Mario Mushroom Granny Square Blanket

By PaisleyJade - Monday, October 17, 2011


I did it!!!  I finally finished the Pixelated 1up Mushroom blanket that I started way back here in June (progress posts here and here)!!!  It's a birthday present for my youngest boy's birthday on Wednesday, and I finished with 3 days to spare (phew!).

Three hundred and sixty-one squares people... 361!  Then you've got to join those babies together, thread in the loose ends and do the border.  A whole lotta love put in right there... and great memories spent watching the World Cup Rugby while finishing it!


It feels so good to finally finish this project.  I've learned a few things along the way... things like "don't put off a crochet blanket project until right before your son's birthday", and also, "crochet can actually be rather cool".  I've been amazed at the reports of how many guys have been drooling over this project and wanting a blanket like this for themselves. Haha!!

I feel proud that my son requested a crochet blanket for his birthday, and even asked if he can take it to school for 'show and tell' next term.  I hope he likes it when he sees it on his birthday morning!

Anyway, here are the traditional crazy 'I've finally finished my blanket" photos. 



Here's the 'how to' from the original genius, if you'd like to make your own.

Birthday boy post to come soon!!


To check out my other finished granny crochet blankets, go here
For more crafty makings, go here
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76 comments

  1. That turned out AWESOME! Your little guy will love it. Ha my husband wood like it just as much :)

    Great job!

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  2. This is insanely cool!
    Go you!!! :)

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  3. AWESOME!!!! I love this blanket, and I am one of those droolers.. ;) I would absolutely love a blanket like this for my little boy. I am sure your little boy will LOVE it :)

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  4. This is AMAZING!!! I'm so impressed!

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  5. Wow, you are amazing! So is the blanket! What a cool mum!
    Jennifer in the US x

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  6. This is sooo amazing! I'm sure your son is going to love it!

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  7. LOL! Great, now I can't get the 'Super Mario' tune out of my head :-)
    Esther.

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  8. Anonymous8:50 am

    Yay you did it! And it looks awesome :D I'm sure your son will be very, very pleased with this blanket! :)
    xo,
    wink

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  9. That is the coolest Mario blanket ever! Well done superstar! I know my son would be super-pumped to receive a blanket like that so I'm sure your son will cherish it

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  10. This is awesome!! Great job - definitely worthy of a few crazy "I've finished it!!" shots!

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  11. So very very cool and obviously a lot of work! You should post it on Sprite Stitch too...
    http://spritestitch.com/forum/index.php if you haven't been there before it's all video game craft. x

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  12. wow amazing!!! He's going to be one lucky boy

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  13. Wow, it's brilliant. Even my boyfriend loves it (and that for something that is crochet!)
    Love,
    Mriek

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  14. That looks fantastic! Well done - what an achievement! 361 squares is not something I have attempted yet - maybe at some point in the future. I just finished a baby blanket using teddy bear colours - I was so proud of it :)

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  15. OMG!!!! It is fantastic! Well done to you - especially on sewing in all of those ends for 361 squares!

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  16. Love it!
    I must confess that Super Mario Bros is still my fave game of all time.

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  17. This is really awesome! I love it! The green mushroom was always my favorite. :)

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  18. Clever, clever lady. I love that your son requested this too - that means craft has some 'street cred'!

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  19. Wow that is IMPRESSIVE!! Well done, he'll love it forever :)

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  20. absolutely epic! You are amazing!!

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  21. you are the coolest mom! what a treasure... he will keep forever!!

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  22. You are amazing PJ!!
    um so can I put an order in for 2?? Christmas would be awesome ;)

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  23. oh and by the way :) my son just went off to design his own! we will see if we come up with anything. I just can't imagine finishing. thanks for the inspiration kristy!

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  24. OMG it's done! Awesome work, well done x

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  25. it's sooo awesome! I've seen a couple people attempting this one! so cool to see it done!
    xo dana
    thewonderforest.com

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  26. absolutely amazing !! well done !! there is a whole lot of love right there in that blanket !!

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  27. Kristy! YOU ARE AMAZING!! this is SOOOOO cool... my son is standing here drooling as we speak..

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  28. I love this and know that he will too! So awesome!!!!!

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  29. I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!! What a huge WIP! The final result looks so awesome - has your son seen it yet?

    What next? ;)

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  30. WOW, it's fantastic!!!
    Such a wonderful piece of work, shows how much you love your son. :)

    Hugs,
    Aud

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  31. What a start you are! This looks A-MAZ-ING!!! Well done for putting all that work in, its really really paid off.
    No questions about it, he's going to LOVE it!

