Quick knit update
I've been very very busy with grad school (which is wonderful, but also, you know...busy), but I have been knitting a little here and there on the bus, during seminar, while I wait for things to download (my poor little lappy is slow, but otherwise reliable), etc.
I thought some people might like to have a look-see at what I've been working on. A guy in my department at Tufts is having a baby, so I've been knitting up some cuddlies:
Here's the smaller blanket (please imagine it with ends woven in...end-weaving takes focus that garterstitch does not, and I haven't had the time for it):
Here are the coordinating bits o' satin ribbon so I can taggie-fy it:
See how they match?
Here's the whole kit and kaboodle. What you see to the left there are giant matching squares that are four times as big as the little guys. I originally was going to do a big blanket, but then decided a little blankie with satin taggies and a striped backing (which I'm knitting now) would be cuter and more fun for a baby. I'll still stitch up the edges on the big one, but I'm in less of a hurry:
The yarn is microspun, two strands held together on 9s. This knits up to a super cushy, squishy fabric. I know there are Lionbrand haters a-plenty out there, but microspun is cheap, bright and machine washable/dryable. Squares are joined with a three needle bind-off.
Big squares are 45 stitches wide by 86 rows (so 43 garter ribs, if you count like that) tall. Little guys are 25 by 46 rows.
I thought some people might like to have a look-see at what I've been working on. A guy in my department at Tufts is having a baby, so I've been knitting up some cuddlies:
Here's the smaller blanket (please imagine it with ends woven in...end-weaving takes focus that garterstitch does not, and I haven't had the time for it):
Here are the coordinating bits o' satin ribbon so I can taggie-fy it:
See how they match?
Here's the whole kit and kaboodle. What you see to the left there are giant matching squares that are four times as big as the little guys. I originally was going to do a big blanket, but then decided a little blankie with satin taggies and a striped backing (which I'm knitting now) would be cuter and more fun for a baby. I'll still stitch up the edges on the big one, but I'm in less of a hurry:
The yarn is microspun, two strands held together on 9s. This knits up to a super cushy, squishy fabric. I know there are Lionbrand haters a-plenty out there, but microspun is cheap, bright and machine washable/dryable. Squares are joined with a three needle bind-off.
Big squares are 45 stitches wide by 86 rows (so 43 garter ribs, if you count like that) tall. Little guys are 25 by 46 rows.