Another Pinwheel Blanket

I've been finding myself repeating some patterns...the Drops Baby Jacket (here and here), several pairs of Endpaper Mittens (here, here, here and here), and now another pinwheel baby blanket.


Pattern: Round or Pinwheel Baby Blanket
Designer: Genia Planck
Source: Knitlist
Finished Measurements: 110cm diameter
Needles: 6mm dpns, plus circulars in 80cm and 150cm lengths
Yarn Details:

• Debbie Bliss Cotton Angora
• 80% cotton, 20% angora
• 50 grams = 79 metres
• colour #15508
• about 360 grams used

This pattern is so easy and seems to grow so quickly, until the end, that is...those last few rows are the killer! By the end of this one, I had to go up to a 150cm-long circular needle in order to keep the stitches in order. One round = 20 minutes.

Just like the last time, I took the edging pattern from a Nicky Epstein book: Knitting Beyond the Edge. The pattern as written in the book would work best with a lighter yarn and didn't look good at all with this cotton, so I made the 'waves' a little smaller than the pattern instructed.

When I started making this, I had no idea to whom I would give it, but in the end it found a good home with a friend's brother's little girl. I've seen pictures of the little one lying on it and apprently it is being put to good use, which pleases me to no end!