About 2 years ago, I started a project that I thought sounds like a great idea - a queen size blanket made from fingering weight yarn scraps. After some searching and trial and error, I found that I needed to make 800 fish in order to do it. It still didn't sound too bad.
I planned on making 1 fish per day, then giving myself about 6 months to do the seaming. In the end, I pushed for finishing the whole project in just under 2 years. And I'm SUPER happy with the way it turned out.
Before you go running off and decide you want to try it, too, here are a few things to keep in mind:
Estimated Yardage:
800 fish x 13 yds = 10400
Seaming/Edging = 1854
Total = 12,254
Seaming/Edging = 1854
Total = 12,254
Estimated Cost:
800 fish x ~$1.20/fish = $960
Seaming yarn x $3/skein = $24
Total = $984
*I did not have to buy all my mini skeins, thanks to many lovely people who donated their leftovers to the cause. But I ended up usually paying more than $1.20 each for the ones I did have to buy.
Estimated Time*:
800 fish x 30 min/fish = 400 hours
Layout = ~17 hours
Seaming 40 rows x 2.5 hours/row = 100 hours
Edging = 10.4 hours
Total = 517.5 hours
*The time estimate does not include things like weaving in ends and sourcing more mini skeins.
