Who can resist a rainbow? Not me. Rainbow suspenders a la Mork, Rainbow Bright, Cheer Bear. That is the stuff of my childhood! After the success of Nate’s Happy Throw last year, I thought it was time to make Lorelai a new blanket. She still has (and uses) the Big Bad Baby blanket I made for her before she was born! I decided on a rainbow assortment of Spud & Chloe Sweater, the same yarn as for Nate’s blanket and got started. Then stopped. Then started. And stopped. And so on, for over a year!
It came out great and she loves it! Personally though I’m a bit puzzled. It’s the same pattern, same yarn, same hook as Nate’s version. I was confident in my math, figuring on a certain number of rows per color, and I still played yarn chicken and ran out! When I realized there was not enough of each color to do the scallop design, I decided on just a simple stripe of colors to use up the yarn and get the length. Even more puzzling to me is that Nate’s blanket is bigger!
I don’t get it. I’m willing to concede that my gauge has to be off, but there seems to be some other thing at work here. Maybe because Nate’s blanket has been washed? Sweater, from Spud & Chloe, is a fabulous yarn – the colorways are incredible, it washes and dries so beautifully, and is so soft. I’m really pleased with it and it is a prominent go-to choice for my list of kid-friendly yarns.
Very pretty blanket. I think it is very cool that you both knit and crochet. I am a self taught knitter and crocheter. I like crochet but my love right now is knitting I like the delicacy of the stitches more. Anyway, beautiful work. Thanks for sharing with us.
Hmm. How long has it been since you made the first one? Maybe your gauge has changed?
I’m sure gauge has changed. This was an on and off project for a year! 🙂