This baby blanket has been in my pile of UFOs for so long, I only have remote memories of the details. I started it about five or six years ago, when a friend announced she was having her second baby. Well, the birth came and went, obviously, and the blanket sat for many years mostly finished. Recently, I needed the size 7 circular needles that the blanket was on, so I forced myself to knit the two rows that required fixing. It took all of half an hour, which is the story of my life and many defunct projects.
I do remember the pattern came from a book (that narrows it down, huh?), but flipping through my knitting pattern books, I couldn't come up with the pattern. The yarn is a 100% cotton worsted weight, either by Rowan or Debbie Bliss.
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| Detail of intarsia color work. |
I knitted the rows straight across on a size 7 needle, using intarsia knitting. I don't like color work much, because of all the skeins of yarn left hanging about during the knitting process, so this was about as complicated I was going to get with color knitting.
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| This is a seed stitch heart detail, but it didn't show up well in the picture. |
If I come across the pattern, I'll definitely post it so I can add it to my Ravelry page as well. I have another cardi finished but still damp from blocking so I'll post on that next time.
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| I like the color combinations of gold, red, cream, pink and blues. |
The blanket is now destined for a fundraising auction for No. 2's former preschool. I almost hate to part with it, because the yarn was so expensive and the knitting so tedious -- in addition to not liking color work, I don't like knitting with cotton. But, my peer group is getting to the point where we're not having very many babies any more. Plus, it's going to a great cause.
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