"Mood" blanket

In January, Nola convinced me to join a Facebook group that was working on a Mood Blanket project.   The thought is that you make a square a day that represents your mood for the day. I didn't really want to document my moods but I did want to jump in a make a square a day.  Most people are making  crocheted granny squares.  I am a knitter so I decided to knit squares.  I promptly went to the store and picked 6 colors of yarn and got to work.  My squares are about 4"x4".

What I found is I am pretty compulsive and really struggled to only do 1 a day.  So I decided it was okay to do as many as I could enjoy while watching TV.  I did work by skein instead of picking a different color each day.  It felt more organized to me.  I did a great job knitting January and February but then started to worry I had no idea how to join them together.  I did not want 300 4"x4" knitted coasters!  I really like the "windowpane" connect that has about 1" of a color between each square but I think I would need to do a crochet border to get that.  And I don't crochet.  Someone gave me the suggestion to whip stitch them together with an X.  I thought that was a great idea!

I also wanted to work hard to not have a pattern to my colors when connected.  This is very difficult for me because my mind tends to prefer symmetry.  I put them out on the dining room table one day to see if I could do a random pattern.  Even with 6 colors, it was tough to not have colors too close together.  Kind of funny.  Anyway, I went to get the 6 more skeins of yard so I could finish the blanket out (2 colors are discontinued so I wanted to get them before they are gone).  I also have 1 extra of blue and 1 extra of brown.  I bought extra when I was thinking how to connect.  Now I don't need them to connect so I decided to make extra squares in those colors and mix them in.

It's been over a month since I knit squares.  I got them put away and that was the end of that.  But I made the commitment to myself that if I take on this project, I must finish it this year.  I'll pull it all out again soon.  I promise.