Belize Baby Blanket: Another Finished Knitting Project!
Ta-daa! This is the baby blanket I knitted for my new niece, Nicolette Marguerite, now one month old. Another finished knitting project ... and done in time for her arrival!
The trick was to find a yarn that was washable and dryable, of course, but also lightweight enough for the climate in Corozal, Belize, which is usually hot and always humid. Believe it or not, cotton doesn't work all that well; when cotton knits get wet, it takes them a long time to dry.
Luckily, I found this Moda Dea Lazy Daisy yarn in the sale bin at my local Hobby Lobby for only $1.99 per skein. It's a light, fluffy worsted-weight yarn (80% acrylic and 20% nylon) with popcorn-like bobbles on the main thread every 4-1/2 inches. I bought 9 skeins, and used 7 full skeins and about 10% of the 8th skein.
This isn't the greatest image, but I just threw my leftover skeins on the scanner to give you an idea of what the yarn looks like:
Since I had to start knitting before we knew the baby's sex, I chose the color called "Fluff" (#8149), which is predominantly white with threads of pink, blue, pale green and yellow, which I thought would work for either a boy or a girl.
Although the recommended needle size for this yarn is US 10, I scaled down to a US 8 to get a slightly sturdier fabric, counting on the bobbles to keep it open and breatheable.
I couldn't find a pattern I liked, so I just made one up! You can find it in my FREE knitting patterns on my website.
Urban Scavenger's Note: The bad news is many Hobby Lobby stores -- both of ours in Albuquerque, anyway -- are severely cutting back their yarn departments (boo-hoo!). The good news is, it's a great time to scout your store's sale area for discontinued yarns.
And if anybody needs just under 2 skeins of Moda Dea Lazy Daisy "Fluff" to finish a project, let me know!
Happy Scavenging,
--Margaret, a.k.a. Maggie Belize
Stop by my website at:
www.LocalGringos.com
The trick was to find a yarn that was washable and dryable, of course, but also lightweight enough for the climate in Corozal, Belize, which is usually hot and always humid. Believe it or not, cotton doesn't work all that well; when cotton knits get wet, it takes them a long time to dry.
Luckily, I found this Moda Dea Lazy Daisy yarn in the sale bin at my local Hobby Lobby for only $1.99 per skein. It's a light, fluffy worsted-weight yarn (80% acrylic and 20% nylon) with popcorn-like bobbles on the main thread every 4-1/2 inches. I bought 9 skeins, and used 7 full skeins and about 10% of the 8th skein.
This isn't the greatest image, but I just threw my leftover skeins on the scanner to give you an idea of what the yarn looks like:
Since I had to start knitting before we knew the baby's sex, I chose the color called "Fluff" (#8149), which is predominantly white with threads of pink, blue, pale green and yellow, which I thought would work for either a boy or a girl.
Although the recommended needle size for this yarn is US 10, I scaled down to a US 8 to get a slightly sturdier fabric, counting on the bobbles to keep it open and breatheable.
I couldn't find a pattern I liked, so I just made one up! You can find it in my FREE knitting patterns on my website.
Urban Scavenger's Note: The bad news is many Hobby Lobby stores -- both of ours in Albuquerque, anyway -- are severely cutting back their yarn departments (boo-hoo!). The good news is, it's a great time to scout your store's sale area for discontinued yarns.
And if anybody needs just under 2 skeins of Moda Dea Lazy Daisy "Fluff" to finish a project, let me know!
Happy Scavenging,
--Margaret, a.k.a. Maggie Belize
Stop by my website at:
www.LocalGringos.com
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