Texas Squares, FO
Today I made two Texas Squares out of Bernat Cottontots for Lone Star State Knitters.
Apparently it's a tradition to make these squares and send them to a member when she is having a baby. The recipient sews them together.
The standard is Cottontots on size seven needles, but after I cast on on size seven's, the piece was headed for a width of 10 inches or more. (No one really established a gauge, and everyone said they just work through the varying sizes.) However, most people said they got between 8" and 8.5" squares. Even on size four and fives, I was getting bigger than that. I always knew I knit loose, but wow!
After frogging a couple of times, I brought the yarn and needles to the meet up at Borders. I went ahead and knit it on size fives, and it ended up bigger than the person next to me, but everyone said that was ok. And they were all impressed that I finished one before the group disbanded.
It turned out there was another person collecting square for another blanket, so I gave her my first (still size five needles) square and worked on the second one at home (the one pictured.) I think this one is even bigger than the first, at 9.5" square.
I really like this yarn. It's light, soft and machine washable. I may make an afghan for myself with it (even though it's technically baby yarn.)
Apparently it's a tradition to make these squares and send them to a member when she is having a baby. The recipient sews them together.
The standard is Cottontots on size seven needles, but after I cast on on size seven's, the piece was headed for a width of 10 inches or more. (No one really established a gauge, and everyone said they just work through the varying sizes.) However, most people said they got between 8" and 8.5" squares. Even on size four and fives, I was getting bigger than that. I always knew I knit loose, but wow!
After frogging a couple of times, I brought the yarn and needles to the meet up at Borders. I went ahead and knit it on size fives, and it ended up bigger than the person next to me, but everyone said that was ok. And they were all impressed that I finished one before the group disbanded.
It turned out there was another person collecting square for another blanket, so I gave her my first (still size five needles) square and worked on the second one at home (the one pictured.) I think this one is even bigger than the first, at 9.5" square.
I really like this yarn. It's light, soft and machine washable. I may make an afghan for myself with it (even though it's technically baby yarn.)