The next blanket

The next blanket, #196, is a light one with white and pastel colours.  I decided to add this Lister Tahiti mohair, random coloured white beige dark brown, and it does not really fit.  But it used up quite a lot of the yarn.  The white yarns will never run out.  I come across more and more.

This time I unravelled a cardigan, large white Esprit in the 1980s oversized aran knit style that is becoming fashionable again.  I bought it because of the yarn, an aran weight unplied wool.  This is so useful as background in the blankets giving them stability.  I used to buy them - garments in this type of yarn, especially Jigsaw did some nice ones - but with buying less I gave up.  I couldn't resist this one because of the low price.  Unravelling was a dream.

Sock yarn blanket 4

I started the next sock yarn blanket two years ago, and the knitting took some seventeen months.  Then it lay ready waiting to be finished, and I picked it up again in this summer.  I have forgotten a lot, so I rely on my notes.

This is according to the pattern set for the other blankets.  Garter stitch knitted on the diagonal, with 4 ply sock yarn and plain wool sock yarn knitted together.  I used 4.5mm needles.  Among the yarns used were Wendy Roam, Elle (SA) Sockwool 4 ply, Red Heart and Woolcraft Sock yarns, Sirdar Talisman 4 ply dark green.  The bright blue green yarn came without a label, but I think it may be Debbie Bliss sock yarn.

I did the knitting on the bus as usual with no problems.  This time I decided to crochet the blocks together, and it was easily done.  I did it with one strand of yarn, so the join shows from the right side, and the blocks open to lie side by side so there is no ridge.  I'm not sure if this is a good way of doing it or not.  It is interesting.  I did one round of double crochet as edging, followed by one row of crab stitch.  It turned out to be heavy warm blanket.  The colours are dour.

Sock yarn 4 blanket C34

Wendy Roam and sock and other 4 ply yarns doubled
size 4.5 mm needles
125 cm by 175 cm, 1500 gr
Knitted 4 September 2016 to 1 August 2018