lördag 26 november 2011

Blanket: The pattern

Here's a link to the original blanket. I found it as a free pdf at Pinnehobby (lovely blog!) and it is on Ravelry too, where you can see what lovely things people have done with it.

I did not care so much for the hearts, so I made something else there.

And the yarn. Well, I really, really wanted this blue color, so the yarn is much thicker than in the original, which is knitted in something that is near to lace weight. Same, same, but different.

/Maia

Managing knitting with colours

It is easy to get lost vertically in the section of the blanket that has the blue motif. To manage this, I hide the following rows in the diagram with a sheet of paper, like this:


This way, what I see on the paper corresponds to what I'm holding in my hand. The following rows are not knitted yet, and I get confused seeing them them. This isn't exactly a pattern where you see the motif until you are done, so my eyes wander back and forth from the paper to the knitting, and I really needed this little help.

To keep track on the rapports horisontally, place markers are invaluable. At least when the pattern is this intricate.



/Maia
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fredag 25 november 2011

Blanket update II

Getting on with the hard part now.


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måndag 21 november 2011

Blanket update

Closing in on the flowers.


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fredag 18 november 2011

Blanket in progress

You will read more about this as the work goes on.


Yarn: Drops Karisma, dark grey 53, light grey 21, warm red 48, folklore blue 50.

/Maia