Wednesday, January 29, 2020

2020 Knitting Challenges

Ohlalana is hosting a beginner knit along with
mystery blanket of blocks for 2020.  Each block will be 
different and use techniques that a beginning knitter
will find that helps with knitting.
  • Skill level of BEGINNER (only use knits and purls!)
  • All squares have the same number of stitches (43) and rows (63).
  • The approximate measure for each of my blocks is 8.75” x 8.75” (22.5 cm x 22.5 cm). Of course, this will vary if your tension is different than mine or if you decide to knit them with another yarn weight and needle size.
  • They will have 4 rows garter st at each end (casting-on and binding-off edges) and 4 garter stitches at each side. This means that the internal surface (my stitch pattern design playground!) has 35 stitches x 55 rows.

Ohlalana also is featuring a lace blanket knit along.  Maybe,
you don't want to make a full blanket--here are some suggestions:

  • Knit some of the patterns instead of all 15 to make a shorter blanket.
  • Knit each pattern for more than 4” to make a larger blanket.
  • Add more horizontal repeats of each pattern to increase the width of your blanket.
  • Add a final border to all the perimeter of your blanket at the end (you might find useful to use provisional cast-on in this case).
  • Knit additional rows between patterns to enlarge the blanket effortlessly. 

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