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Once Around the Block

Laura — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:16:10 +0000

The entrelac baby blanket is finished.

I used about 5 1/2 skeins of Mochi Plus, which translated to a 33″ by 23″ blanket before blocking. But after blocking…

…it turned into a 36″ square piece of fabric. Not too shabby.

I cast on 77 stitches, and knit your standard entrelac with 11 blocks of 7 stitches each. I only had four skeins of yarn at first, but I had to order two more from YarnCountry.com after realizing that amount wouldn’t suffice.

There’s not a lot to say about this blanket, other than it’s going in the mail first thing tomorrow! I hope my recipient likes it! (Also, I hope she doesn’t read my blog, otherwise it’ll be a bit less of a surprise.)

I’ll close with a couple more glamor shots.

Old Standby

Laura — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:02:19 +0000

I’ve been busy working on getting my Perpendicular pattern ready for release, but in the meantime I’ve fallen back on an old standy: entrelac.

I’m making a baby blanket out of Crystal Palace Mochi Plus in the “Intense Rainbow” colorway, and I couldn’t think of a better stitch pattern for this yarn. My stepsister is having a boy sometime around June 12, so I needed to get cracking on a gift! The Mochi Plus seemed like a good choice, as it’s machine washable, really colorful, and gender-neutral. I had four skeins to begin with, but had to order two more after I realized the initial batch would make a pretty small blanket. Right now, I’m almost done with the fourth ball:

I know it will look a lot better after blocking!

It never rains in Southern California

Laura — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:52:00 +0000

With all the fires and 90-degree weather, it seems like years since we’ve had rain in Los Angeles.

Photo by kristi.nicole

But last night the heavens opened up. I was ecstatic. I love rain. I grew up in a desert during a 7-year drought, so rain is exotic and exciting in my world. Sure, I went to college in Portland, Oregon, so you’d think I’d be sick of rain by now. But I haven’t. I still love it.

Last night, I curled up on the couch, listened to the rain, and knit my Noro scarf.

I got to the end of my first two skeins and took a break. I decided to make cakes out of my stashed Noro, just for kicks:

I have two more skeins of the silk garden chunky left for this scarf, but I think I’m going to use half of each and then make a matching hat, or else the scarf will be super long and heavy.

And, before I forget: have a happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Self-Striping One-Skein Hat

Laura — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:18:00 +0000

I felt like making myself a hat. So I went down to Michael Levine’s in Los Angeles and found some Filatura DiCrosa’s “127 Print” yarn in color 41. I bought two skeins, but was lucky to get away with only using one for this hat:

I took these pics using my fabulous built-in iSight camera. The camera is fabulous because it’s convenient, but it’s less-than-fabulous when I’m under artificial lighting (like I was tonight).

Of course, I have a small head, so most people would probably have to use more than one skein to make a hat.

By the way, my new obsession is self-striping yarn. I can’t get enough. (See my previous post about my Noro Kureyon scarf for more.)

So, here I am left with a lonely ball of 127 Print. Any suggestions of what I should do with it?