The Baby is Finally Warm
Monday, November 13, 2006
My fingers are numb and this sweat shop is closed, but Holly and I are very proud of our final blanket. It is as cute as a snuggly bug in a rug. ::pats self on back::
In order for proper credit to be given, I would like to state that I did not do any flowers. Holly and her mom knocked most of those out while I was still on my honeymoon. I did however find the yarn which is a cotton modal combination. The deciding factor was all of the great colors it came in. Lora's favorite color is orange, the pink is for the girl, and the purple is the color of the baby's room. My main job was to crank out the solids and stripes. I really did learn how to knit for this project including how to finish and knit on the round. I am now the queen of the knit, purl.
The blanket squares were finished 3 weeks ago and layed out.
We then had to hand sew each square together into strips, and then put those strips together. Finally, I was in charge of the outside edge. After a couple of false starts and ripping everything out, I finally got it to the perfect tension and the final product.Hot off the press, we ran it over to the 4 week old Olivia yesterday.
And then there was a collective sigh of relief as I wondered what I would do with all of my free time?
Labels: baby blanket
By AllBeehive Monday, November 13, 2006
3 Comments:
That's adorable. I can do the knitting fine, but putting everything together would drive me nuts. (Exhibit one would be the quilt I was supposed to give to my mom for her Birthday in 1995. Still have the pieces.)
If you like stripes and want a new project, I made striped X-mas stockings for Dan and I for our first Christmas together. Easy to do, I still have the pattern. Picture here (with a incredibly small Nathan).
We used the mattress stitch to put it all together, which is v. time consuming. You weave the yarn in every step of the ladder. The putting together was v. cumbersome for sure.
Those stockings are so cute! I do want the pattern.
you could make a new scarf for your mother for Christmas. xxoo
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