Progress Report on the Blanket

I can't believe how long I am taking over this! However, I am pleased with the results from the loom and now I have to make a good job of getting it all together. As with most crafts, the preparation and the finishing take more time than the actual craft. 
Here are the two finished fabrics.

Hand finishing begins with joining the panels together. This is done with a flat stitch, like sewing up knitting. Handling the bulk while working takes a bit of getting used to, but it's a warm job!

Even though the flat seams were unobtrusive I had decided to cover them with either a hand-made braid or stitching of some sort. There was a lot of trial and error before I settled on a lace technique to make a simple braid using some very fine shiny mercerised cotton I had in my stash. When I say very fine . . . I had to quadruple it in order to get the weight I wanted. Making it was quick compared with other lace but it needed two looong lengths so took a few days. 

On the reverse I wanted to finish the seams with feather stitching as a little nod to my late mother, Natasha's great-grandmother. She came from Dorset in England where Dorset Feather Stitch originated and she used it proudly in her own craft projects . . . so there is a little generational interest here.