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  32. 361!!!!That's Impressive. Great job.

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  33. Pure awesomeness! Paisleyjade is legendary (and not just at crochet :-P

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  34. That is amazing Kristy. What patience you must have, let alone SKILL! Super MUMMA!

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  35. Wow - it's fab! Well done!

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  36. What an amazing job! That's a whole lotta squares to stitch together. I'm sure the look on your son's face will be worth the effort, you're such an awesome and very inspiring mum!

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  37. yup
    you rock!

    love and light

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  38. Standing up straight with deep respect! What a great present!!
    I applaud you.
    Happy giving!
    Blessings, Esther

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  39. Ellymay10:26 pm

    Wohoo P.J. you are amazing, one young lad is going to be so proud of his blanket, can't wait to see it. x x

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  40. Oh wow, what an amazing blanket!!! I totaly love it, well done!

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  41. You are the rock star of crochetland!!!

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  42. It looks fantastic! Well done for sticking with it. So I take it he hasn't seen the finished product but did he see it in the making? Awesome job!

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  43. Kristy! It turned out amazing!!

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  44. Oh, my gosh! That is just amazing! Well done!

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  45. It is so so cool! He is going to love it!

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  46. Wow, that's fantastic, you must have been crocheting in your sleep! I'm not sure I should show this to my son, he'd probably want me to make one too!:)Sam

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  47. WOW!
    It is INCREDIBLE!
    You are one awesome Mom!

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  48. It looks great!! Your son is going to be so excited!

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  49. that is awesome, its took crochet to a whole new level ;)

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  50. Anonymous1:28 pm

    I've been waiting to see this finished and it's just as great as I imagined well done you must be so proud that he wants to take it to school. Your obviously one cool mama. I love it!! xx

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  51. Congratulations, it's amazing!! Love Posie

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  52. That, my dear, is frikkin amazing.

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  53. WOw, congratulations! It was well worth the time and effort, it looks amazing. Surely your son will love it to bits. NAd maybe he'll want to learn to crochet too!

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  54. I am so behind in my blog reading, I can believe that I missed this post!

    Love love love it!

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  55. That is so completely awesome. A granny Mario - who'd have thought!

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  56. WOW! that is gorgeous! well done on finishing it! your son will love it, im sure!! :):):)

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  57. You deserve a glass of wine (or the entire bottle!) after finishing this!
    Esther

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  58. Anonymous10:24 am

    Great blanket! I cant imagine how long it took you. It turned out very nice tho. :)

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  59. I love this!! Awesome!!

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  60. WOW --- amazing! You can see the love put into this ...

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  61. Hello from Denmark. Somebody told me about you blog and me interested to have a look. I read you profile and found you are a pastor like myself. I will retire though next year.
    Nice chrochet you are making.
    With kind regards, Karen

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  62. I'm working on this now for my son! I cannot wait to make some progress, but how did you join your squares? It looks like you whipstitched but I was worried about the color changes.

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    1. Hi! All the best with your project. I used this technique to join my squares: http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/joining-granny-sqaures.html

      It keeps everything tidy, but I did change wool colour to match the squares I was changing each time (which can be fiddly, but was so worth it). Feel free to email me if you have any more questions!

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  63. Anonymous2:04 pm

    This is AWESOME! I LOVE it and I want it too! (I'm 26 years old...)
    so...can you tell me which method did you use for joining the squares?
    (The trickiest part for me :( )

    Sorry for my lame english :)
    Dimitra

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    1. Anonymous2:10 pm

      OH! Sorry! I just read it!! (So idiot!)
      http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/joining-granny-sqaures.html

      Thank you! and keep crocheting :)

      Dimitra

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  64. Anonymous11:32 pm

    Hi I really love this and want to make it. I can crochet and looked at the link of the original pattern for the squares. I found it hard to understand... do you think I can get the same effect for the blanket crocheting simple granny squares?

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    1. Hi! Yes, I just did the simple granny squares - three rounds. All the best!

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  65. Hi! This is awesome work! Fantastic :) could I ask, how much yarn did you use and what kind? I'm planning on making this for my friend and I am going yarnshopping in the US (I live in Norway), and I'm trying to make a shopping list :) any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated :)

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    1. Hi Line. I get asked this alot and I'm really sorry but can't remember! I would say about 4 balls at the most for the largest colour and less depending on usage of the others. Hope that helps.

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  66. Es Super Genial!!! Felicidades

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