A few years ago now, Toby and I took a couple of intro to knitting classes at a shop in Kensington Market. Yep, Toby was the only guy but he enjoyed it and we made a scarf and then a baby hat. I kept it up a bit more than he did and one day I was flipping through a catalogue from a craft store when my dad says “hey that looks nice, make me that.” A blanket! WTF?
Well, why not? I thought.
I thought I had some more work in progress pictures but maybe they were from the old camera. I’ll have to check out the big Mac to see if they’re on there.
I got to do a couple of new things making the blanket: double stranded knitting – so knitting with two strands of yarn at the same time. And it was knit on one circular needle – which meant casting on a little bit shy of 200 stitches!
Anyway, here it is:
And the whole darn thing:
It’s really soft and comfy. And my dad completely forgot that he had asked for it! Sigh.
I really liked making it because it really doesn’t matter that I knit a little tight. I worry about making clothes and stuff for that reason. But it also means I have leftover yarn, and, well, I thought it would be fun to make a scarf with the circular needle so….
2 replies on “Knitted Blanket – inukshuk”
Would love to have the knitting pattern for the Inuhshuk blanket to make for my grandson!!
Do you know where I could find it? Please..
Hello Mary – I bought it as a kit a long time ago from Mary Maxim – a shop in Paris Ontario.