Here is my "Big Bad Baby Blanket" -- project one of two for the Baby Knit-Along over at Emy's vintagefusion.
This is a fast knit, and makes a very handsome blanket. I didn't think that I really had that much time for knitting, but it worked up in a little over a week of half-hours here and there. Mine came out bigger than the original, of course -- 37 inches square, after blocking -- as the Nature Wool is heavier than Koigu. I adjusted the row numbers to fit the larger gauge. I like the Nature Wool very much. It is a bit rougher than, say, Jaeger Matchmaker merino, but not unpleasantly so; oddly enough, it seemed softer to knit with when doubled than with a single strand. I had a half-ball due to the earlier attempt, so in order to keep any variances of color from showing (and I had already seen that they would), I started with one full ball and the half-ball, thus blending the skeins. This has the added benefit of keeping the splices well-spaced apart. I love the subtle color changes within the skein. It has a nice woolly smell when wet too -- I liked the smell of it on my hands after I'd washed and blocked it!
(And note that designer Lisa Shobhana Mason at My Life in Stitches has a Big Bad Baby Blanket gallery....)
This one is for a "northern hemisphere" baby -- the other project is for a "southern hemisphere" baby. One will need something warm for winter, the other something light for spring and summer! I have started the garter-stitch jacket from Debbie Bliss' "Quick Baby Knits" in Rowan Cotton Glace....
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