lap blanket finished!

[untonuggan]

This was the "zombie knitting" project I started in March omg, to work on when I couldn't focus on anything else.

It is gorgeous and soft and warm, and while I was originally planning on giving it to Project Linus I think now it is going to my grandmother as a lap blanket. Because it took 8 months, and I think I will just knit more chemo caps for charity or quilt a blanket for Project Linus. My grandmother will appreciate 8 months of knitting.

In case you were wondering, the pattern is indeed based off of "Grandmother's Favorite Dishcloth." With stripes.


A light green and dark green blanket with stripes going along the diagonal lying on a bed.


The reverse side of the blanket
Partner has threatened to steal it, because so comfy! So has mother. I told them my grandmother has cold knees.

Comments

[northern]

Beautiful!

[untonuggan]

Thank you! ^_^

[raze]

Wow, that is SO gorgeous. I bet she'll love it.

[untonuggan]

Thank you! When I made her a scarf she said no one ever knit for her, so...yeah, I think she'll like it.

[daedala]

Stripey!

[untonuggan]

^_^

[dark_kana]

Beautiful! And it sure looks comfy! ^^

[untonuggan]

omg so soft and squishy, I wish I could put a swatch on the interwebs so everyone could squish it if they were feeling in need of something squishable...or maybe that's just me.

Thank you!

[lynnoconnacht]

That sounds awesome. <3

[31stcentury]

ooh nice! and yay finishing!

[untonuggan]

Thanks! And yaaaaay so glad to be done!

[spaceoperadiva]

I like this very much.

[untonuggan]

\o/

[altamira16]

I really like the colors and the diagonalliness of it all.

[untonuggan]

Hee, thank you! ^_^

[spiralsheep]

Lovely. Your grandmother is very lucky.

[untonuggan]

Thank you. ^_^

[lynnoconnacht]

Oh, that looks lovely! I am envious of your grandmother. I hope (but am sure that) she'll get loads of enjoyment out of it! <3

[untonuggan]

Thanks! ^_^ I bet she will. ETA Especially because at night she turns the thermostat to 6 C.

[pipisafoat]

stripes! diagonal stripes! green diagonal stripes! handmade green diagonal stripes! clearly there is nothing not to like about this. hooray finishing, too; that's a long time to have the same thing going! (says the person who has things in progress from two years ago still hahaha.)

[untonuggan]

Yaaay! Well, it was 8 months of this and switching off with other projects, and there may have been a month or so of being stuck in a cupboard while I went nonononoIneedabreak...hee.

[killing_rose]

Oh that's gorgeous.

[untonuggan]

Thank you!

[alee_grrl]

So pretty! I'm sure you're grandmother will love it.

I have taken up knitting again (though it is hit and miss depending on how I feel). I started my own zombie knitting project for those nights when I cannot focus to do much of anything but still want to do something. I have worked on it a bit while watching Sherlock. :) It's going to eventually be a blanket, though I imagine it will take me substantially longer than 8 months to finish.

[untonuggan]

Thank you! ^_^

Yaaay that you've taken up knitting again! Hurray blankets! Might one suggest that if you ever get bored or discouraged, you knit a quick fast project to give you the "oh yay finished object bonus" in knitting that sometimes happens? This is what I do with long projects, but I don't know if your brain works with more than one project going at once. (For example: coffee cup warmers are nice! Easy holiday present!)

[alee_grrl]

That sounds like an excellent idea. :)

[eruanna]

Beautiful! What a nice thing to do for your grandmother.

[spring_dream]

It looks so soft and beautiful!