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Tuesday, February 08, 2022

A Big Project

Mystical Lanterns blanket

At the first of the year, I showed you the above photo of yarn.

Mystical Lanterns blanket

I also showed you the same yarn skeined up.  (So.  Much.  Winding.)  It's time to talk about what all that yarn is becoming! 

I've started a Mystical Lanterns Blanket.  I love this design and purchased the yarn ages ago.  Then we got Mr. Noodle, who tends to steal wool blankets, but I decided to just go ahead and make it.  Mr. Noodle is maturing so maybe by the time I finish it, he'll stop his thieving ways.  Maybe.

Magical Lanterns blanket

Anyway, I'm making my blanket a little bigger than the pattern blanket and I decided to start with getting all of the center rounds done in all the colors.  At this point I've only got four or five (maybe six) colors left to go (I'm using 18).  Once I have all the center rounds done, I'll mix them all up and pull them randomly from a bag to add the next rounds.  I'm trying to be random here.  Mostly.  I've already decided that no motif should have the gold and one of the pinks in it.  Those colors will be what jumps out in the finished blanket and what moves your eye around, and I'm pretty sure that having more than one of this in a single motif would be like a giant bullseye and be the only thing anyone can see on the finished blanket.

This is going to be a long project, but I'm looking forward to it!

(Oh, and I just realized I forgot to mention, all the yarn is Dream in Color Classy.)

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posted by Melanie at 9:53 AM

3 Comments:

Blogger Kathy S said...

That's going to be beautiful. A long term project is a good thing to use as a palette cleanser between projects. At the beginning of lock-down, I decided I was going to make Arne and Carlos' Astri blanket. I had a bid full of Knit Picks Palette that has sat in my stash for about 8 years. I'm 2/3 of the way through making the flowers. I don't have a deadline for it. It's my no stress project.

6:33 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

Hi, Melanie! At first I thought "Mr. Noodle" is a new pet, though googling turned up a couple of posts that clarified that Newton has a few noodly nicknames. Cute!

My Pomeranian Ladybug is aka Bug, Bugbug, Bugster, and Buttercup (that last one is shared with my yellow vehicle, though Bug is black; I just like asking her "what's up, Buttercup." Neither car nor dog actually answers.

The new blanket is going to be super. I bet there will be a little Noodle in some of the stitches.

12:44 AM  
Blogger Dee said...

Those jewel colors are gorgeous! Have fun with the stitching!

8:34 PM  

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