Comments on: Plaid Baby Blanket

By: Yana

Yana — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:42:32 +0000

Hey Linda,

Sorry I didn’t reply sooner. You should start picking up 150 stitches at the edge of the blanket, not at the border fold line. Ideally, when you knit the first 5 rows of it and increase a few stitches on each side, you’ll get a 45° slope pointing towards the bottom/top borders of the blanket. Then the next 5 rows with decreases will give you the same 45° slope such that when you fold the border in half, it will match the slope of the first half. When you have, say, the top and the right borders unfolded, they would come close together in the first half, but then diverge. However, once you fold them, you should be all set.

Maybe the problem is that there is not enough slope with just a couple of increases/decreases on each side of the border so the 2 adjacent borders don’t come close together. In this case, you can try to do increases (and later decreases) in every row and not every other row as I suggested.

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:46:22 +0000

I submitted a question 4-5 days ago, but it has disappeared.
When I picked up the 150 stitches on the sides, I didn’t know whether to start at the bottom edge or where the border will be turned. The directions didn’t say to start anywhere other than the edge, so that is what I did. Now it looks like it will be very bulky at the corners to turn back. I did the shaping as the pattern called for but I’m not seeing how this is going to work. Please help!

By: Linda Gurasich

Linda Gurasich — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:29:50 +0000

Love he blanket. Finally finished it. But, I’m thinking I did the border incorrectly. When you pick up the 150 stitches on the sides do you start at the very bottom edge or where the hem will be turned? The directions don’t say and I started at the bottom edge, but it isn’t slanted and it will be bulky in the corners when I turn it back to hem.
Thanks!
Linda

By: Yana

Yana — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:27:37 +0000

Hi Trang,

In row 4, repeat the pattern established in row 3, but instead of knitting the stitches, purl them. Use the brown yarn to purl brown stitches from the row before, and colored yarns to purl the colored stitches.

By: Trang

Trang — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:57:32 +0000

Can you help me with “Row 4: follow the pattern on the wrong side, purling all stitches.” I am a little confused with this row. Is it telling me to purl with the brown yarn all the way? Or to repeat only row 3 but to purl?

Thank you and Happy New Year,
Trang

By: Wendy

Wendy — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:42:46 +0000

Thanks Yana. I just wanted to tell you that I found it hard to knit on the straight needles since the pattern requires CO of 158 sts. so I’ve change it to circular needle and it’s coming along smoothly.

By: Yana

Yana — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:00:33 +0000

HI Wendy,

Yes, the border will curl up at first. But once you finish the blanket, fold the border and sew it, it will be straight.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:30:17 +0000

thanks for the advice. another question when start the borders is it suppose curl up? in the your picture the border looks flat and straight.

By: Yana

Yana — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:20:17 +0000

Hi Wendy and Kayla,

Answering both questions at once: you use same length of main color yarn (brown) and carry it over in the back (since it’s carried over only a couple of stitches, it looks fine), but for each vertical stripe, use a different length of yarn. That’s how you end up with funny bobbins like this http://yanaknits.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/workinprogress.jpg

By: Kayla

Kayla — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:44:38 +0000

I was wondering if you started a new length of brown between the vertical stripes or if you were carrying it across the back some how, sorry like a lot of the other posters I am a fairly new knitter! Thanks in advance!