Emily’s Knits

I finished this blanket and sent it to my brother and his girlfriend a bit ago.  Sorry for the long delay in posting pictures, I just got them off my camera.

finished blanket

finished blanket (wrong side)

a single strip

close up of fish

This afternoon I finally got the border on the Festive Fish blanket I’ve been working on!  Now I’ve only got the ends (but oh my are there so many of them) to weave back in, and I’m officially finished.  I’ve been snapping pictures, I’ll put those up when I’m done.

I’ve got 9 finished strips for Festive Fish, working on the 10th.  I’ve seamed 8 of the 9 together so far.  It looks great, but it does seem like 15 rows will be needed to give the proportions I’m looking for.  At that point it’s going to be a pretty hefty piece of fabric.  I do want it to be able to cover two people, but in comparison to most throw blankets, maybe sizing it on my Queen bed is a little big…

Hopefully being a standby inspector for tomorrow’s election will be a good chance to get some more work done.  If not, it will be a good chance to be a poll inspector, which will also be great.

Also, I finally broke down and bought myself a knitting machine Sunday morning.  I think it barely counts as such – one of the cheap Ultimate Sweater Machines from Jo-Ann.  I’m curious to see what it’s capable of.

Last night I found an interesting pattern, Pink Lemon Knits’ Atlantis Stole.  It’s intended for lace beginners, using fingering weight yarn and size 7 or 8 needles.  I think I’ll start this up in some of the Jojoland fingering weight I got for mom, and see how it comes.  If I can get it done by Christmas she can have it if she likes it.

I’ve made good progress on the Festive Fish blanket.  Despite the setbacks of losing my needles and one of the strips a few weekends ago, I’ve now finished my 6th strip.  I had originally planned on 9 more, I’m excited to get these put together and see how the length is coming along.  I have a long history of making blankets, etc way too large :)