I’ve been quite industrious since the last blog entry and
have completed the first of the baby blankets using up some wool which I’ve
had a while. When I saw the wool on
Doncaster Market I thought it looked quite pretty but when I started to knit a
tension square it became apparent the colours didn’t blend very well. The white turning to grey just looked dirty
next to the yellow and the orange tint went into a washed out pink colour so this
wool clearly wouldn’t be for anything I’d wear.
I came across the group who knit blankets for premature babies and distribute
them to hospitals in a prima magazine and decided I would happily knit up the
yukky wool for them. Apparently, they
are short of 24x24 inch blankets and as I had, in a rush of enthusiasm, bought
6 balls of the ghastly stuff there’s plenty for the blankets. As I had some wool with contrasting colours I
decided to use that in a stripe and it worked surprisingly well but I still
wouldn’t wear it!
One of the suggested stitches for the blankets was moss
stitch, not a stitch I’ve used very much so I thought I’d give it a try. It takes a little longer to knit than stocking
stitch but produces quite a sturdy fabric and a tweedy effect with the random
wools I was using. It is also quite a
wide stitch, I only needed 109 stitches for the 24 inch width.
The patchwork has also been coming along and the top of the cover is now
finished.
I realised I was running low on dark materials and so enjoyed a shopping trip to Doncaster to top up my supplies. I was particularly pleased with one of the fabrics from Knit and Stitch.
While I was taking the photos I noticed the girls in their
usual position, fast asleep on Kev’s chair.