Project 1: Finally complete

It’s finally done: the baby blanket is complete!

It’s taken a few weeks longer than anticipated but that was always going to happen as I hadn’t ever worked on a project this big.

This is for my friend’s baby boy – now I just need to give it to them!

I am just off to the craft store to get some supplies for this week’s craft. I haven’t forgotten that I’m a project down this week. I’ll start something today so I can just squeeze it in and stick to my own rules of a new project every week.

Project 1 - baby blanket update

I have been working on the baby blanket for a week and few days now and it’s hard to find the time to keep it up. But, as previously discussed, baby won’t wait in my friend’s belly for the blanket so I have to crack on. I’ve got one “scarf” completed and one scarf nearly done:

I decided not to do the gingham pattern because I found some beautifully soft double knit yarn so I didn’t need to do the two strands together (as per the pattern to get the gingham checker board effect). I think the big squares will be quite cute when it’s all done. I went for yellow and white as the gender of the baby is unknown - I know this is supposed to be gender-neutral but is it maybe a bit more girly?

Project 1 - Baby blanket

I have a first project to start that I definitely want to get cracking on. Project 1: a baby blanket. Our very awesome friends are pregnant and due in about 5 weeks so I really need to get cracking on this. I am terrible at reading knitting patterns so I'm going to try this one.

It’s a garter stitch that incorporates two different colours for a gingham effect and you knit just 19 stitches across like a scarf and then when you have a couple of the scarves that are long enough you knit/sew them together. It seems so easy, right? Off to the store tomorrow to get some baby-safe, machine-washable yarn. :)