Stained Glass Star

I have been working on this Stained Glass 12 Point Star Blanket 

for my Mother in Law Pat

I finished it on Christmas eve

 then decided to add the shell border on the 3rd 

its a gift, for her birthday, but also a thank you to her

 for all the lovely wool she gave me a few months ago.

This wool was part of that huge stash 

and was a complete kit with pattern for an

 80s style black jumper by Jaeger

Knitting pattern and wool

Jaeger Matchmaker 2 DK 100% wool.

 There were also 11 balls of black

 I decided it would be a shame to split up this retro collection of colours so

 I started to first work on a triangle motive shawl and got this far with the motives

then I decided I didnt like it and wished I had made a round stained glass effect window blanket. I couldnt find a pattern for one online so I opted for a 12 point star pattern, after of course unravelling this lot and winding it all back into balls. I used the smother 'Russian' join method  

No point in putting a link to the star pattern,  because as I worked my way through 2 different colours it started to ripple and I had to ask for davice on what was going wrong, the ever helpful bunch at Creative crochet crew on facebook came to my aid and sorted me out. The pattern I was following was increasing way to much too soon so I followed advice there and completed the blanket.

I used as much of the colours as I could and the blanket measures 48 inches across including the scalloped edge. I have 5 full balls of black left which I will use in my next project.

A Drops pattern 'Bohemian Oasis' blanket 

 I have 25 blocks of that done already!