Don't know if you remember, but in October of last year I took part in Spinzilla, an annual spinning event where you spin as much yardage in a week as you can. My first spin was this super wash Falkland which was destined for a blanket for our friend's first baby, due in March.
I'm normally pretty last minute with these things so am quite impressed that I've managed to get it finished six weeks early!
I split the two larger skeins into two and then dyed one ball pink (the baby's going to be a girl!). I hope she doesn't mind that I didn't have any baby pink dye - this is hot pink!!
I still had the scribblings of the pattern I used 4 years ago for my step-grandson, plus the pencilled charts for the elephants, so off I went.
I only had one false start - after knitting a couple of inches I realised it was turning out a bit too small, so I unravelled and used slightly bigger needles (obviously I didn't write down which size needles I used last time, that would've been too easy!)
I realised part way through that I hadn't been as accurate as I thought when I first wrote the pattern. That set me back a day or two while I corrected that and the charts. I've been wanting the opportunity for a while to re-knit this so I could check the pattern, so at least I now know it's correct.
Love this elephant in the middle of the blanket!
It was finally finished at the end of January, washed, and laid out to dry, which took 3 days in a cold bedroom.
I worried all the way through whether I'd have enough yarn to finish - thought I might have to order some more fleece - but here's what was left :-
85g in total. I started with 520g. And from a starting point of 1,420 yards, I have 220 yards left. I'm sure it'll come in for something.
I'm normally pretty last minute with these things so am quite impressed that I've managed to get it finished six weeks early!
I split the two larger skeins into two and then dyed one ball pink (the baby's going to be a girl!). I hope she doesn't mind that I didn't have any baby pink dye - this is hot pink!!
I still had the scribblings of the pattern I used 4 years ago for my step-grandson, plus the pencilled charts for the elephants, so off I went.
I only had one false start - after knitting a couple of inches I realised it was turning out a bit too small, so I unravelled and used slightly bigger needles (obviously I didn't write down which size needles I used last time, that would've been too easy!)
I realised part way through that I hadn't been as accurate as I thought when I first wrote the pattern. That set me back a day or two while I corrected that and the charts. I've been wanting the opportunity for a while to re-knit this so I could check the pattern, so at least I now know it's correct.
Love this elephant in the middle of the blanket!
It was finally finished at the end of January, washed, and laid out to dry, which took 3 days in a cold bedroom.
I worried all the way through whether I'd have enough yarn to finish - thought I might have to order some more fleece - but here's what was left :-
85g in total. I started with 520g. And from a starting point of 1,420 yards, I have 220 yards left. I'm sure it'll come in for something.
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