Way back in October I took a cabling class at Fibre Space. It was a great class and turns out cabling is not that difficult. Despite being told that all you need to do is move the stitches over, I definitely needed the class to feel confident understanding what that meant and highly recommend. The class teaches the Lorelai baby blanket and with knowledge of a new niece or nephew on the way, I began my first blanket for the new baby in the family.
Thinking back to my first knitting class ever and watching an experienced knitter in the corner work on, yell at, an intricate baby blanket with houses and door knobs and a bazillion markers I swore to never make a blanket. I still swear never to make that blanket, but this pattern was fun to work on and I enjoyed most of the steps.
It was a Sunday when my friend and I signed up for this class thinking that we had timed it perfectly. On Monday, I got a confirmation email reminding me to get my supplies and to do my homework. I had no idea there would be homework. No worries, I would just knit for the next two days and that is what I did. At a dinner party I just pulled it out and started knitting. A break between students after school – knitting.
The hardest part was that I needed lots of time to work on this project but also wanted to keep it a secret from my brother and sister-in-law. I avoided this project when at home for the holidays even though the long stretches of time sitting in front of the fire felt like perfect chances to be working on it. There were many nights sitting in my red chair at home working on this one.
While I finished in March, I wanted to celebrate the completion of the blanket, but I also wanted to make sure the blanket was celebrating the Baby Blanche, and turns out it matches the crib skirt I made which matches her room. Perfect!
Can’t wait for Blanche to get here!
Christin
