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!

Finally - Vestish!!

Another long-ago project that is now getting some air time! Here she is, my VESTISH!



Pattern: Vestish
Designer: Robin Dodge
Source: MetaPostModernKnitting, Spring/Summer 2008
Needles: 3.5mm and 3.75mm
Yarn Details:

• Hjertegarn Lima
• 100% wool
• 50 grams = 100 metres
• colours #211 (darker brown) and #282 (lighter brown)
• 285 grams used
  

I really like the design of this vest and how the v-neck melts into the straps. The original design has little pockets at the front and it was always my intention to make them, but when I finished the main part of the vest, it looked cute enough as it was!

This was started in the middle of September last year and finished at the beginning of November. As I've mentioned before, there is a distinct lack of sunlight here during the winter, which makes photo-taking decidedly tricky. Hence it's now...geez...April, and I'm finally posting about it. The polar night can account for the time up until about the beginning of March...and the rest is just me.

I did make a rather large boo-boo on this one: the decreases for the arm holes are made every other row, and I in my excellence made them every row. So the v-neck is a bit shallower than planned, but not at all unacceptable. From memory, I was already working on the v-neck ribbing part when I realised my blunder - and there was no way I was going to rip it back!

I do wear this, but unfortunately not so often, because the fit is a little boxy; I tend to prefer more, shall we say, 'curvy' designs. So if I were to make this again, I would add in more hourglass to it.


Last but not least, this yarn is fantastic! It's nice and soft and was easy to work with. I think the gauge I worked at was tighter than is perhaps desirable, so with a slightly looser gauge it would be even softer and more pliable.