I have knitted this blanket before and it has always turned out well. This is a really easy pattern and doesn’t take long to knit up. A corner to corner pattern. Cast on 4 stitches, work up to 95 stitches and then cast down to 4 stitches.
I opted to use two balls of yarn from Patons Canadiana, winter white and oatmeal with a 6.5mm needle.
I changed the yarn because I can’t knit with bulky yarn and 8mm needles. I have arthritis in my fingers and the larger needles cause a few problems.
No idea how long this took but I did cast on up to 125 stitches so my blanket is a bit bigger. The baby is due the end of January so the bigger, the better. My philosophy anyway. It ended up to be 26" x 29"
A yarn bag. It holds two balls of yarn and there are pockets around the edges to hold your needles. It is made by a small business here in Ontario called "bytheyard"
As I write this I just ordered more yarn from Mary Maxim.....a Canadian company based in Paris, Ontario.....more yarn to make hats for this wee ones older brothers.
Apparently, one loves blue, the other red. I found them and they are "perfect" according to Dad.
In the meantime, I think I'll design a child's scarf in apricot!! Why not!!
Just in case you are wondering I use bamboo needles made in Japan. I find they are easy on the hands and honestly, I hate the click, click, click of metal needles. It interferes with my television watching. LOL
This has nothing to do with the column
I have left ALL social media.
No Gander, no Instagram, no Facebook
I just got tired of everything.
The politics, the negativity, the harassing of people they don't know,
the glorification of overpaid athletes and actors/actresses.
I'm back to the old ways.
I'm living for me, the chief and the family and not doing what
the rest of the world tells us to do.