Jacoby’s Blankie

It’s finally done:

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Project Details:

Yarn: Knitpicks City Tweed Aran weight, in Snowshoe and Brocade. I used 5 skeins of the former, less than 3 of the latter.

Pattern: Brooklyn Tweed’s Baby Blanket pattern, roughly. I started knitting based on a previous blog post, and then he released the pattern. The original pattern used the DK weight of the same yarn. I just started knitting away, and had finished most of the center before the “real” pattern was available. I just figured out how many pattern repeats would go around the outside and picked up that many stitches.

Needle size: Denise 10 1/2. Though when I got to the I-cord edging, I pitched them and used a large Addi instead. The Denise needle tips kept unscrewing as I was doing the edging, though I have never had them do that before. I suppose there was some twisting action of the I-cord that caused this.

Started: June 1, 2009

Finished: August 29, 2009

For: My first grand-nephew, Jacoby!

What I Learned: Start baby projects early. Seriously. They come faster than you think. Also, I love this yarn to pieces. We’ll see how it holds up. It’s softer than soft, so I’m thinking it might pill, but you could wrap it around a barenaked baby without any qualms. It’s not superwash, so those of you thinking this would make great baby clothes might think about that a bit.

I also learned that I’m not so fond of doing I-cord edging, though it is mighty pretty once it’s done.

Credits: Sweetpea, the stand-in baby model.

Author: Lorette

My name is Lorette. I learned to knit in 1999, and took up spinning in 2009. I'm a physician specializing in internal medicine, and live in the Pacific Northwest. Enjoy my blog!

10 thoughts on “Jacoby’s Blankie”

  1. I’m sure it will be loved! And you are so right about babies coming sooner than it seems they will – you think you’ve got plenty of time, then — poof! There’s a baby! (And Sweetpea is an adorable stand-in for Jacoby.)

  2. Applause ! Applause!
    Especially for edging it all in icord. That is a herculean feat, And it came out so gorgeous!!

    and those dang Denise needles. I borrowed my Mom’s once when I was on vacation, and they kept coming unscrewed in the middle of a lace shawl. I pitched them and went and bought needles. Never again will I use them.. pflteeectch.

  3. Beautiful, unique. I know what you mean about they seem to appear faster than we knit. Our residents have a slew coming along and I can barely keep up.

  4. Lorette, it looks beautiful. I like it because to me (at least) it looks old-fashioned, like an heirloom.

    BTW, Sweetpea did an excellent job …

  5. It’s gorgeous! And looks so warm!

    I know she has new colors up–and I bought some, sigh. Can’t resist her batts.

  6. Very nice blanket – I love that it is in non-traditional baby colors. I have found children to be the most appreciative recipients of knitted garments. They seem to intuitively grasp the love that goes into them. I rarely knit for adults but have knit lots of hats & gloves for my great niece & nephews. I found a really cute pattern for a toddler girl’s top that knits up quick as a wink & my granddaughter loves it. Her 2 big brothers love nothing more than hand knit socks (even after the unfortunate sliding on hard wood floor into brick fireplace incident.) I am making Wonderful Wallabies for each of them in their favorite colors for Xmas. I had intended to give them for their fall birthdays but then realized that, since the middle one’s birthday was Labor Day & they insist on wearing them immediately, it would be risking heat exhaustion to give them before Xmas. I have one purple one completed, one pink one about a third done & I’d better get started on the red one soon. Making their Halloween costumes will take up a good chunk of knitting time. I agree with Bridget that the baby blanket has an heirloom feel to it – I think it’s the lovely neutral colors.

  7. That looks lovely.

    I always hedge my bets with baby projects, and make the 18-month size! Most of the time, I manage to finish before the baby is 18 months old.

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