Ruffling and Cupping

Stitching ruffles a bit but not too bad in the 40s Rnds but seems to have worked itself out by the 50s.

Points in the 60s start out with a bit of cupping but works out as you add rnds.

Overall, I think it might be a bit ruffled because the cream yarn was thicker than the other two. Will update once I have a chance to smooth it out on a clean surface and see. I am currently primitive-camping in the desert/mountains. Also wet blocking will make a big difference because they are all natural fibers.

Wet Blocking and final results

I washed the blanket by hand in a tub and even though I was unable to pin it out on a smooth surface (it hung to dry), the results are fabulous! Natural fibers show a bigger difference (I think) in wet blocking than synthetics. But blocking both is valuable.

All ruffling and cupping seems to have smoothed out. The finished blankie is just gorgeous and I don’t want to give it away (almost).

Colors

For the striped sweater, I just allowed the colors to change where they may, and I’m very pleased with the effect. If you look closely, there is a lot of subtle motion in the blanket as the blues-turquoises shift around in the middle of repeats, several times per round. There were white stripes in the sweater, but because I was using cream in the blanket already, I just scrapped the white every time I came to it.

The constantly and irregularly changing colors within yhe blues add a quirk that isn’t overbearing. In commercial yarn, I suppose the equivalent would be a self-striping yarn that had varying lengths of very long color changes.