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Project: Mitred Square Blanket

Jul 1, 2007
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As I mentioned earlier, I'm not really much for sewing pieces together. This aversion, along with limited patience or bigger projects, was the main reason for my decision not to knit a blanket this year.

So, here I am, knitting a blanket! I had a handful of Patons Jet (70% wool, 30% alpaca) that didn't have a project in mind (why I thought I'd make socks out of the colours I'd bought, I don't know), so in looking for ideas, I bought a ridiculously large amount of the same yarn in other colours to make myself a blanket.

Having knit a large blanket several years ago one Christchurch mid-winter, and then finally getting around to crocheting it together the next winter, I knew I had to take a different approach. So, rather than using the method I used back then (starting with 3 stitches, gradually increasing, and then decreasing to form the square), I opted for mitred squares that I'd seen used to great effect with many wools by my Mum. Begin able to pick up stitches towork the squares together without a need to sew up later, and still have the flexibility to use many coloured yarns (and so not be bored to tears), it really is a great option for me.

Blanket

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And of course, with an ever decreasing number of stitches per rows (60 down to 1), coupled with 12 ply yarn, it's not going to take me forever to complete (at least, it feels quick, and that's what really counts). Each square is 30 grams of a 50 gram ball; the blanket should be 7 by 6 (with seven colours), and will be a about Queen sized without a border. I hav purchased enough yarn to work a border in charcoal grey, but I'm not 100% sure I'll do that - time will tell!

Not a project I'll be lugging around with me to work on for much longer, though I did take it to both my WW meeting and Knit Rangers last week. I had to laugh at my WW meeting, where a woman who is visiting from the UK for a couple of months, and has gotten used to me knitting socks during the session, remarked that I had her all confused sitting there with my blanket! Can't be too predictable!