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| Near the beginning of the blanket |
My husband and I went shopping at a craft store to purchase the perfect yarn to welcome a new child into the world. It is a sea-foam green yarn. It is one of those yarns that about the same thickness until pow, it a gets a little bit thicker and then it's back to original thickness again. (I am sure there is probably a term for it. I just don't know it.) Although I loved the softness of this yarn the sudden increase of the yarn allowed me to split a stitch more often than in other projects.
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| Kid tested, husband approved |
I cast on 80 stitches using my size 9 circular knitting needles. I knit 8 stitches and placed a stitch marker then knit until there were only 8 stitches left. I placed another stitch marker and knitted to the end of the row. I knitted using a garter stitch for about two inches. To start a border. Then I would knit before the stitch markers, knit in a stockinette stitch (knit an odd numbered row, and purl an even numbered row) until I reached the stitch markers to which I would knit until the end of the row. I repeated this until I achieved almost the desired length. I then returned to the garter stitch for all the stitches to complete the border. The blanket was 30" by 32" when complete.
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| Here is a corner to show the border |
At one point I was off my knit or purl rows and had to frog four rows to make sure the pattern held up. I learned an important lesson. If you are looking at your work (and you are doing a stockinette stitch) and the stitches look like Vs then knit the next row. If the stitches look wavy like a pearl necklace, then purl the next row.
As a first attempt of a knitted blanket I was pleased with the turn out.
Mandy loved the blanket. It matched her new son's bedding perfectly. She has already washed it and said that it did not shrink. :D
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| Finished project, but horrible photo |
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