Well, it's not knitting, per se, but I need to brag somewhere.

[iamshadow]

I finished my Tiramisu Baby Blanket.



Just needs the yarn ends tucked in, and a length of chocolate brown ribbon for the lacing. \O/

It's made of Panda Magnum Soft 8ply, which is a nice yarn to work with, even if it splits a little, but then, what plied yarn doesn't? I used a 5mm hook, and my cast-on was 125 chain stitches. It still worked out smaller than the pattern, though, by probably about 4" all round.

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[ames]

Oh, that's just lovely.

[sedge]

Very nice indeed. I might have to add that to my queue...

[iamshadow]

It's easy, but I struggled a bit at times because I'm not as experienced at crochet as I am at knitting. The central panel was what gave me the most grief, mainly because of stitch count. I found it very difficult to tell when I'd miscounted, so I had to ravel back the whole thing several times, once from nearly done, because my side edges weren't straight. Also, it's repetitive, and you might get bored, so have another project on the go that you can switch to, or settle in for some good TV or audio distraction. That said, I'm very pleased with the result, the pattern wasn't complex in the slightest, and from the last complete ravel back, it only took me twelve days of hard slog to make. A quicker crocheter than me, making it in worsted yarn rather than DK would definitely whiz through it in maybe as little as a week.

[ghoti]

pretty!