Moderne Days Gone By.

I really wanted to show off some things I've done, but must admit they were finished long ago.

I made my first Mason Dixon Moderne Log Cabin baby blanket way back in 2007 for Loki before he was born.

I used 2 strands of Koigu KPPPM held together for the body of the blanket and a single strand of Louet Gems lt. worsted weight.

 

With the leftover yarn I made matching booties

Oh, little Loki when he was a week old! Doing this post was so fun. I got to look back at picture of my Loki when he was a tiny babe. Ohhh, time passes so quickly.

Let me tell you I wanted to use every scrap of yarn I had. It took 10 skeins of Koigu and 2 of the Gems to make this blanket happen. It was not cheap, it was worth it, but not cheap. I did use the rest to make the booties and was only left with about a yard of each color.

C'est Fini! Moderne log cabin baby blanket!

Finally done! Yeah!! Not blocked as you may be able to tell. I also took some liberties with the actually pattern and did it my own way. Not sure about the way I did the border but kinda felt like I had no choice unless I wanted to buy another color to use on the border. So I am officially ready for baby.

 Some blanket details:

Needles            US 7 / 4.5 mm

Yarn

Knit Picks Swish Worsted

How much

= 600 grams / 1320 yards

Purchased at

Knit picks

Sorry to be away soooo long.

So after a super duper long, long break I'm back to posting and am going to try to keep it sort of regular. I'm even working on a free knitting pattern. Stay tuned. 

I've been knitting on and off (mostly off due to a shoulder injury, blah) and here is the progress:

It 's the beginning of  a baby blanket for the new little one coming in July. The pattern is from  Mason-Dixon Knitting and is the Moderne Baby Blanket which is done with "log cabin" style knitting. I must confess this is one of my favortie ways to knit a blanket because it allows for a ton of freedom and lots of creativity. I'm using Knitpicks Swish Worsted Yarn in allspice, marine heather, tidepool heather, lawn and bok choy. I was a bit disappointed at the rustiness of the allspice but it's starting to grow on me. I was wanting this to be a gender neutral blanket but because of the rust seems to be leaning in the boy direction. I think I'd like to add a creamsicle orange to it or maybe a lavender to balance it out. Any suggestions???