Happy New Year!!! I hope every had a safe and fun celebration! I worked 13+ hours at my big kid job as I always do on NYE. The blessings of being an accountant at year end, oh wait! So I wasn’t feeling very festive, but I made it to Midnight for a smooch with my hubby. Then promptly off to bed 🙂
In knitting news, I have decided to do another year of stashbustin’ in 2014! And in honor of the first day of the new year, here is my first project…
Jericho Baby Blanket by Shana Schasteen
(Photo from Shana Schasteen’s ravelry page)
This is a center out blanket made with super bulky yarn. Awhile back I discovered I had several skeins of Wool Ease Thick and Quick in black, dark grey, and cream/off white in my stash. I can’t remember why I bought them…I dislike scratchy wool. So I gave the skeins a gentle tumble in my washing machine to soften them. Thanks goodness with only minimal tangling! And off to knitting I go…
I plan to make this pattern with alternating stripes of light and dark. The four row pattern repeats offer a nice way to change colors and keeping the stripes the same And the bonus side of center out construction, I can work until I run out of yarn! Not to mention this super bulky yarn on size US 11 needles should go CRAZY fast! What better way to kick off the new year?
I don’t know what I will do with the FO? Maybe donate to the local women’s shelter or homeless shelter? I have enough blankets in my house already to fill two tote bins. This blanket is wool so the offset to being very warm is that it will require special washing care. I hate giving people items that require a lot of extra special care. Most non-fiber people I know find this very annoying…what’s a knitter to do?
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I think that sounds like a great idea and I applaud your bravery on the washing.
If wool-ease thick&quick has the same components as worsted weight wool-ease,then it is machine washable and durable.regular wool-ease is 80% acrylic and only 20% wool,so if they are he same,you are good to go! No laundering worries there! 🙂 (ps-I’m “grannysticks” on ravelry…)
I like the blanket. Such a cute pattern.
Love of Cuteness
Happy New Year! Good luck with the stashbusting – I’ve decided to make 2014 the Year Of The WIP, so hopefully I’ll be busting a different kind of stash.
Or… you could felt it and turn it into something like a felted bag or a knitting caddy? That’s what I do with things I dislike after I’ve knitted them… there is a certain satisfaction gained from being able to ruthlessly put into the washing machine to turn something disliked into something useful. ;D
Mmmm, does sound very satisfying!
Great pattern. Can’t wait to see yours. I love gray tones. 😉
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