The summer baby blanket, finally finished

After several months, I finally finished this project. I can't say it's a masterpiece, but looking at the result, I feel proud! :D



I used Pierrot yarn tre, leaf green color. I used approximately 5.5 balls of yarn (I bought 8, and the left over was 2.5 balls). I really recommend this yarn for lace, because it lays very beautifully. I also don't think that blocking is not that difficult for this piece, since it already looked so nice and "flat". I'm not sure about whether other pattern should be blocked or not, since when I used tre for a basketweave pattern, it needed a blocking.



I used 4.0 mm circular needle (40 cm long), made from bamboo and plastic hose. I bought the needles on ebay from kashi6688 store. For you who don't really that into branded-snob knitting needles, I really think that his store offers good price and good products. I use the needles larger than Pierrot suggested just because I want to make sure that I don't do it too tight. I have the tendency to knit too tight. If you want to use the size of needle as Pierrot suggested (I believe it is 3 to 3.25 mm), I believe the differences would not be much with my result ^^.

Ok... so I used a chevron lace pattern. It's a 12 sts repeat. The Chevron pattern repeat is:
row 1: p1, k5, p1, k5
row 2 and all even (ws) rows: purl the purl sts, knit the knit sts.
row 3: p1, k3, k2tog, yo, p1, ssk, k3
row 5: p1, k2, k2tog, yo, k1, p1, k1, yo, ssk, k2
row 7: p1, k1, k2tog, yo, k2, p1, k2, yo, ssk, k1
row 9: p1, k2tog, yo, k3, p1, k3, yo, ssk

and the blanket pattern is:
Part 1: Ribbing
CO 12 + (12x12) + 12 sts = 168 sts
row 1: k1, *p2, k2* until the end of the row.
row 2: knit the knit sts, purl the purl sts.
repeat row 1 and 2 until the ribbing reaches 12 rows (or 2 inches)

Part 2: Blanket
row 1: k12, *row 1 of Chevron pattern* repeated 12 times, k12
row 2: k12, *row 2 of Chevron pattern* repeated 12 times, k12
row 3: k12, *row 3 of Chevron pattern* repeated 12 times, k12
row 4: k12, *row 4 of Chevron pattern* repeated 12 times, k12
row 5: k12, *row 5 of Chevron pattern* repeated 12 times, k12
row 6: k12, *row 6 of Chevron pattern* repeated 12 times, k12
row 7: k12, *row 7 of Chevron pattern* repeated 12 times, k12
row 8: k12, *row 8 of Chevron pattern* repeated 12 times, k12
row 9: k12, *row 9 of Chevron pattern* repeated 12 times, k12
row 10: k12, *row 10 of Chevron pattern* repeated 12 times, k12

Repeat the rows until the desired length achieved. Mine is 20 times. I encourage to put marker on each repeat so that if there's any error, it would be easy to track.

Part 3: Ribbing
Repeat row 1 and 2 of the Part 1 Ribbing until the ribbing reaches 12 rows (or 2 inches)

Bind-off
Using the Kitchener stitch. Make sure that you don't pull too hard, other wise the length of the bottom and top part of the blanket would be dissimilar.

Block if necessary.

I think, this project is also good for a lap blanket, to warm your laps during the late autumn and early winter. But I do think that the holes on the lace made it a perfect summer blanket. Recommended for you who lives in the tropical region too! :D Like I do.