So what have you all been talking about? Some knitters have been curious about the slipped stitch in the middle of the pattern where the instructions say to place a marker at the half-way point of your cast-on. By doing this, you slip one stitch before the marker on the odd row and knit this slipped stitch on the even row. A crease develops in the middle of the blanket for a natural fold-over -- the photo below shows the blanket folded in half.
Others have also been curious about mixing yarn weights and while some prefer not to (like Deb), others are mixing it up and joining scraps as they come to them. I'm one of the latter -- I'm loving how my blanket is developing with thick and thin portions throughout. At the top of the blanket in the photos below are a couple of rows of chunky red yarn in amongst some DK weight ... hardly noticeable, I think.
Shateen of Knit2Together wrote a great post about her scraps. She's discovered that she has a lot of neutral colors and doesn't want to mix in other hues so she'll be knitting three (uh, yeah, THREE) Wonder Blankets. I love that!
Finally, Claire asked about winding scraps separately or together. Since I'm joining my scraps, I'm hand winding them into one large ball which gives me a break from stopping and starting to join each time I finish a scrap. I still get to stick my hand into my scrap bag and pick at random, but this allows me to knit without too much interruption.
Thanks to everyone who's joined along and to those who are wondering if they should cast on a Wonder Blanket, it's not too late. After all, who doesn't have scraps in their stash?
Congrats on being in the top 20! That's so cool! Looking forward to getting into my scraps when I finish up some of my many projects :-)
ReplyDeleteWow, I cannot believe how quickly this blanket is working up! How beautiful! Super congrats on the top 20 position!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea....I love how this is turning out, but then I do love stripes more than anything!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea, I have never though about creating a natural fold like that! Once tour is over I can't wait to start my own wonder blanket!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the "wonder-ful" Ravelry position!
ReplyDeleteI love how your blanket is turning out. This post is prompting me to go finish my blanket! Thanks for sharing yours!
Ho'omaka'i on being in the top 20! That is awesome.
ReplyDeleteI love how your colors are going together wonderfully.
I love the colors you're using!
ReplyDeleteI just don't have the time or the amount of scraps to make more than a dishcloth :/ Thanks for sharing though!
ReplyDeleteThis is just brilliant Evelyn! Well done you. Your creativity never ceases to amaze me.
ReplyDeleteI just joined! In love with this idea. :)
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You all are going great guns with your Wonder Blankets.
ReplyDeleteHope to pull my Ripple Blanket out this winter.
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i KNOW...three...the great part? All three get put into a dresser drawer until more scraps become available! :0) how cool is it that the Wonder blanket is in the top 20?! too sweet!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on been in the Top 20, it doesn't surprise me though, it is a great idea using up all those scraps your Wonder Blanket looks great and you've talked me into it, I'm going to go for it and add some different ply into the mix. Deb xxx
ReplyDeleteSuch a colorful and fun way to use up those odds and ends that are in the stash. Absolutely love how yours is coming along. The crease is a neat design feature.
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