A Cavendish blanket in Noro Matsuri yarn. I picked it up yesterday evening...it has been hibernating for over a year, methinks. I couldn't believe my eyes because I had screwed it up significantly. This blanket has a right side and wrong side and the sides had switched awhile back. So...half of what I had knit had the right side on one side, and the other half of what I had knit had the right side on the other side!
Yikes.
Luckily, I only had to rip back two repeats of the 20 row pattern (146 stitches x 20 x 2 = 5840 stitches!) I thought I might end up ripping back all the way because I am not very skilled at picking stitches up.
I was a sleep deprived mess last night and my immune system is in fighting mode today. This means more knitting and reading. I've got food cued for the kids and Daniel and Cap is home (though he is powering through a buttload of work and we need to leave him be as much as possible.)
I am back to where the blanket had been, but now with the right side/wrong side mess sorted out. I LOVE the colors of this yarn. It's an 87% cotton 13% wool blend. Perfect for those early or late Summer nights when the windows are open and the breezes portend a change of season.
Unlike the cowls and scarves, this project will require time. My patience...my attention span...these will be tested.
3 comments:
Ooh, it looks like our wedding blanket (only with more green I think). We loves our blankie!!
I love the colors!
B, it's the same pattern as your wedding blankie :-) This one has a slightly different feel to it bc it's mostly cotton and yours is 100% wool, I think. You can compare and contrast when you come in June :-)
Snapper, this yarn co. is famous for producing these incredible colors. The yarn is textural in feel, too, with scratchy fibery parts and nubby parts where the yarn gets a little thicker and parts where the yarn gets so thin it will break if you're unlucky or pul too hard. I love their yarn, a definite love 'em or hate 'em thing.
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