A baby blanket for my cousin is done. It’s been an intense 3 weeks making it. Trying to finish a knitted picot edge on my red shawl and then an i-cord bind off that will last a lifetime of being dragged around by rambunctious kid is tiring. Binding off a project involves holding a yarn under tension. This is critical for a picot edging to get the cute little bumps that make picot so distinctive. It’s also important on an i-cord bind off to ensure you aren’t buckling the edge of your finished item.
I am exhausted. My shoulders have been tight and sore from doing the binding. But at least one item is done. The red shawl will simply have to wait. I’ve moved on to another shawl. I’m making it up as a I go along. My friend offered me a 5-panel shawl pattern for some Socks That Rock yarn I got at Rhinebeck 3 years ago. She’s a great pattern designer. It’s working up nicely with some add-in motifs I’m incorporating from free stuff online at Elann.com and a gull wing lace pattern from a sweater I’ve made several times before.
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My mother always knits/crochets blankets for my dd. Dd thinks it is the coolest thing to choose her own blanket colours.
You are very lucky to be so talented to knit your own stuff.
Mapgirl, my hat didn’t turn out right – when I started, I took the directions too literally, cast on TOO loosely, and now the brim of the hat is funny looking. I have to re-do the seam too, ’cause my stripes aren’t matching up. I hate it. I’m going to try again. It’s not that bad – my stitches are neat and really good looking. I wish I had a group of people like you have to knit with. I might start one with a friend I know who’s more advanced than I am. Good thing I have lots of yarn!