Earth to Ocean Blanket and Other New Projects
I have been hard at work, picking out some great new colors, projects and more! A couple of projects have been put on hold because I was just too excited by the Indigo Moon yarn at my LYS! Inspired by the beautiful baby blanket in Debbie Stoller’s ‘Stitch and Bitch’ book I picked up some beautiful earthy colorways to make a new couch blanket. The yarn is used doubled throughout so it knits up quicker. I’m using one strand of variegated together with one strand of a semi-solid. This way it’s a little lower key than 2 strands of variegated.
The plan is to let the blanket flow from brown to blue to green with the unifying strand of the variegated running throughout. I was so excited I couldn’t wait to get my calculator out and start designing. I decided on a seed stitch pattern for the border and some lovely cables for the middle. They alternate between seed stitch and stockinette stitch. I’m not sure that the cables will show up very much but I like them anyway. Here’s what I’ve got so far:
I also picked up some gorgeous new kits from Handmaiden. This yarn is made with merino and cashmere so it’s super soft, as well as gorgeous!
I’m stoked about making my fourth and fifth socks. I made one beautiful pair and loved it but when I got a little creative with some bright green yarn and some fuzzy cream yarn the results were less than pleasing, to say the least. While the green looked great next to an apricot yellow, a strawberry pink, and an icy blue, it looked down right electric on its own! The fuzzy cuffs, heal, and toe were no help. My big plan is to unravel the abomination and make some springy sachets with the yarn. I still like the colors but only together, not on their own!
Last but not least I’m working on another cashmere toque. My husband Gary is always telling me not to bother knitting him anything (I think he is secretly worried I will knit something ghastly or girly and then he will have to wear it!) but I decided not to head this advice and made him a cashmere toque for Christmas. Success! He absolutely loved it and so did I. After a few tiffs over who would get to wear the toque I decided a second one might be a solid investment. I chose the gorgeous woodland colorway from Fleece Artist and I making one for me!
