Friday 1 November 2013

Floral Garden Baby Blanket

A local Afrikaans magazine, Vrouekeur, recently had a knitting competition. One of the competition rules stated that the pattern should be original. I decided to make a baby blanket with a floral garden theme. After gathering sponsors to buy the supplies I started in full flair.


Since I decided to knit the stems into the blanket, I had to stop and untie all the balls of wool from time to time. I would usually decide what to do next with each branch when I pick up the work, just to re-evaluate the next time I pick it up. It was quite a project.


After I finished the base I proceeded to knit a lot of leaves and white flowers to make a nice edge. I finished with even more flowers (all knitted, not crochet) all over the blanket. I think that it turned out very nicely.