I went to the Saturday knitting group today so now that Erin has received her present I can reveal what I was working on!

This is the pinwheel baby blanket knit using Blue Sky’s Organic Undyed cotton.

I’d already picked out this yarn when someone gave her the baby bolero from One Skein and a little hat using the same yarn! So now she has a matching set!

I used three balls of the “pebble color” (which is bone plied with nut) for the main body and 3/4 of a ball of the solid nut color for the edge.

I did a few rows around in stockinette when I changed to the solid color then did a garter stitch edge. I tried a seed stitch but I really do just suck at that stitch. I’ve tried but it never works out. Then I used what I’ve heard is called a “Russian bind-off“. I first heard about this bind off from Ramona and I’ve used it for most of my projects lately, it’s a very easy and flexible bind off.

This yarn is really lovely and soft but this stuff pills like craaheyheyheyzy. It pilled as I was knitting it. When I finished knitting I washed and gave the blanket a quick turn in the dryer and it’s still pilling. Very soft, organic, happy stuff but geez I felt like I should have given her a sweater stone or de-pilling gadget when I gave it to her!

But she loved it and I’m very proud of it. Baby knitting is one thing but baby knitting for a fellow knitter takes some special work.

The pattern was easy, if a little time-consuming. I was prepared for an awkward cast on but after learning the crazy heels and toes toe-up cast on it was easy as pie to join in the round. But shoot having to remember to do ten yarn overs every other row while knitting in the round wasn’t that bad. I think in the end I had 500 something stitches going? Maybe 600? But the bind-off went surprisingly well. Love that stretchy bind off!

Today I’m going to finish the suede hunter’s cap. I’ve been altering Candy Jensen’s patterns a good bit but I’ll post that stuff when I finish it all up.

Oh! And I got my funky scarf today! It’s really nice and soft! The yarn is really cool! I’ll take photos in the morning!