a whole lotta garter stitch
Pattern: Circle of Friends Garter-Stitch Blanket from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts
Yarn: Plymouth Encore
Needles: Boye circular, size 8
Modifications: a satin binding was added by Andra's grandma
Andra and I had high hopes for our blanket project. It turned out nicely, though finding a matching gauge was hard. Also, we didn't weave in any of the ends, thinking these ends could be used to seam up the sides. This was appealing to me. I hate weaving in ends. It didn't quite work out this way-- Andra and I knit alternating strips to minimize any gauge issues. It was my fault-- I'm a lefty knitter. When we went to seam our strips together, some of the seams had no ends to work with, and some of the seams had twice as many. Doh!
The project came out well, but I don't think either of us will be making garter-stitch anything for a while.
Comments
Your blanket is beautiful. I started knitting one today from KnitPicks Andean Silk Yarns...adjusting the squares to make it bigger for my own use. :o) Nice work!!
Posted by: SG | February 18, 2006 07:03 PM
Hey,
just finished a blanket, needed to know how to add the silk binding. Can this be done on a sewing machine?
I used lion brand Jiffy
bulky #5.
Posted by: jess | May 7, 2008 10:58 PM