I thought i would ask here as you will know the hours taken to make this.
A couple of years ago i got in touch with an old friend having not seen him for many years. He had a wife he had been with for a while. We met up and she was lovely. They offered to let us stay as we live in different towns. We stayed twice for 3 days each. In between the visit i crocheted some bits for the wife for gifts for her family. I enjoyed doing this and she provided the wool and i saw it as a little thing to pay back the hosting. A b and b would have cost about 150. They anticipated the hosting going on for many years as they love having guests.
We last visited a year ago. During this visit the wife requested a blanket for the spare room. I said i would be happy to do it as we had already arranged our next visit for 6 months time. They were more than generous when we stayed cooking meals etc. She gave me some colours she wanted but tbh those colours wouldnt have gone together so i chose some neutral colours featuring one of her colours and started the blanket.
A week before we were due to visit they informed us they were not in a position to host due to a breakdown of the relationship. No problem at all, it was always a gift not an expectation.
I have only met the wife a couple of times. I liked her but she is not someone i would spend time with on a personal level had she not been married to my friend.
I am coming to the end of finishing the blanket. It is very large. It contains around £50 of yarn. I dont particularly enjoy making blankets so dont make many.
I did intend to give the blanket to the wife as although i will prpbably never see her again she was kind enough to host us twice (and very well).
I dont think she knows ive been working on the blanket and in the year since she has never mentioned it.
My question (finally) is
I have some very good friends who are very good to us who i know would appreciate the blanket. The blanket has taken many hours over many months. It is beautiful to my eyes but it is not the colours she requested. Do i give the blanket to the original intended recipient (via post, im unlikely to see her in person again) or give it to our good friends? My instinct is to send it to the original recipient even if it is not the colours she requested. She did treat us very well and id like her to know i still think well of her (i have a gut feeling my friend behaved badly, not her!).
Each time we were hosted we did take gifts for each of them and offer to pay for food/outings etc so we never went empty handed and i did spend time making items for her family. If she was my friend and not the husband it would be easy!!
I know thats a really long post. Sorry!! Im terrible with decisions!