Saturday, June 03, 2006
I've caught the mitered madness!
I have to say that I've officially been diagnosed with miter madness! I love knitting them up...there is something so satisfying about knitting these small stripy squares. I've talked about this afghan over at my blog, but I thought I'd share it here too. My sister is having a baby at the end of this month, and since I come from a family of knitters we thought we'd knit this little baby boy an afghan! What you are looking at it is almost (we're not quite done yet!) 80 little mitered squares! There were 6 of us knitting on it, so it has gone really quickly. Lots of love went into knitting this afghan. His mommy, daddy, aunt (that's me!), 2 grandma's, and one great grandma all helped in knitting it. Now comes the daunting task of seaming it all up!
These squares were knit with Tahki Cotton Classic. I love this yarn...it's a mercerized cotton and a real joy to work with. Each square is knit in garter stitch. You just cast on 48 stitches and decrease in the center by knitting 2 together twice every other row. Easy peasy! I would love any tips that people have for seaming these squares up. Of course I'll be looking to the Mason Dixon girls and their fabulous book for help, but any other tips would be much appreciated!! Thanks!
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Oh my gosh -- that is beautiful - what a lucky little guy to get that great blanket so full of love.
That is so beautiful! And so much fun to have so many relatives working on it together. Wonderful present for him!
Gorgeous! I seamed mine up 4 squares at a time. I put them all together and did 2 seams - one up and one across. The first seam sort of hangs on at the middle as you go across to the 3rd & 4th squares but it firms up once you do the second seam. Does that make sense?
I've done 2 in cotton classic and also love that yarn. I did blocks of four and then knit on 16 row borders. It really set the blocks off nicely and meant less "sewing" which stinks--you have to do it slowly so the lines line up. There is a photo relatively early in this blog if you want to take a look.
I am absolutely in LOVE with the colors you chose! You have totally inspired me! I had pretty much decided that this pattern wasn't for me, but you blanket is beautiful! I can't wait to see the finished project!
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