Ava's Memory Blanket by Auroraknit

Ava's Memory Blanket

Knitting
May 2013
Lace ?
22 stitches and 36 rows = 4 inches
in Stocking Stitch heavily blocked
US 5 - 3.75 mm
350 - 450 yards (320 - 411 m)
one size, but adaptable
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

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This blanket was made and designed for my niece Ava, who was sadly stillborn. The lace-weight yarn was used as such a small baby would have been swamped in anything heavier. A second ‘memory blanket’ was also completed for her parents to keep. Although the pattern for this blanket is free if you feel able to donate to the Sands stillbirth charity in Ava’s memory to hopefully prevent other parents having to go through the same tragedy please find the website address here:

http://www.uk-sands.org/Home.html

The blanket shown used less that 400m of laceweight yarn.
The pattern shows how to add lace repeats and could be made in a heavier yarn for a more substantial blanket.
The blanket was heavily blocked to get st tension.
Tension is not critical