As I may have mentioned before I don't like sewing especially not sewing in ends and while I have always fancied trying Fair Isle and stranded knitting the idea of making a whole blanket using those techniques was a bit daunting, so when I saw a post on Instagram last year featuring the baby cakes blanket-in-ball from Cygnet yarns I was very, very tempted. I kept thinking of all the blankets I could make with this yarn and how I'd make them and what patterns I could come up with. It was only when I spent an entire mindfulness class meditating about them that I decided to just go ahead and get some.
When they first arrived I have to admit I was slightly disappointed, the colours seemed a bit more muted than they had on the internet and I had an image in my head of the blanket I wanted but no idea how to go about it. Eventually I settled on the Chevron Baby Blanket from Espace Tricot on Ravelry for the Blueberry Muffin colourway. And the more I knitted the more I loved this yarn again. It's acrylic but it feels kind of velvety, lovely and snuggly for a small baby.
I've just started a third blanket using the Angel Cake colourway. I decided to use the Chevron Baby Blanket pattern from Espace Tricot but with a few variations. I cast on 149 stitches to give an extra chevron plus 2 extra stitches at the start and end of each row. I knit the first 6 rows in garter stitch and the first and last 3 stitches of each row are always knit. I've been purling the yarn overs on the wrong side rows as normal instead of through the back loop to give a more lacy effect.
But, having finished 2 blankets and started a 3rd, I have just realised I still haven't made the one I had in mind this time last year. I know I wanted something plain and simple with a squared effect so I will keep thinking and pondering and maybe sometime soonish I will have the blanket of my imagination to share with you..
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