Nannas' Blanket

Hello lovelies,
it's been an odd sort of week here. All the preparations I had planned have gone out of the window due to Mr Lurgy .

I've had no day this week when all three boys have been at school, so my plans to finalise Christmas purchases and wrap them have gone undone. I'm not feeling panicky yet but I was keen to avoid last minute shopping, and I need to get every thing together to check for evenness ,if you know what I mean. Hate to have one pile smaller than the others on the big morning.

Despite the disturbed nights and childcare headaches it's been an OK week. Enforced time at home is no hardship to me. So this week I've been working on a new project , something I've been meaning to do for a LONG time.....

My Nanna ( Maternal Grandmother ) was a prolific Knitter. My whole family were always well supplied with jumpers, scarfs, hats, mittens ,toys and blankets.

I think this picture will have been taken about 1972,judging by the age of my brother.
On the back of the sofa is one of Nannas' blankets. I remember hiding under this for the scary bits of Dr Who :0)
The colours are not my favourites, but the design is interesting , don't you agree.
It's all made up of triangles. ...



Some years later , probably the 1980's my Nanna used this pattern again .When she passed away a few years ago ( at the age of 97) my Mum rescued many of her makes and this amazing blanket came to me ......



Isn't it stunning ! These colours are much more me .Unfortunately it's condition was pretty bad.....



My Nanna was the frugal type and most of her knitting was made of mixed fibres . She often pulled down old garments to recycle the yarn .

I've pondered many times what to do with this blanket as some of the holes are pretty bad and I can't knit.

Fortunately it's made up of square blocks , sewn together.so i decided to take it apart and remove the worst ones.....



I then patched up the and small defects and sewed it together again....

This is what I'm left with.....



If you look closely you can see where Nanna has used up the tiniest bits of yarn by changing part way through a triangle !........



Despite this I absolutely love it . It's just a shame Nanna's not here for me to tell her, this is Nanna and I ,taken in the sixties ..........



Oooh just noticed the polka dot cup and saucer at the side of her chair :0)


Now I need your advice . It needs a border, but what ???

This is the original border , crochet , but not great. ...



I'm just not sure what to do instead, it's such a colourful ,bold , geometric blanket . What would suit it ???

Please think about what it needs and let me know , I'm a bit stumped .

Jacquie x