Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Entrelicious!

When I showed this blanket (when it was in progress) to my 4-year-old niece and explained that it would be a gift for her new baby brother, her response was, "He will be delighted to be wrapped up in that." Awwww. I hope she's right.





It's approximately 33" x 50". I say approximately because the darn thing isn't completely rectangular, since my applied i-cord skills leave something to be desired. The border is tight in some places and loose in others, and my corners aren't too square. Poo. Next time I'll use a different technique. The entrelac part came out pretty good, though.


I do wish the joined color didn't look so obvious on the bottoms of the rectangles, but there's not a lot I can do about that. It kind of looks like topstitching, though.

I used Caron Simply Soft acrylic in Country Blue, Light Country Blue, and Dark Country Blue. Of course, when the blanket was about half done my sister informed me that she had finally painted the nursery... green. Oh well. The next one will be three shades of pink, which will go with the walls of my niece's bedroom at their new house.

There was quite a bit of yarn left over, so I'm using the remainder to make a Baby Surprise jacket. I've never done one before, and the process is really interesting.


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