This was the big project of 2024. It seems a bit unimpressive to sum up my 2024 projects with this flat rectangle of kniting, but there is quite a lot of work in it!
I have a niece now. This was made for her. The yarn comes from a HUGE haul of old cone yarn I got for free at work a couple years ago - unused yarn that had been sitting in storage for years and being a moth hazard. This particular one is Kirman by Linsieme, a 2-ply 92% merino 8% cashmere which, amazingly, survives machine washing. I tested that by running a sample repeatedly through the machine at 60° Celsius. So I knew it would be perfect for a baby project - soft and washable.
It's a mitred square blanket made more or less using the Knitting Squirrel tutorial - but I used the same yarn throughout. Kirman tripled. And size 4,5 mm needles. There's 40 squares starting with (more or less, depending on how I managed to pick up the stitches in some of them) with 40 stitches. Then I finished the whole thing off with a crochetted border in doubled Kirman, two stitches per stitch so it formed a bit of a soft rufle.
Not much else to say about this one really - other than I finished it at Christmas at grandma's, and she loved the yarn, so we agreed I would make her a sontag out of it. I believe two strands should be just the right thickness of yarn for the Godey's Lady's Book 1860s pattern floating around. Just the thing to keep grandma warm when sitting next to a window, as she does! I'll probably have to adjust the size - I do have her measurements from back when I was making a dress pattern for her. 😁
