So, while I was ignoring Vivian I decided to knit a cute baby blanket. This pattern was fast, easy, and fun to knit. It wasn’t a pattern that I was able to memorize in it’s entirety, but “across the row” memorization was possible and the even rows were all purled. It took me three nights to knit, and I blocked it on Thursday.
I used Joseph Galler Prime Alpaca, 665 yards, in a lovely Fawn color. It is supple and deceptively soft. I know it’s a little impractical as a baby blanket, but I couldn’t resist the idea of this blanket in this yarn.
For the record, I used a US 7 circular needle (smaller than called for), and knit two extra repeats width-wise. I also knit until I “ran out” of yarn. Unfortunately with such a large repeat, I knew that I was going to have yarn leftover. I did attempt to minimize the leftovers, and it sort of worked, but 10 grams is still a lot.
Happily, this knit fulfills two needs for me: 1) State Fair object, 2) Baby gift. Yay!
Thats just beautiful!
Pretty! Where did you get the pattern from?
Beautiful blanket, lucky baby!