I might have a bit of a blanket thing going on. I've made three this year. First, a rainbow baby blanket in a log cabin design from Mason Dixon Knitting, inspired by some limited edition Bendigo Woollen Mills colours in 4ply cotton. That same yarn first went towards two little rainbow dresses and later into a tunic for my niece. Those big Bendigo balls go a long way.
More recently I made this black-cream-and-some-colours chevron blanket (pattern from Espace Tricot) for a belated wedding present.
And during that project I honed the idea for this one.
This drawing, done by my nephew quite a few years ago, hangs framed in my sister's house. He has always had a great sense of colour and design, and I decided to use his stripe pattern as the basis for a blanket. As a surprise for his 13th birthday.
I think a lot of people, when I said I was making a blanket for my nephew, imagined a baby blanket. I guess it's not the first thing that springs to mind for a 13th birthday. But I'm not sure there is ever a bad time to receive a handknit blanket, is there?
And I did the whole thing in a month, meeting my deadline perfectly, even after the green I ordered online turned out to be quite wrong and I had to dash around town to find something better.
