TOF's niece is having a baby in April so of course knitting is in order. After checking with the grandmother-to-be, I opted for a blankie, any number of socks and some little jackets.
Spotlight had 8ply Sports Support yarn for $1.99 a ball during the after Christmas sale. A 50/50 wool/acrylic blend, it's quite nice on the hand but I suspect may pill a bit. This gorgeous royal purple is in the "Plum" colourway. A very scientific poll of knittes and their fellas last week decided that the colour should be "Shiner".
The pattern is adapted from a freebie on the BBC website. It's a diagonal garter stitch square knitted from 4 x 50 gram balls of 8ply yarn. Improvised the ruffle edge from the remaining 2 x 50g balls as I wasn't fussed on the lace edging (little fingers, eyelets, not a good combo),
Using a 150cm circular needle, I knitted up stitches all around the edge (from between the edge bumps) and joined in the round. The frill took almost every bit of the two balls.
Using a 150cm circular needle, I knitted up stitches all around the edge (from between the edge bumps) and joined in the round. The frill took almost every bit of the two balls.
First Round: K1, Kf&b, repeat all around
Second Round: Purl
Third Round: Knit
Fourth Round: Purl
Fifth Round: K1, Kf&b, repeat all around
Sixth Round: Purl
Change to 4.5mm needle
Seventh Round: Knit
Eighth Round: Purl
Continue alternating knit and purl rounds until sick to death of doing 600+ stitch rounds, or the ruffle is deep enough, or in this case, until the wool ran out. (about 10 rounds)
Cast off in knit, or if enough wool, a picot cast off would be nice.
Finished dimensions 22" along each side.
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I love this blankie and will knit it again and when I do it will be a little larger and the frill a little deeper.
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8 comments:
Ooh! I really like this! Lovely having the ruffle too.
The blanket is beautiful! I like the ruffle, too. I think it is better than a lacy edging. I'm also impressed that you got it knitted up so quickly. (Hmm, maybe I should think about knitting preemie blankets rather than crocheting them. Off to ponder the baby yarn stash!)
I love the colour and the ruffle finishes it off so nicely!!
Nice baby color. And I agree with the lace/little fingers assessment! The ruffle is less likely to cause tangles.
So cute :) ruffle turned out brilliantly!
Personally, I think the ruffle makes the blanket.
Borders of any kind always make a blanket look more "finished" - I like your ruffle very much.
It's great and I really want to try that ruffle. A friend is having a baby this year (and when isn't that true? Ditto for weddings, if only I could knit those presents) so I might give it a go soon.
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