Knitting for Charity

Current progress on the baby blanket in the works for Project Linus.


Closeup of basketweave

This is my first-ever use of variegated yarn, and I'm not loving it. I mean, I knew I never wanted to use it for clothing (unless the variegation is very very very very very subtle), but I thought for a baby blanket I might give it a try. I do like working with it (it makes it easy to follow my stitches, which has helped me get better at fixing errors and weaving in ends the Knitty way. But I just don't like the way it looks in the finished product. It feels very 70s-ish, though I don't really have enough fashion knowledge to confirm that variegated yarn was popular in the 70s. I guess I just prefer the classic, simple look of single colors. I'd knit this basketweave blanket again, but I'd do it in a solid. And I'm hopeful that the eventual recipient of the blanket feels differently about the yarn than I do.