The next blanket

The next blanket, #190, is another with dark red and brown. The same yarns appear in blanket after blanket. There is nothing wrong with that because they are colours I like. A regular stripe of the lace weight red mohair yarn gives softness, and there are several shetland yarns – from very old cones – to give a different kind of softness, especially after washing.

For this blanket I unravelled a child's sweater. It is knitted in a traditional fair isle pattern, but in a DK weight yarn. The colours lead me to believe it is a Rowan yarn. The sweater was easy enough to unravel, expect for the numerous knots on the sides from yarn changes. Luckily the ends had not been sewn in.