Our little Online Knit and Natter Group still meets every week on Zoom for a chat and to look at what we are all busy making.
Recently some of us were inspired to put down the knitting needles, pick up a crochet hook and make the Seaside Stash-Busting Blanket on the Coastal Crochet Blog.
We’ve all thoroughly enjoyed making this (with some of us up to our third blanket and trying out more of Eleonora’s designs) The pattern was originally released as a Crochet Along project and the anticipation of looking up each new instalment was great fun.
I loved the challenge of learning some new stitches too. I think the basket stitch and bobbles were my favourites.
We were discussing our blankets at Knit and Natter a little while ago and thought it would be good to do our own Knit Along (KAL). Yvonne has risen to the challenge and produced a pattern for a baby blanket, which she is releasing in weekly instalments over the coming weeks.
Yvonne writes, “Here it is. Welcome to the Mystery Knit and Natter Knit Along Blanket.It is knitted in any dk wool with 4mm needles.
It can be done in a solid colour or you can add different colours as we go and you will need approximately 160g to complete the project.Happy knitting guys!”
Week 1
Cast on 141 stitches and work 10 rows in garter stitch (knit every row).
I’ll post the next bit next weekend. Meanwhile here’s my completed Week 1 knitting.
Please join in and let me know how you get on…feel free to send photos too. Enjoy!
Stitches by the Sea 
Someone at our live knitting group has been crocheting a fabulous – striped is a description that does not do it justice – blanket. I love that blanket in the picture. I have nearly finished knitting a chunky blanket for the beach hut in squares with my regular basket weave pattern and just finished a made up pattern of a requested cartoon character for my grandson. Now looking for a new project!
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They sound great! Do try the Seaside Stashbuster (link in blog) …. And of course Yvonne’s blanket!
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Yes Jackie, I have been over to visit Seaside Stashbuster thanks.
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Is it OK if I join in on the baby blanket knit a long please Jackie?
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Of course Liz! Great to have you on board.
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The stash busting blanket is awesome!
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All of us have made this have thoroughly enjoyed it….and some even went on to make a second or even third one…. It makes substantial inroads into all those small part balls of yarn in the stash that we can’t bear to throw away.
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And thank you!
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