I just love the colours of the Sirdar Pattercake yarns. So delicious! But what do I knit with them? I couldn't resist the one called Seaside Surprise as it contained all my daughter's favourite colours. I decided to knit the blanket pattern printed on the inside of the band, though I used two "cakes" instead of one. I've knitted this kind of square before and knew exactly what was going to happen: no matter how careful I was with the increases and decreases, the "square" would end up being kite-shaped. For some unbelievably weird reason (which the more scientific of you may be able to explain), the number of decreases does NOT equal the number of increases. So although I used two identical balls of wool, the decrease side ended up much longer. Also there wasn't enough to end it so the last corner looks as if it has been snipped off!
But after struggling for months with dolls' clothes, it was nice to knit something easy and pretty.
My daughter's room has been transformed by the blanket. With the introduction of the turquoise and aqua colours, the yellow in the room has found a perfect contrast. Needless to say, the room only looks so lovely because my daughter is at university! Aside from prettying up the space, the blanket serves no real purpose. I just like looking at it.
You can still buy the yarn from Deramores
here.
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