Back in February 2015 I made a bedspread for Little Miss M
She loved it but sadly it got too close to something hot and looked like this
I could not bring myself to throw it away so I folded it up and put it in a bag and forgot about it …. until now. In my new bid to sort out WIPs and UFOs etc I washed it in the machine, dried it and chopped out the damaged bits.
The rest, I have unpicked and rolled into balls. It is making its way into another scrappy blanket. Inspired by Mrs Snail, I just tie the ends together with a reef knot and leave them showing.
Little Miss M now has this blanket
You can see more photos of this Mandala Blanket on my Throws Page.
The pattern is Mandala Madness, by Helen Shrimpton, a free pattern.
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Love that you are actually doing something with it. Glad that was the extent of the accident too!
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Yes, it was such a relief that all was well. I’m glad I didn’t just bin it at the time, which was my first thought, but the hoarder in me won the day!
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love the mandala spread and then of course, not love a blanket made with love that came in contact with the wrong substance…but you’ve a good recycled blanket from what could be salvaged
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A Phoenix blanket! 😉
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That is VERY scrap happy Sandra!
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Thank you – Yes! I was pleased when I came up with the idea to salvage the yarn.
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How wonderful you’ve been able to use that first blanket for something brand new, and Miss E wasn’t hurt! Her mandala blanket is fantastic!!! xx
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Yes, I was pleased that I hadn’t thrown the charred blanket away and that I could salvage the yarn.
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🎇 Resurrection, like the phoenix!
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Great idea, so clever!
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Thank you. It feels good to have a creative outcome.
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what a scary accident, thank goodness all was o.k. very clever of you to reuse the yarn. The mandala blanket is gorgeous, hope she looks after this one.
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Yes, she is so pleased with her new blanket. It is more ‘her’.
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What a beautiful blanket
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You are a wonder, that’s what you are. And, phew, very, very, very good that Little Miss M didn’t get hurt!!!!
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🙂 🙂
Yes!, luckily she was not in the same room when it happened and all was well. Phew!
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Thank goodness!
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Wow that’s great you reused the blanket, and the mandala is stunning 😊
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Thank you Kellie.
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Clever you salvaging what you can from the damaged blanket. And lucky Miss M that you had a replacement for it. They were / are both lovely.
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I really enjoyed making the colourful mandala and it feels good to be able to use the yarn from the first one.
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I’m glad the first blanket is being resurrected. Although her replacement is *wonderful*, that first one must have captured her heart, and it will be lovely to see something new rise from the not-quite ashes. So glad the singed bits didn’t have a scary outcome.
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Yes, all good in the end. She absolutely loves her new mandala and is often making dens with it.
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It’s so lovely, I’m quite envious!
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🙂 ❤
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That looks like a very scary incident! Thank goodness it wasn’t any worse.
I think she has got another beautiful blanket as a replacement though.
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The second one is much more ‘her’ as she had more of an input with the colours and design, so I am glad in a way.
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You must have felt devastated to see it. Was it acrylic? I know wool smolders when set alight not sure about acrylic. Scary and sad. Good that you were able to reuse the yarn.
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Yes acrylic – Stylecraft SDK. I wasn’t really too upset after the initial shock – after all, I got to make another blanket and this time Little Miss M was old enough to tell me the colours and design she wanted.
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oh dear on the first blanket!!! as you say, a good job it didn’t start a fire!
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Yes indeed!
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What a terrible thing to happen- hope she takes more care with the new one, and well done on making her a new one and re-using the usable bits. it must have been heart breaking to see that damage.
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I have to admit, it was a bit of a shock when I saw it, but mostly I was glad the accident had not caused a fire and everyone was ok. 🙂
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There is that of course.
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