December 31, 2012

Baby Easton has a blanket

 .....and the baby blanket is done.


knitted spiral


I really love the look (and feel) of garter stitch. It is so squishy! And garter stitch using Cotton-Ease is even more squishy which really helped make a repetitious pattern less monotonous. This blanket has a very simple pattern which is perfect for me since I love patterns that don't require me to concentrate too much when I'm working on them.

I love that I finished making this blanket just in time for Christmas. I was so excited to bind-off that I totally forgot my plan to use a different bind-off method using a larger needle like I did for the cast-on.

I am totally in love with this blanket. One of my favorite projects so far.


Easton


Yarn: Lion Brand Cotton-Ease in "Seaspray, Lime, Taupe, Maize and Terracotta"
Needles: US 8 (5.0 mm) and US 9 (5.5 mm)
Started: July 25, 2012
Finished: December 24 2012
My Ravelry link: Easton

My modifications: 

I cast-on 120 stitches, using size 9 needles and knit the blanket using size 8 needles.

I slipped the first stitch of each row (purl wise) and attached new colors using the back join. Each block of color was 34 ridges (68 rows).

Finished measurements: 38 x 27 inches.


blocks of color


2 comments:

  1. This is so gorgeous!!! Love the colors of it.

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  2. It looks lovely. I'm sure that it must be appreciated.

    Happy New Year!

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