OpArt Baby Blanket
Submitted by slinkster on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 19:07.
Dear Page,
Just to keep you up to date... I finished the OpArt Baby Blanket. Here it is pinned for blocking:
Overhead view:
Side view:
While this was not a challenging project it took progressively more time to knit the rows as each row increased by 4 stitches. On the final rows, there were over 700 stitches! There were a multitude of ends to weave in since each stripe had 4 ends. I find working with the darker yarns difficult as I don't see them well without extremely good light. I chose to use a loose bind-off since the designer of the pattern said it needed to be "heavily" blocked.
I used Knitpicks Swish DK which turned out to be very soft. It should wash nicely, too.
Love,
Mom
We use this all the time. It is wonderful. So snuggly and warm. M is one lucky little wee one. He is wearing the blue cardigan you made him right now as well!