Thursday, March 14, 2019

NorthEasterly-Another Sock Yarn Blanket!

I bought this pattern in early December thinking to knit it with my Mom when she came for a visit.
Since that didn't work out,  I will be saving it to knit with her when I finally go to see her in the Fall.

But this is not to say I will not work all the bugs out of it first!

I am knitting this with fingering weight yarn held doubled on #6 needles (it is still a firm fabric and the recommended #5's were really firm)

I'm not sure I am happy with this needle either and will try it with #8's for a few rows and compare.
It is a very enjoyable knit for all the reasons that the reducing squares are great but this one has a very interesting structure and the columns can be knit simultaneously!  
I am even joining the ends with a square knot and letting the joins
 fall where it may--no ends for me!  Can't get simpler than this!


We could do a KAL for the rest of the year!

7 comments:

  1. I can't even finish 2 worsted weight blankets and here you start another sock blanket? I have about 80 yards of a Mad Tosh Light in a fuchsia pink if you want it. It's the yarn I used for Starshower.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Interesting! though personally, I hate working with doubled yarn!

    ReplyDelete
  3. I need to use up sock leftovers, too!

    ReplyDelete
  4. That is interesting, but like Val, I don't like working with doubled yarn.

    ReplyDelete
  5. I gave this a try when it first came out and I had a hard time making it look *neat*. I may have to give it another try when I have a little more patience and a few things OFF the needles. I will do mine in fingering scraps.

    ReplyDelete

Thanks for taking the time to let me know you stopped by to read my blog! If you can't get the blog to accept a comment-email me! If you don't have a blog yourself, use my email so I can then email you back-I love to respond to those who leave comments! Thanks!

FLOWERS ON FRIDAY

But first-yesterday's Shop Hop went well-we discovered a very nice new shop in St Augustine;  always a good find!   What I bought this t...