contributed by Shawn
I am not one of those knitters who works on only one
project at a time, so over the summer
one of my projects was to pick out my favorite colors of Noro Silk Garden
and create individual afghan squares.
This was my go-to project whenever it was
too warm to have a large project sitting in my lap. Kay Gardiner very handily
provided a lovely way to make these quilt-like squares that I admired in her
Mitered Crosses Blanket--for Japan.
I used this mitered square technique and made a couple of these over the course
of several months.
Theses squares are addictive... well, so is the Noro Silk Garden! I ended up modifying the original pattern
to include more squares because I had so much fun making them. Here are a couple of my favorite ones:
Once the weather started to cool off it was time to think
about putting the squares together. I put it off for a while because I couldn't
decide in what order I wanted to assemble them. Finally, I just began putting the pieces together. I really enjoyed this since you pick-up
stitches along the edges of the squares and join them with the 3-needle bind
off technique. No seaming! The edges are
finished with applied I-cord.
The blanket went back into hiding for a while because I
had some other things to finish on deadlines.
Warning - there are a million ends to weave into this project/blanket
because of the color changes. But I decided I love the colors and yarn so much that
I didn't care. This blanket is all for me and I absolutely love it so I'm still
working on the weaving-in. I definitely
don't mind it now that I can use the blanket to cozy up in the chilly weather
that has arrived.
Of course as soon as I got this out there were two other
takers:
"Oh, thanks mom a new blankie!"
They enjoy the blanket, but also the gas stove. I've been working on it in front of the gas
stove on chilly nights and this is also Indigo and Raku's favorite place to
'toast' too!
1 comment:
32Gorgeous blanket! Colors are perfect for Indigo.
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