I’m having a little happy dance after knitting up a small blanket – made because I received some yarn for xmas. Which means you get to see what other presents I received too.
Lots of books this year: the Scythe trilogy from the Viking family (I asked for it in French so I can then lend to non-English speaking family members afterwards); first 3 in The Wheel of Time series, from Mrs & Mr Lindashee; and “Le livre sans nom” (the book with no name) from Mr & Mrs Tattoo.
More haul was: two sets of acryllic paint markers from the husband (you’ll find out why I asked for these later in the year). “Under the Dome” DVD mini series from Mrs & Mr Lindashee; “Ralph 2.0” DVD and two packets of googly eyes from Mr & Mrs Tattoo; and two yarn cakes of Lion Brand yarn & a sweater from SIL & family.
And . . . there was even more . . .
SIL has taken up machine embroidery recently and surprised the husband and myself with a gorgeous set of 3 cushions. Made completely from scratch, including invisible zips and a very cheerful yellow cotton.
A zoom in on my favourite one.
Anyway . . . title of this post is a knitty happy dance because, I decided to cast on with the Lion brand yarn straight away, rather than letting yarn simply become more stash.
And knitted a blanket. I only had 2 balls so, in order to make the most of yarn and make the blanket as big as possible, I started with a 5 stitch cast on, and increased by 1 stitch every row (with a yarn over) until reaching the end of the first yarn cake. Then joined yarn (but working second cake from the centre out) and decreased by 1 stitch every row. I haven’t weaved in my yarn ends yet, but I have a pretty, albeit small, blanket – it finished up at 30″ square so more of a lap warmer but at least it’s a finished item and not just more stash.
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Love the blanket. Bon travail ❤️
That turned out so pretty!
Lovely blanket, i like the corner to corner style.
An impressive Christmas haul!
I have some of those acrylic painting pens. I bought them for a specific purpose – using them on pebbles – but it’s surprising how often they’ve come in handy for other projects.
I’ve seen some lovely painted pebbles, but fear I don’t have the artistic flair for that. All I’ll say for now is: I’m planning to use mine on fabric.
Love the colors!
Lovely presents!
In the chill we’re having here I’d wear the blanket over my shoulders as a shawl.
That was a Good haul. Love the cushions. Googly eyes are always useful. Love your blanket too, genius way you used the yarn.
Nice new stuffs! Loved the Under The Dome series. I remember watching that when it was on TV. The yarn is beautiful and perfect for the blanket, or lap warmer. If you want it to be larger, and you haven’t blocked it, you could probably block it to be a little bit bigger.
Love the blanket 🙂