A new blanket for my friend Ami. I made the entire layette out of 100% cotton yarn on size 6 circular needles. I am learning the value and efficiency of circular needles and if anyone wants to get me the Boye circular needle system I will be happy to accept it.


The blanket is about 20 inches square and the booties and hat will, I hope, fit in at least a few months. Just in time for winter winds. I used a slip stitch over purl pattern from a book published in 1952 and just varied the idea into a basic bootie pattern. The yarn is soft and quite cozy and it took me about 4 days to make the whole set. I had it over my lap when I was knitting and actually had to put it down because I was getting hot.

I like this yarn (Caron baby yarn) because it is washable in cold water and won't shrink or bleed on the first wash and comes in such lovely coordinating colors.

I knit the body and the top and bottom borders of the blanket first and then picked up stitches for the other two sides after casting off. I used Elizabeth Zimmerman's method of joining yarn to eliminate waste and knots in the blanket. Knitting without tears is one of the greatest little resource books any knitter could ask for.

I have been procrastinating in starting this blog and now it's finally here. I hope that I can keep this updated so my friends and family members can see what knitting work I've been doing. I occured to me that since I give most of my projects away, I don't get a chance to show off my work.

This blanket was knit in one piece (border and body together) on circular needles with varigated yarn from corner to corner. I'm not sure of the dimensions but it was almost square of about 25x30 inches. It was for Leia's new baby boy. Congrats Jason and Leia! I wove ribbon through the yarn overs that separated the border from the body. I think that it spiced it up a bit. Hope you like it Leia.