I've had the yarn and pattern to make this blanket for quite a while. I bought the kit sometime last year, and intended to make this blanket for a friend who was expecting. Well, the baby was born and I wasn't anywhere near finishing the project {especially after a few mistakes that caused me to start over more than once}. Instead of finishing, I decided just to take it out and store the yarn, and make it some other time. A couple months later I found out that I was expecting, so I decided to try again. I was making great progress, but also growing tired of working on the same project {I'm a quick project kind of person}. Instead of finishing it as described in the pattern {Mac & Me has some great ones, including this one, and Leslie is so sweet and helpful too!}, I decided to just knit the lattice portion a little larger and leave off the borders.
I'm really pleased with how it turned out {and I have a little bit of the lovely Blue Sky Alpacas Organic Cotton left - can you believe that color isn't dyed?}. Although I think the borders would really look nice, I don't think I would have gotten around to finishing it with them. Of all the projects I've knit, this one was by far the biggest {and the only blanket}, now I think I need to work on some tiny hats and mittens!
that is really beautiful...great job!
ReplyDeleteI love paper too...i think it goes along with my journal passion!
hope you are feeling well!