The blankie begins

[houseelf]

It's probably inevitable that I've decided to make a sock blankie. Blankets are my very favorite kind of knitting project. I like sock yarn - both the feel of knitting that gauge, and the colors. I like instant gratification, but I also like the predictability of having a project that's always ready to be worked on. I have questionable decorating taste. Given all that, the sock blankie is the perfect long-term project for me.

Problem is, I don't knit socks quickly. Working only with my own scraps, I'm pretty sure I'd never accumulate enough to make a whole blanket. This? Is why I love the internet. (And also why I love having a steady job.) A purchase of Koigu mill ends from someone on Ravelry, a purchase of skeinlets from someone on Etsy, and I'm off.

The blankie is two days old and three squares big:



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It'd be bigger, but I spent most of yesterday's knitting time swatching and most of today's knitting time winding off skeinlets of the Koigu for a swap. I don't have any idea how long this project will take, but since I intend to use it more as a backup/inbetween project instead of the main thing I work on, I expect it'll take awhile.

Vital Information:
Needles: US 2 (2.75mm)
Square size: 31 stitches
Ravelry project link

Comments

[kareila]

That looks like fun! Are you sewing the squares together, or picking up stitches as you knit?

[houseelf]

Picking up as I knit, definitely. My goal is to make a standard twin-sized afghan, around four feet by six feet. (Alternately, a four feet by three feet lap blanket if I get bored.) If I make the big size, that's something like 800 squares. I'm pretty sure that if I made them all separately, I'd end up with a box of 800 squares that would never take that last step and become a blanket.