little glimpse of this latest project (the dark purple looks almost black, but is indeed purple).