originally posted on March 5, 2012

Back in December some friends of mine welcomed their first son, Kai, into the world. During the months leading up to his arrival, I had been racing to finish my first eved to send it off to them just in time

For this project I chose a basketweave pattern off of ravely and modified it a little. For the yarn I chose RichMore Soft Smart, which is 74% wool and 26% nylon.  To make the blanket nice and thick, I knit two strand of yarn together for the entire project. The little colour bobbles (I’m not sure what else to call them) are built into the yarn and end up creating a really cute and interesting texture. Or, as the yarn label says in perfect Engrish, “You can get The Colorful Nep are inlaid into Knitting. Please! Be Feeling that Light.” Oh, Japan.