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Looks like the lace crochet gods got the message and decided to meet me halfway.  I do like the solid half of this block.  I can't help but feel the lace part runs the risk of getting little fingers and toes caught in it, or snagged on a corner of a piece of furniture, ruining the stitchwork.  Which would make me cry.  This blanket is HOURS worth of work.

Even though it doesn't say to do so in the pattern, I could have done with going down a hook size as the square is a little bit larger than my other ones.

Apart from that, there were no major issues with the stitches and - round of applause please - I cracked my first sub-2 hour block (not counting my granny square at the beginning; I've had a great deal of practice with them over these past few months).

Degree of difficulty: Easy

Time taken: 1.5 hours

Result: I'm 50/50 on this one.