09-03-2015

About 6-8” into the latest attempt. Not sure how I feel about it at this point, so I’ll just keep working until I can decide. Trying to knit a couple rows a day.

09-05-2015

Just finished up the first ball of white, at approximately 9 inches. Since the part using white should be approx. 52”, I should have enough. I also decided on a design for the center- well sort of, I like it but it might be too elaborate, So I’ll knit it and see.

09-07-2015

Managed to get to ~13” before there was an unfortunate incident with a plate of pizza that resulted in red spots on my project and my chair. The suds of dish soap and water work great on tomato sauce, but now I have to wait for it to dry

09-16-2015

Working on the central section now (the part with the diamond), so ~20” complete. Spacing seems a bit off, but since I’m only at the bottom it is really hard to tell. I’ll just have to knit it and see.

09-29-2015

At roughly the halfway point (minus the border), measuring roughly 28” unstretched. Going slow since I’ve been sick.

10-25-2015

Finally finished the diamond and am working on the final section. I didn’t take into account the extra stitches for the central section, so I’m on my last skein of white. I’ll have to buy a couple more. Oh well, if I have extra, I’ll make some snowmen :)

11-15-2015

Finished 2 1/2 of the 4 1/2 diamonds for the top section. Trying to knit a few rows a day. I did figure out that for the 5 stitch cables, I can fix them without ripping by dropping the one set of slipped stitches down to the mess up, moving them to the proper spot, then hooking back up.

11-26-2015

Finished the center section. My dimensions were off- I forgot to take the weight of the blanket making it grow into account. Center section measures about 48 x 62. I opted to kill the acrylic before knitting the border so I could see what the dimensions were and figure out if I need to adjust the pick up rate.

I was initially going to do a reversible cable for the border since it feels like it needs a thick fabric to balance it, but I did a test swatch and it was too much work to be worth it. So instead I’m going to try a garter stitch border with an i-cord edge.

11-30-2015

Nearly done with first side of edging. Took a couple tries to decide on the stitch count for the border, but I’m pleased with it so far. It is moving really quickly and the rows are short enough that it’s a bit addicting because it makes it seem like you are knitting really fast.

12-03-2015

Finished first side, turned corner and am now working on the bottom. I should have done a provisional cast on but originally thought I would sew the border down. My current issue with the bottom is that it is rippling a tiny bit, but I’m also planning on stretching it sideways a little more, so I am not sure if that is enough. I’ll probably finish the side, see how it looks and then either rip back or leave it.

12-05-2015

The rippling was making me nervous, so I ripped back to the corner, knit it separately, then used an H hook to slip stitch the pieces together. It is a reasonably similar look, and it lets me attach at the correct ratio

12-13-2015

Working on the final side. have had to put it aside to work on my mom’s Xmas gift.

12-29-2015

Finished all of the knitting last night. I just need to finish weaving in the ends and blocking it.