Baby needs a blanket ... Updated

Modification made ...

Note: a few days after blocking the baby blanket the boarder started to curl again so I did a crochet crab stitch edge. I like it better and it gives the edge a little more weight.

A Slip Stitch Baby Blanket

Pattern:

Slip Stitch Blanket by Linda Medina Craft
Needle size used: US 7 - 4.5 mm

Yarn:
Cascade Yarns Pacific

How much?
3 skeins = 639.0 yards (584.3m)

Colorway: beige

and 1 skein each:
Yellow

Orange

Turquoise

Purchased at Seed Stitch Fine Yarn in Salem, Massachusetts

I was worried about the curling in the border at the beginning but DON’t worry, it does block out in the end. Although, the borders aren’t as nice & thick as the rest of the blanket so if I do this one again I think I’d double up on the yarn for the border and just drop the extra strand when continuing on the body of the blanket, reattach for the end borders.

It felt like it was taking me FOREVER to finish this blanket but it was very easy and has a nice feel to it.

Okay, I'm just an "Instant Gratification" kind of person and anything that takes more than 2 weeks to knit doesn't fall in that catagory of "instant".

But happy!

A Nautical Theme for a baby ...

Finished and ready for a baby shower.

I tried to use every bit of the yarn up that I could. Not my original plan but I just kept adding to it. So of course there has to be booties.


A hat of course.


And before you ask about the book ... well the guests invited to the shower had been asked to each bring a book since the Mom is a school teacher and believes in reading to children every day. (which I agree with) So we're starting her out with her baby's first books. Of course I looked for something about knitting!!

Yes, there's a sweater ...


With buttons that go with the nautical theme ...


You see, Mom & Dad don't want to know if their baby is a boy or girl until after he/she is born. So they're decorating in Navy blue and Pink whales since they live only a few streets from the ocean. I love pink whales!

Here's the blanket that started it all ...


No you're not seeing things either. There's a little more pink left over to make a toy ...


A pink whale!!

What a fun set it was to knit.


I used Cascade Ultra Pima for the yarn and all the details are on my Ravelry pages if you want to know what patterns I used.



Now I'm on to other things ...

Another shawl anyone??

Happy Birthday Kyleigh Faye!

She's a beautiful baby, Alyssa. Thanks for sending her picture.

Congratulations, Grandma Sam!