Thursday, August 26, 2010

I would really like to knit this blanket!


Wouldn't you? The pattern is available here. Do you think it's too hard for a novice knitter like me? Part of the reason why I only ever knit things in plain stitch is because if I have to put the work down I can't find my place again in the pattern to know where I'm up to!

Do you have any other suggestions for simple blankets to knit? I would really like to make one to keep us snug next winter.

On a related note, what are your thoughts about buying new craft supplies (like the wool I would need to make a blanket - I don't know if I could afford to make a blanket out of completely handspun wool! Or to buy a completely hand-knitted blanket, for that matter) - does that fit in with my Challenge of the Utmost Kind? I have been umming and ahhing over this issue for a while. I have bought a couple of new supplies recently (a little fabric, some polymer clay) for a gift that I am trying to make for the Calico & Co Birthday Swap. Was that bad, do you think? I do hope not...

2 comments:

  1. saw you at dottie angel...love your wallpaper..darling...

    and YES !!! i want to knit that blanket too...i have been looking for a knitting project..i think i found it..and i have that Sock and Glove book too
    happy to find you today

    kary
    xxxx

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  2. Lovely to meet you Kary, thanks so much for stopping by! I'd love to know how you go with the blanket. I was looking at wool the other day trying to decide which colours to get...

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