This year, I decided to make most of our Christmas gifts by hand. As you can imagine, I have quite the task ahead of me! Luckily, a few bloggers have gotten together to feature Holidays by Hand. I am excited to sumbit some of my work and *hopefully* keep on track with the gifts! This week, Knitting, is hosted by Laura at One of Three.
As the weather is getting cooler around here, I am happy to be moving on to my warmer, more comforting gifts. I am making a lap blanket for my mother-in-law, Martine. But alas, I did not heed my own advice and at 4/5ths completion, I ran out of yarn! I have yet to figure out what I am going to do about this little problem. Maybe it could just be smaller than planned? Maybe I could use some contrasting yarn and do a single stripe down the middle? Maybe I should try to match the yarn with something else? Hmmm…
Anyways, here is the progress I have made so far.
If you are looking for a frugal gift to make for a family member or friend, you should check out Lion Brand Yarn. They have a bunch of neat free patterns! Here is the pattern for this blanket…you can see what it is supposed to look like…you know…when you have taken the time to plan.
Wow, that is really beautiful. I really like the color you chose too. I am still pretty slow at knitting so there is no way I could devote to finish this by Christmas, but maybe as a winter after-Christmas project. Thanks for sharing!
I love the cables. I think it would look great to add a stripe, but I have no idea what color. I’ve run out of yarn before on projects. I think this pattern would be good to use for a scarf too!
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