I have decided to knit a blanket. There are several reasons for this. First, I have a lot of acrylic yarn that I have no use for (though I have to save enough to do a hat for my brother). Second, I need a blanket that I won’t cry if it gets dirty - I’m going to Alaska for the summer and things are going to be pretty dirty and primitive. Third - I have an idea for an unusual blanket to do. Anybody interested in joining me? Here’s what I plan to do:
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Seperate “good yarn” (natural fibers, things I have a plan for, etc.) from “bad yarn” (can you say Red Heart SuperSaver? but there’s some not as cheap yarn going into this pile, too.), and put away the “bad yarn”.
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Cast on between 500 and 600 stitches. Yes, that many.
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Write out papers with different lengths on them… One yard, seven feet, twelve feet, one foot, 53 feet, and so on, and drop them in a hat.
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Blindly select a yarn.
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Blindly select a length.
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Cut that length of that yarn, and tie into my cast on yarn. Knit to the end of the yarn.
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Repeat steps 4,5, and 6 until either I am out of yarn, or the blanket is as big as I want it.
Now, I’m making this in acrylic and selecting completely at random from my stash, but I would love to see how a similar blanket turns out if it is in natural fiber, selected from a certain range of colors, and so on. Is anyone interested?