nice job!  I like the strap and button.  Lucky friend!

cute!!  I definitely need to learn how to do this!

I love your take on it!  What kind of yarn did you use... and did you have to change the gauge much?  I'm planning to make Anouk but I need to figure out an acceptable yarn.  Great job!  I don't like the flowers/pockets much either.   

Thanks for all the kind comments!

missknittypants, pattern is from:

http://www.knitlist.com/00gift/round-baby-blanket.htm

I used size 7 needles in the beginning, moved up to 8, and then eventually 9.  I don't feel like it made it go any faster but maybe it did?

flyingmouse29, I REFUSED to pick up and knit when I knew how many stitches were around.  I went to Knitting Over the Edge and looked at their ruffle patterns, found one that started from the inside and ended with a bind off, and used it.  I actually just k1, m1 around, and then the picot edge (pink part) is one row of knitting and then: BO 2, *switch st on right needle to left needle, CO 3 using cable cast on, BO 5*, repeat.

TinyTallGirl, yeah, when you're ready, just continue the pattern.  I think I skip the 3rd & 4th row. 

And now... the FO!  I added a picot edge.  More details in this post:

http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=188037.0

And a pic:



Glad I'm done with it!  It's redemption lies in it's simplicity.

My brother in law is having twins... the perfect chance to knit the pinwheel blanket!  I didn't know how long it would take.  Consider this: when you knit a rectangular baby blanket, it's usually 3 feet by 2 feet.  So the longest side is 3 feet.  Well, there is no longest side in a circular blanket, the diameter all the way around is three feet.  Before the "ruffle," there were 548 stitches.  I added the ruffle, 1096 stitches.  The pink picot edging, you CO 5 sts for every 3 sts, so ... a lot more sts.  The pink picot alone took one skein of pink... and at least 5 hours.  If anyone ever hears me musing about making another pinwheel blanket, please slap me upside the head.  Hard.  (Obviously, the next blanket for baby #2 will be a rectangular one).

I'm not too jazzed about the color combo... I think I will knit a stegosaurus in green with pink spikes to tie it together... I feel like the blanket looks like a skinned dragon.  Or I'm just delirious.   

Yarn: Lion Brand Cotton-Ease in lime and ...berry?  One skein berry, 4 and a little bit of a 5th of lime.

 pattern is from:

http://www.knitlist.com/00gift/round-baby-blanket.htm

I used size 7 needles in the beginning, moved up to 8, and then eventually 9.  I don't feel like it made it go any faster but maybe it did?

I REFUSED to pick up and knit when I knew how many stitches were around.  I went to Knitting Over the Edge and looked at their ruffle patterns, found one that started from the inside and ended with a bind off, and used it.  I actually just k1, m1 around, and then the picot edge (pink part) is one row of knitting and then: BO 2, *switch st on right needle to left needle, CO 3 using cable cast on, BO 5*, repeat.

This was finished awhile ago, but I just got around to taking pictures of it.  I  used the recommended yarn --Blue Sky Alpacas Organic.  It used almost exactly one skein after all the seaming.  The seaming is a bitch!  I think next time I make it, I might knit the sleeves in the round.  This was originally for a friend's baby, but my hubbs and I liked it so much, we're keeping the first one for ours (no, we have no plans of having children soon), and I'll make more for other people.  I really like how this pattern turned out and highly recommend it!  The yarn is incredibly soft, but it can break sometimes if you hold the yarn too tight.

[size 3 needles!]

you rock... I don't think I have the balls (of course I don't have balls) guts to knit a sweater on size 3 needles!  It looks great!

Glad you like, MercGirl!!!  I received my package today also... here goes!

Group shot:



This adorable tote bag!  I love the lining on the bottom!




A tiara... which I will wear in my classroom... because I AM the queen bee in there!


A gorgeous necklace and earrings!  It says "The owls aren't what they seem."




And if you can't see, the necklace has this sweet owl!


Damn good coffee!


And dried cherries!  I ruined my dinner     They're my favorite snack!


Thank you Heather!  I love, love, love it!  My husband came home and I was prancing around in my new swag... he gave me a funny look.  No action shots... I look like a mess today.   

ooo... I have some swap anxiety now.  I hope MercGirl likes what I made...!

Very nice, LouraPalmr!