I adored my crochet blankey as a bub (see below). The 70's interpretations of crochet and felting - not so much. But today I love love the textures and updated colours and patterns!
1 - love the colours and chevron from Oh Happy Day, 2 - who knew crochet could be elegant from Purl Bee,
Yes that's me, rather grubby photo from the mists of time. Big sister wants to know if they had the iron age yet when I was young, hmmmf!.