The next blanket

The next blanket, #209, combines two of my less favourite colours, bright red and yellow.  The yellow, in a regular stripe, came from two boucle yarns, the first an unlabelled wool, tightly spun and very bright.  The second was a ball of Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Astrakhan, quite pleasant with the microfibre and cashmere blended with wool.

If you look at the blanket from a distance it looks quite cheerful.  I was pleased to use up the yarns.  Boucle is awkward knitting, but it does add a lot of texture.

For this blanket I unravelled this cardigan.  It is a Kaffe Fassett pattern, Wentworth, from Rowan 46.  The pattern is completed in numerous shades of Rowan Kidsilk Haze.  The knitter here included several shades of a non-mohair yarn, I think it is Rowan Felted Tweed.  It adds stability to the garment.  In the blanket the short lengths of Kidsilk Haze add a surprising amount of softness, in addition to the Debbie Bliss Angel mohair that I also included.