This project began as a sampler blanket that was my very first project when I started knitting. (I purchased 3200 yards of yarn for my first project!) After knitting on it for over a year, in went into hibernation for a year. I pulled it out again in June 2008 with the intent to finish for Project Spectrum Air.

I decided to take the 25 squares I had already knit, finish off seven more, and make two baby blanket with 16 squares each. This blanket got all the cool Celtic/Viking-esque cable patterns. March 2009 I finally finished knitting all the squares.

I added garter stitch borders (pictures at the top) in April 2009. Final dimensions: 35 inches wide by 34 inches tall.

Gifted to my Scottish-American friend for her new baby on May 3, 2009 - just in time!

Patterns Used:
(Pictures match, from the bottom up.)

Eight squares from two patterns out of the original Harmony Guides 220 Aran Stitches and Patterns:

Picture 1: Celtic Plait squares (pattern 8.27)
Picture 2: Saxon Braid cables (pattern 16.14)

Five squares made from stitch patterns from Elsebeth Lavold’s Viking Patterns for Knitting:

Picture 3:
Left: Vendel figure-eight knots (p. 87)
Right: Rounded overhand knots (p. 60)

Picture 4:
Left: Linked rings (p. 19)
Middle: Happiness sign woven through a ring (pp. 32-33)
Right: Interlaced twisted rings (p. 22)

Three squares from Alice Starmore sweaters:

Picture 5:
Left: St. Brigid from Aran Knitting
Middle: Kilronan from Celtic Collection
Right: Cromarty from Celtic Collection