Another baby blanket. Our nephew Christopher and his wife Charlotte are expecting a baby anytime now, so I thought I would make a blue blanket, just in case they have a boy. Update: It’s a girl, so I get to keep the blanket for a little longer.

I bought the pattern book as a digital download from Leisure Arts.

A nice easy pattern, you make the diamonds in strips. I have decided to add an extra diamond to the length and when I completed the joining, I wanted to add another half diamond (triangle) to even-off the top and bottom. If I had thought of this before I could have added the half diamonds to the top and bottom of the strips before joining.

To make a half diamond, I made the diamond to the middle row and instead of adding just the centre bobble, I worked a bobble in every alternate stitch. This worked out quite well. I then added a sc row to finish off.

It would be much easier to add the halves when working the strips, but I didn’t think of it until I had seen it joined.

I think I am going to add a border to the bottom and top, just to see how it turns out.

This is quite a dense fabric, but I am very pleased with it and I would like to keep it, but I won’t. I may make another one with different coloured diamonds, later, but it is a little hard on the wrists and is a bit of a yarn eater.
It would be a good stash-buster project.

I am very pleased with the top and bottom triangles, it neatens of the blanket, but what about the sides? I decided to try to “even off” the sides too, it took a little sorting, but I managed it in the end. This is what I did.

Half Diamonds for Blanket Sides:

1. 12 ch = 11 sc.
2. 2 sc bobble, 1 sc, bobble, 1sc. bobble,1 sc, bobble, 2 sc. (11)
3. sc in each st (11)
4. 2sc, bobble, 5sc, bobble, 2sc (11)
5. sc 2 tog, sc in remaining sts (10) 6 2sc, bobble, 4 sc bobble, 2sc (10)
6. sc 2 tog, sc in remaining stitches (9)
7. 2 sc, bobble, 3 sc, bobble, 2 sc (9)
8. sc 2 tog, sc in remaining sts (8)
9. 2sc, bobble,2sc, bobble, 2sc (8)
10. sc 2 tog, sc in remaining sts (7)
11. 2sc, bobble, 1sc, bobble, 2sc (7)
12. sc 2 tog, sc in remaining sts. (6)
13. 2sc, bobble, 3 sc. (6)
14. 2 sc tog, 3 sc. (5)
15. 5 sc.
16. 2sc in 1st st, 1 sc in remaining (6)
17. 2sc, bobble, 3sc (6)
18. 2sc in 1st st., 1 sc in remaining (7)
19. 2sc, bobble, 1sc, bobble, 2sc (7)

Continue increasing and decreasing until desired length.

I am calling this one finished. I may put a border around, but I am thinking about that one for the time being.

Very pleased with the finished blanket. It is quite heavy and took quite a lot of yarn.