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Posted: Sept 29 2007 at 8:46am | IP Logged Quote JennGM
Last Monday I finally bought the yarn and started the baby's blanket. I knitted a white blanket for my son (I wanted it to be double duty and used at his Baptism). For his blanket I used a baby type thread weight, a cotton acrylic mix. It is soft, but holds the shape well.

This is the pattern I used. Very simple and straightforward.

On the same pattern is another blanket with a row of holes every 9 rows. Again, it's very simple and a no brainer.

I'm doing a white blanket again, and bought some even softer yarn. I think it's 4 ply, so it's a bit heavier than the other yarn, but since the needles are a size 8 vs. 6, I need less stitches and it can go faster...something I definitely need.

This yarn is delicious! It's called Berroco Touche, a cotton rayon blend. It's even softer than the other yarn, and a joy to knit. I can't help just stroking the finished rows.

I hope I finish soon, and then I want to tackle a little hat or two, maybe booties. I was in a knitting slump, but this yarn is a siren call to put my feet up (which I need to do a lot) and just knit.

The little needlecraft shop I use also does quilting fabrics. I finally am going to make this baby quilt I've been planning for years. Years ago (I was in 6th grade?) our Shreveport neighbor had a garage sale and I bought some vintage baby fabrics. One piece looks like a baby quilt, so cute with the 1940s-50s type of kittens and baby lambs and soft pastel colors.

I finally got fabric to add to the borders and a backing. Since I don't really quilt, nor have time or energy to make something elaborate, the owner suggested putting this soft slinky fabric as a backing, so I wouldn't need batting. It's that soft flocked fabric that is used with a lot of baby blankets these days. It is polyester, but oh so soft. We're all about tactile and soft here.

I hope to post pictures when I'm done. I'm roping in my mother's help to make sure that the blanket will be done for this baby! I don't know if I'll have any other chances!

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Posted: Sept 29 2007 at 9:30am | IP Logged Quote Mary G
Oh Jenn -- this is going to be beautiful. The yarn is "delicious"! Can't wait to see pix of the final product (that includes the baby by the way!).

When I knittied JP a blanket -- we were in Austria and his "theme" was going to be lambs so I did a lamb binky. Because I had done some intarisa/color-work knitting, I backed it with Austrian fabric. He still uses that binky and it has held up wonderfully! Another time I did a cow blanket for a friend whose family owns a dairy farm and the baby's theme would be cows. That time I back the blanket with calico in the sage-green of the background.


So if you don't want to quilt a blanket, you could use one of the fabrics (especially if it's 100% cotton that will soften nicely) on the reverse of the knitted blanket!

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