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Here it is, the little blanket for my great-nephew... I'll give this one to the younger boy (he's one) and am working on another blanket for the older boy (he's three)
The older boy is crazy about dinosaurs, so I've attempted to create a 'dinosaur' blanket, borrowing heavily from the pattern of the cars and trucks blanket. I'll post that pic when it's done, (hopefully before they're off to college, lol)
The pattern for the cars and trucks calls for little 'x's on the wheels, after finishing all the darning of the millions of ends of yarn, I'm not going to put the x's on right away... save that for a day when I'm wanting some 'fiddly' work, lol.
The pic shows rather dark, the strip in the middle is actually navy blue and deep purple... would not show up even with the flash...
It's made with red heart 100% acrylic yarn (great machine wash/dry!)
Cuter than Cute! Wow, that would have been pretty fussy to make. That is wonderful. I hardly ever do squares or many color changes, because of all the ends. What makes it easier is a small latch hook for weaving the ends in. I have one from my knitting machine and use it for hand knit and crochet projects.
You are not only a great aunt...you are a "great" aunt. What a lucky boy he is to get this!!!!
The edging is just 2 rows knit, then one round of reverse single crochet. (probably my favourite edge!)
This is the second blanket cars and trucks I have made. My sister asked me to make the first for her best friend's first baby.
The first one I needed to make in a bit of a rush, and I decided that the darning in of the ends would take up too much time, so I knitted up the backing for each square/row as the front was knit. the result was a heavier, double sided blanket with all the ends knotted and hidden, instead of darned. Mom/son used it when they went walking in the winter as a pram cover/ car blanket, lol.
Haven't we all! If I am not happy with something, I will unravel days worth of work. It is how we learn.
I also love the backward crochet. What a great edging. I use it all the time.
sorry its taken me a little while to respond.I only get a chance to get on the computer every few days. thanks for the encouragement! I do a lot of embroidery and i am told that if i have the patience for that then i should be able to crochet. but i dont know!
I'm teaching my neice to knit, lol, when it's not gardening season.
She's working on a simple knitted dishcloth. cast on 45 stitches, knit every row until it's big enough, cast off. dishcloth done. Simple, but it shows how the stitches/yarn goes together. It might not be real pretty, but it's a useful dishcloth.
The next one may be knit one row, purl the next (stockinette stitch)
bumps in front, (purl) bumps in back (knit) lol
take some classes/lessons!
I found the most difficult part of the knitting, was to know when you were doing it right, recognizing that you've done a boo-boo, and how to fix those little 'errors' we all make, like dropped stitches, twisted stitches, and tension. It's hard to keep your hands soft and relaxed when you're struggling to knit...
Everyone has a different knitting style, too. I've seen knitters who drop the needle to put the yarn over the stitch, and others that just throw the finger with the yarn out to make the stitch...
My grandmother always held the yarn and never dropped it. She said it was the German way of knitting. I don't know, it is all how you learn. I never knew any differernt until watching The Adams Family and watching Mortisha knit. I thought it was odd they way she dropped the needle.
I agree, it is getting familiar and knowing how it is suppose to look. I am glad that this type of work is again becoming popular.
My grandmother made me a bunch of dishcloths for my hope chest when i was little. they were the best. now that shes gone i guess that could be a first project. she tried to teach me to crochet and my mom tried to teach me how to knit, i think that they had to do a lot of praying to survive my trying! i think one of the worst parts about working with yarn is these ruff gardening hands that keep snagging the yarn!
