This is one of the prettiest baby blankets I’ve ever made. This is a simple Pinwheel Blanket and this time I used a TFA Palettes kit in Camaro. I gave the mom-to-be some choices and this is the combination she picked. I wasn’t totally in love with this combination of colors, nor did I realize the genius of it, until it was finished and appeared in all of its round rainbow glory.
I used every bit of the kit, transitioning to the next color when I had about six inches of the working yarn left. When I got to the last color I paused when I had 7 rows and weighed the amount of yarn left. I knit one row and after that I realized my next row would have to be the bind off.
This is the largest Pinwheel Blanket I’ve made yet. It’s DK weight and is 48″ in diameter. I think this would also work well as a lap blanket and am considering making another Pinwheel out of the Summer TFA Palette kit I have to keep around the house. I am so stinking proud of this simple little blanket and probably going to be addicted to Tanis Fiber Arts yarns now…
Stunning! I wondered how you were going to deal with the fact that you had equal amounts of each colourway but ever expanding circles. It looks like it was always meant to be exactly as it turned out, with each colour being slightly narrower than the last. So pretty!
That’s beautiful! I recently started an Elizabeth Zimmerman Pi shawl/blanket using leftover scrap sock yarns. Over the last few days of working on it, I’ve been kicking myself for not knitting a pinwheel instead. Next time…. 🙂
Beautiful!
So beautiful! I’ve wanted to try the TFA Palette for a while but haven’t been able to yet (the import taxes and the hassle of paying them are making me wait for a little). What is the yarn like?