Posts Tagged: Knitting

DIY Projects

DIY Easy Striped Baby Blanket

August 13, 2014

Our daughter is here. We're in the hospital and I managed to set "Crash Computer" as Order Of Business Number One (sigh), but I'll be back to business as usual in a couple of days. In the meantime, I set up a handful of posts…like this one on a project I finished just in time.

I started this blanket wayyyy back when we first announced that we were having a girl (I went for Liberty Wool #7824 Cupcake, and may have chosen #7837 Rodeo for a boy…or may have gone for Cupcake anyway, because I think it's gorgeous). Seven months is a very long time to be working on a single blanket…but I actually went for narrow needles and skinny yarn on purpose, because the thing about knitting projects is that I don't really do them to "make stuff" - I do them because I find them crazy-relaxing, and a great thing to do with your hands when you're watching TV, and am always bummed when they're done.

Anyway, I'm done. Which is good, because now I have something else to do with my hands: hold a baby.

DIY Projects

Variegated Yarn Baby Blanket

June 18, 2013

Knitting is one of my favorite things to do in the world...but really, the only things I'm good at making are blankets (my baby hat was kind of a disaster and ended up looking more like a Bizarre Pom-Pom Elf-Cap). That's OK, though, because while blankets are pretty time-intensive they're also super relaxing to make once you get the hang of them.

All I did to make this blanket (which is being shipped off today to Morgan, who's expecting a daughter in just a few weeks) was cast on 100 stitches*, knit and knit and knit (no purling) until I had a 36" x 36" square (the typical size for a baby blanket), and then cast off. So easy.

The reason I chose not to knit-purl or create a pattern like I did for this basketweave blanket: when you choose a variegated yarn** (one that's dyed lots of different colors) like the one pictured here, the color variations basically create a pattern for you; there's no need to add any texture because it's visually interesting as is.

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DIY Rainbow Stroller Blanket

September 20, 2011

If there is one thing I can say for certain about this child, it is this: he will not be lacking for warm things to wrap around him.

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DIY: Rainbow Knit Baby Hat

July 6, 2011

Not sure I'm in a spot to be handing out instructions on how to make baby hats, as this was my first one...and I'm not certain I did it right, since the instructions were for a Baby Hat rather than a Mystical Elfin Pointy Thing.

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Basketweave Baby Blanket

May 16, 2011

My mom crocheted a green and yellow baby blanket to take me home in, and for years I've dreamed of making something similar for my own baby.

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Well, This Is Cool! / ReKnit

December 16, 2010

If you send ReKnit your old sweater, they'll unravel it and transform it into a brand-new hat and scarf combo! At $99 it's not super-cheap, but I think this makes an adorable gift idea...