educe me » baby shower http://www.educeme.com Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:33:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Because the World Needs Another Baby and That Baby Needs a Blanket http://www.educeme.com/2008/06/09/because-the-world-needs-another-baby-and-that-baby-needs-a-blanket/ http://www.educeme.com/2008/06/09/because-the-world-needs-another-baby-and-that-baby-needs-a-blanket/#comments Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:51:26 +0000 Anne http://www.educeme.com/?p=534 Baby Blanket No. 2, II Relatives are having a baby and I hand-knitted them an heirloom blanket. Featuring earth tones and soft cotton mixed with a touch of wool -- come see more pictures of the finished blanket.]]> The other weekend I attended a baby shower for my cousin’s wife (my cousin-in-law?) in celebration of their impending parenthood. They were registered at some big baby store, but, being how I am, I knitted a blanket. An heirloom gift, if you will. They decided to not inquire into the baby’s sex, so I chose fairly gender-neutral earth tone colors.

Late last year I knit a blanket for friends and this blanket was to be similar. That was my goal. The middle starting point didn’t appear to be the same, but I kept knitting on.

First blanket:


Baby Blanket 8 - Center Detail

This blanket:

Baby Blanket No. 2, IV

Anybody else notice that pinwheel-esque swirl?

Baby Blanket No. 2, II

Yeah. I obviously was yarn-overing at the wrong time, even though I was using stitch markers.

Baby Blanket No. 2, III

Baby Blanket No. 2, I

Live, knit, and learn, I suppose. It may have been more squared if I had had time to block it; I finished it the morning of the shower. Then again, there may have been no hope of giving it straight edges and pointy corners even with blocking. I received a lot of compliments on it, though, so right on.

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