A few weeks ago I came across a post showing how to make an 8-bit Mario blanket, and got totally inspired. The core idea behind this craft is that any pixelated image could be turned into a granny square blanket. Helllooooo gift ideas for Christmas 2011!
Step one, I had to develop the design. My mom requested the old-school POW block from Mario Bros...a pretty easy design to try out. I often try to fly by the seat of my pants, but this is one project that does require a pattern - I chose to use Excel and color in different cells to lay out the image.
The totals for squares:
Black - 155
Red - 56
White - 45
The final blanket will be 16x16 granny squares. The granny square pattern I'm following creates them 5 inches square...so the final blanket should be about 6 1/2 feet wide. So far I've made 5 squares. Looks to be a long process (that I hope to share here), but I'm most certainly looking forward to seeing how it turns out!
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