One log at a time

Another day, another blanket, another row or two of garter stitch; now that high school graduation is imminent, it has become painfully clear that two members of this household will actually leave for college at the end of the summer. Therefore, college blankets will need to be finished sooner rather than later. The fact that one blanket hasn't even been cast on for is of little comfort right now, but I can only build them one garter-stitch log at a time, after all. Besides, C's academic year starts three weeks later than O's, so I will enjoy a tiny reprieve, and not only blanket-wise.

Blanket #1 has grown quite a bit since I last blogged about it. At this point, it takes over two hours of fast knitting to build a log (9 ridges of garter stitch), which eats up nearly a whole skein of worsted weight wool.

I had some issues with the colors at first but now they have grown on me; I only wish the range of colors of this yarn, KnitPicks Swish Worsted, was more expansive. (Note: despite appearances, there is no shadowing effect here. The colors are by and large uniform in value, but I wasn't able to compensate for the brightness in part of the room.)

As large as the blanket now is, O. has asked for it to be longer, so I am shooting for at least two more logs on each side, and maybe a wider stripe in red for a final frame effect. Or purple. I clearly have a few days before I come to that decision.

Comments

[Luni]

That's pretty darn big as it is, for a dorm room. While each log may seem like a slog (snicker), you are knitting it up at an alarming rate--about 55 yards/hour. Impressive!

[Lucette]

I like the colours you have chosen for the blanket. It has an Amish colour sense, and looks stunning.

[joan]

I had to pinch myself to make sure I was awake and not dreaming as the bed linens are very familiar...could it be that the wonderful log cabin blanket is on my bed?

Joan