Summer Project 2008

So last summer I decided that it was the perfect time to knit a big wool blanket in my apartment without air conditioning. It was a secret present for Jorah, who was out of town doing math. His secret passion (not so secret, he has a blog too) is baseball, especially the Chicago Cubs.


I worked a chart out using Excel (took forever) and knit the center part back and forth, and then picked up stitches and knit the border out. The blue section is basketweave and then the red/white stripe around the outside is garter stitch.


This was a really great project and I'm super happy with the finished result. It's made of O-Wool Classic, which is a beautiful, beautiful, lovely, soft, well spun organic wool. I'm really quite sad that we're not carrying it anymore - I vowed after I knit this that it was going to become my smooth-textured multi-ply solid-colored wool from here on out. It's a little more expensive than something like Cascade 220, but it is head and shoulders nicer and worth every penny.


This is one of my favorite projects, and one of the ones we use most frequently. Oh, it's finished size is about 47" x 58".