Monday, January 21, 2008

Finished!!!!

I was deteremined to finish this blanket, so I was up till 2AM seaming all the edgings on. I re-wet blocked it to flatten out the seams. I have to say, I have done other seaming projects but they were either crocheted together or whip stitched. This was the first time I've done the mattress stitch. I started at about 10PM thinking it would only take me about an hour or so to complete.... 4 hours later! But it's done!!

Madelyn's blanket

Pattern: Lace Christening Blanket from Vogue Knitting Baby Blankets

Yarn: KnitPicks Shine Sport, 12 skeins of Silver Sage

Needles: KnitPicks Options size 5

Notes: The pattern actually called for each panel to be knit seperately, but I didn't want to do all that seaming, so I cast on all seven panels together and used stitch markers to mark each panel.

9 comments:

BrownBerry said...

Amazing, Stunning, WOW!!
You should feel VERY proud of that finish - and the seaming - so well done!

Anonymous said...

That is the loveliest knit I've seen in a long long time!

Very very nice!

LizzieK8 said...

Absolutely stunning! Congrats on the finish!

KimT said...

Impressive!

L'Tanya said...

Stunning! And congrats on having the patience to do mattress stitching for 4 hours.

have needles will knit said...

That is beautiful. I love it
Beth

JavaNut said...

Absolutely gorgeous! Well done!

Deborah said...

I'm 49 but if I can get a baby blankie like that from you I might consider getting pregnant again!

suzenew said...

WOW! This is so delicate and lovely. Those 4 hours were worth it. This is really a special gift.