flower lap blanket
Finished
November 7, 2011
November 13, 2011

flower lap blanket

Project info
my brain
Machine Knitting
my lap
all my wool
Tools and equipment
Yarn
1,864 yards
Aade Lõng Ühevärviline Lõng | Solid 8/2
2 skeins = 874.0 yards (799.2 meters), 200 grams
Green
it_baltic ebay
Kauni Wool 8/2 Effektgarn
1.5 skeins = 990.0 yards (905.3 meters), 225 grams
EG
Red-purple
Notes

Double knit (fully reversible) on a bulky KH260 knitting machine, Tension 2. Needles selected on main bed by punchcard, reverse selected for each row by hand on double bed to make it fully reversible. Each edge knit with 2 stitch stripes to maintain integrity of edge (carriage on left: two outside ribber stitches selected, carriage on right: two ouside main bed stitches selected). Made up the design myself for a 24 stitch repeat, punched myself, but there are a few errors in my punching that could not be fixed after the fact. Needs to be seamed at the top edge, and waste knitting (orange) needs to be removed, then it will be blocked and lightly fulled. (Update: finished!) Total weight with scrap cast on, 348 grams. 61 x 79 cm unblocked dimensions. (Update: 323 grams total finished weight without scrap, bound off, finished)

The Kauni came off a private ebay sale, it is much thinner than the Kauni-like Estonian Aade Long green. Both are very wooly, which I usually love, but they are also scratchy, not something I would dream of making into anything except a lap blanket. Both had quite a bit of vegetable matter in the yarn.

For more information on fully reversible double knitting on a knitting machine, see the excellent double bed jacquard tutorials by rav user steelbreeze.

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Finished
November 7, 2011
November 13, 2011
 
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About this yarn
by Kauni
Sport
100% Wool
656 yards / 150 grams

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by Aade Lõng
Fingering
100% Wool
437 yards / 100 grams

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  • Project created: November 13, 2011
  • Updated: November 14, 2011
  • Progress updates: 2 updates