But it was mostly easy to follow in spite of me missing the first book. Happy KNITTING!! Thanks for inspiring my sewing and getting me onto a new knitting project.Books about lemonade This book alluded to some things that happened in the first book The Lemonade War (which I have not read). I made him out of BSA Cotton and he is amazing. Anderson she has some fabulous patterns, I LOVE this one for babies. If your wanting to knit something new.try some toys! Susan B. I use it when making little lovey toys for my kids. I love BSA Cotton, but it is a bit on the high end, but so worth it for a nice project. The vintage is such a nice yarn, easy to wash and so soft. Ok…I love this! GREAT job too….I’ve done chevron once or twice and just didn’t care for it, but I think you may have inspired me to try this! Great little lap blanket for great grands I’m thinking!! I have a ton of Mano’s Del Uruguay Cotton that I bought when they were discontinuing it.thinking this is the project for it! It’s good to have a support system.Ĭheck out the Celebrate BABY archives HERE. And when she’s not sure about something, we call her mom. Yay for blankets and babies with similar gestation periods!Īnd yay for my friend Katherine who helped me read the pattern and get the project started. Then grab your camera and admire the two sweet things you made: If you’re a professional knitter too you could easily have the blanket done a week tops. I’m amazed at how many wonderful how-to videos are on there (such as “how to wind a center pull ball”, which you need to do before starting this project). I would definitely recommend it to a beginnger, if you have someone to help you get started. The blanket is knitted with double strands of yarn so the finished product is chunky and a good weight. Her lines are much straighter but I’ll chalk that up to years of knitting experience. Here’s the finished product: Molly’s blanket (left) and mine on the right. So it’s best to knit with a movie on in the background….rather than a playdate at the park. It requires you to count every 10 stitches. But it’s the kind of project that you can not do while talking. It’s actually quite easy (and I’m a total novice-this was my 2nd knitting project). I got real good at counting stitches and unraveling messed-up rows. The blanket went with me on the plane a couple times, to the park, the doctor’s office, and yes the couch. With my yarns selected, my size 11 needles and I got busy (more info on my ravelry post). You could surely use lower quality yarns but I’m not sure what to recommend there. But I really wanted to go all the way with the project and not skimp on the supplies. I spent about $70 total on the skeins (which is less than what Blue Sky Cotton would have cost). But I went with this Berroco brand “Vintage” wool/acrylic blend on the right because it can easily be washed in the washing machine. They carried the pretty Blue Sky Cotton yarn on the left which is what Purl Bee used. I bought my yarn at a cute shop on South Congress in Austin called Hill Country Weavers. But I went with girly pinks and purples instead. For reals.Īnd I love the yarn colors she chose. I used the Chevron Baby Blanket pattern from the purl bee, where everything she does is lovely. Plus, what else can you do at night when you’re 9 months pregnant? Sit on the couch and keep your needles clanking. It’s good that I took my sweet time with it though because it made me more excited for this little girl to come. You love it so much you don’t want it to end….so you knit real fast and then procrastinate the last 10 rows. But a knitting project feels like a good book. The funny thing is, I could have knitted the whole thing in a couple weeks (rather than 4 months). ….and fell in love with knitting all over again….and decided to actually add something to my ravelry notebook HERE. Remember that knitted blanket I started forever ago?Ģ weeks before Clara was born, I finished it!
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