Day 15: Project 365

Uh oh... My dork is showing. It's a beautiful spring day - I should be outside enjoying it, but what am I doing??? At least the dog got to go on a couple of long walks.

This is the girl baby blanket I'm working on. It's all garter stitch in a bulky weight yarn: Bernat Softee Chunky with size 10 bamboo circular knitting needles. Each stripe is 10 rows of knit stitch. The stripe pattern is A-B-C-B-A across the width of the blanket. I'm going to do a simple crochet border in pink all the way around it once I'm done with the stripes. I think I have about 4 left.

Day 8: Project 365

Just something fun in stockinette stitch. Eventually it will be a long many-colored wrap. After blocking, I'm guessing it will be about 24" wide by hopefully 66" long or so. I'm working with Berroco Ultra Alpaca on size 8 bamboo knitting needles. Love it. Right now I have a great vibrant eggplant color, a refreshing variegated green and a killer pumpkin orange. The goal is to have about seven colors in total - I'm buying a new skein every few weeks or so. I would like to add a golden yellow, a deep red, a rich teal blue and a bright acid green - all great autumn colors. All the stripes are random in width. I think the orange stripe I'm working on will be much wider than the green. The goal of this wrap is to be simple in shape, but fun and unpredictable in the pattern. The edges will remain curled after blocking which is what I want. It will look smashing with jeans, boots and a simple cream sweater in the fall, which is probably when I will have it finished!