…had ended!
I ended up with about 1/3 of a skein left of the Dream in Color Knitosophy yarn in the Princess colorway (the perfect yarn for Princess Mozzarella). The pattern is this one available for free on Ravelry. This is the second pinwheel blanket I’ve made. The pattern is mindless enough for conversations, movies, or anything else that you want to put the primary focus on.
I used a size 5 (3.75mm) needle and increased to over 800 stitches. At that point each row seemed to be taking ages, as you might imagine, so I put it down a lot in favor of working on other faster moving things. It was sitting on a shelf looking very sad for a few weeks. The color changes in the ball worked out pretty well. I bought two balls from my LYS and supplemented with another that I ordered online. The two from my LYS had a good mix of both the purple and the red tones, but the one I found online was mainly red. Luckily, the ball I knit with first had the most purple, and it naturally progressed into more red in each ball.
I’m very happy with the result, and I hope it will be a blankie that Princess Mozzarella can have fun with for years. I was a blankie kind of kid and had a soft flannel one that I wore into shreds. I think I still have a piece of it wrapped up at my parent’s house somewhere. It ended up being about 41 inches wide, and I can just throw it in the washer and dryer. Hooray for superwash sock yarn!
I’m not sure what to knit for her next. I’m hesitant to knit more clothes, because I’d like to see if she’s large or small for her age before I knit many seasonal things based on the size I think she will be. Arkansas has very mild winters and very hot summers, so I’d like to see how she measures up size-wise before I start a bunch of cute cardigans. I might make some kind of toy, since that can’t be outgrown. I’m also interested in knitting a few more things for other people that might not get the knitted kind of love from me for awhile. I’ll keep you posted, of course.
This is lovely. I love how the colors progressed.
Wow, that yarn turned out perfectly! And you kept going to 800? That’s fantastic! I think I co mine at about the 500 range. Those rows take FOREVER.
It’s like the colorway was made for that blanket!
I love that yarn! So beautiful!
I love the colors of the blanket – and those 800 stitches must have taken some endurance! I’m knitting an afghan with close to 200 sts per row, and am finding even that difficult. Congratualtions
This is gorgeous! You’re a knitting machine, girl– I don’t know how you work through so many projects so quickly!
I really like how the colors go from more purple at the center to more red at the edges. That really worked out well. I agree with you on being hesitant to knit clothing. I’m pretty sure I’m going to wait to knit sweaters or other winter wear until after Baby Luscious is born so I can see what size he is.
I’ve never heard anyone say that the blanket doesn’t take forever!
I hate to say this in the heat of July, but it’s never to early to knit a few things to stash away for Christmas. What with the move and a new baby, Christmas knitting might fall by the wayside if you leave it for a more normal time.