I’m guessing some of you have been awaiting progress on the Flower Blanket??
Shall I taunt you??
I’m not that cruel 😀
You know I said I’d do this on the train? Somehow I’ve found another project to do on the train so this has been my evening project instead – the plain and stripy squares will accompany me to work though at some point. The other project is a gift so I can’t blog it just yet!
Ready for some pictures?
Here’s some stripes…
These are quick to knit and easy to finish as I carry the yarn up the side of the square. There was no way I was going to sew all those end in!
The plain squares are surprisingly easy to screw up! They are a kind of moss stitch with knit rows on the alternate rows. Very easy to get muddled and have to undo the whole damned thing…then start again and loose your place…and have to do it a third time! 🙁
I have persevered and resisted the temptation to just do moss stitch and I’m please with the results…
Now the ones you’ve been waiting for – The Flowers!
Firstly – what was I thinking doing this much intarsia?? I don’t like intarsia that much! But…but…they are so pretty!
I have 6 different flower to do, these are the first 3. Doing them is an exercise in patience and I have already wholeheartedly embraced Swiss embroidery rather than trying to intarsia those edging stitches. I have around 7 bobbins clatteing away when I’m doing them (Ben particularly enjoys this 😉 )
The good thing is that the overall flower is identical so I’m starting to get the hang of where to join in my new yarns. Incidentally, the silver yarn is Rowan’s new “Shimmer”.
The I noticed some errors on the way I had laid out the previous design for the blanket so I’ve had a lot of reshuffling of the squares – I’m up to Version 3.0 of my design (version control on my designs is another overflow from my work in the computer industry – I must be such a nerd!)
Here’s the latest and probably final attempt and an amended key to go with it.
I’m now off to sew some of these babies into a strip and clatter some more bobbins at Ben
It is going to look stunning when it’s finished. And of course, I fully expect to see Thug reclining on it in due course!
It looks lovely! The colours are delicious!
Good to see you’re making progress, the colours are fab. You’ve inspired me to consider adding a blanket to my queue.
It’s looking good!! I would love to add a blanket to the to-do list, but perhaps I should get some of the list done first – especially as the knitting has been neglected in favour of sewing these last few weeks!
I am ashamed, I started before you and I only have 1.5 flowers finished. I know I am doing other things, but still. …. I must go dig out my flowers and concentrate for a few days on intarsia.
I’ve just googled the Flower blanket and found my way here. I’ve decided to do this for a Golden Wedding present for my mum and dad. So glad that I can follow you and pick up oodles of hints! Yours is looking fantastic, loving the purples. I’m off to a bead shop soon to pick up supplies! And I’d not heard about Rowan Shimmer, do they do it in gold too?