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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
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1:23p - Log Cabin Throw
Yay! Camera cord! My lovely sister mailed me an extra camera cord (and chocolates and a card...I love my sister), so I can post a finished pictures of the cotton garterstitch log cabin throw I knit for my mama:
She saw it whilst flipping though my copy of Mason Dixon Knitting the last time she was up here and admired it for it's cheerful colorfull-ness (she also admired the baby Moses basket, but that'll have to wait). I had a reasonable stash of bright cotton (mostly Sugar and Cream and a little Lionbrand) for knitting dishcloths (I love the dishcloth cotton...so cheap and durable). Plus I kept finding stuff in knitting blogs that knitters had made from cheap cotton that came out gorgeous, so I wanted to take a run at it. Cotton was great for this because it comes in so many colors and though it has a nice weight and drape it isn't too overly warm (a must for New Orleans). I filled out my cotton stash with a little more Peaches & Cream cotton (from their website, http://www.elmore-pisgah.com/) and knit away, more or less following the instructions in the book for "Joseph's Blankie of Many Colors" (p. 70).
It still needs a few stripes and a nice border, but it'll have to wait until I go home in December. Fast, cheap and very relaxing to knit.
Other Log Cabins:
* http://www.flickr.com/photos/annarama/829775061/ - I like the use of mirroring pastels
* http://www.cosmicpluto.com/blog/?cat=26 - knit entirely from the knitters own handspun, hand-dyed merino...*melts*
* http://dragoncanknit.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/dsc02219.JPG - I like the mix of varigated and solid yarns (I found that one via The Log Cabin KAL)
I have plenty leftover cotton, I'd like to knit a patchwork afghan like a more traditional quilted log cabin blanket. Each square would be a log cabin, but you'd piece several of them together, like one of these: http://www.doodle-head.com/quilt/ideas/index.html (scroll down). There are some examples of that style in the book as well, I believe.
528 people in front of me for Ravelry. Soooooon.
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