Blankie Love

Have you ever had a project that you enjoyed knitting so much that you were actually surprised when you found yourself nearing the end? Well, that's how it is with my stash blankie.



I started knitting it last year during the Word Series and now I'm down to the point where I have only one skein left of each color. Looking back it seems to have knit up so fast - probably because I haven't had any of those "when will this end?" moments that tend to hit every knitter at some point on large projects. It's such an easy project to come back to that it has never seemed burdensome. I knit on it between other projects and it has been a great mental refresher, like a knitted palate cleanser that gets me ready for that next sweater. Some knitters have socks to fill those gaps. I think I'm more of a blankie gal. :)



Now I've started knitting the edging triangles out of a charcoal grey Cascade. I don't want to finish all the colorful squares and then be left with only grey to knit, so I thought I ought to begin. I think it makes a really nice contrast to all the color. I've also been weaving in the ends as I go so when I finish that last square then - ka-boom! - I'll have me a blankie!

World Series Blankie

A quick, mostly picture post before I have to get the kiddies out of bed and off to school...

Here's what I've been working on, just in time for the cold weather, a comfort knit!



This blanket is made of various yarns which I have been collecting and hoarding for 15 years! I started & knit on it during the World Series. So far it's about half done...



The yarns vary from sport weight to worsted. There are three main textures: a squishy woolly single ply, a thick and thin multi-fiber, and a boucle.



This has been a really fun knit so far and I'm SO glad to finally be using this yarn that has been sitting in the stash for too long!