Knit blanket

[porkwithbones]

This is a blanket I knit years ago for Acorn. Then it developed a hole where several seams along blocks came undone, and it's been in my craft closet waiting to be fixed ever since. Last night, I fixed it. I hope this is a nice surprise when he gets home Thursday!

It was originally meant to fit the twin bed he had then, but I based the measurements on the first block I made, forgetting how much handknit cotton grows. This is a double bed, and it could easily fit a queen. It weighs 13-15 lbs, as best I can tell from my bathroom scale.

Knitting details: mitred blocks, triple-stranded dishcloth cotton. Intended to be a heavy blanket to achieve a "weighted blanket" effect, which it does. Total of 80 blocks.

Comments

[laridian]

Wow, that's cool! I like the colors and the texture for that room. Really nice!

[porkwithbones]

Thanks! I really enjoyed making it (even though it was a looot of work), and I'm so pleased to have it ready to use again.

[fuzzyspork]

Love those colors! I'll bet that's cozy in winter. :)

[porkwithbones]

Thanks! His favorite color was blue for the longest time, so I used every shade I could find that would read as blue in the context of the patchwork. It's all-cotton, though, and meant to be a summer blanket — I actually made it in hopes of weaning him off a commercially-made winter blanket he was addicted to for the warm months of the year.