Knitting in my spare time - mitered squares

[josiebrat]

photos.app.goo.gl/YP62usBfm7KyMx4Q7

Hello everyone,

I wanted to share with you a project I've been working on since March. I started using excess yarns from other projects, then added a few new. Along the way, other knitters started giving me their excess. Not sure if this will be a simple lap quilt or larger than that. It's a good project to take on the road when I'm waiting for an appointment, or even on those long drives. I try to make 1 or 2 a day in the morning/before I retire at night, but sometimes I don't get to make any squares. The current blanket now contains a little over 100 squares. Hope you like it. I hope sending the photo works as I have been having some problems on my end.

thanks
Josie

[MTRuth]

The photo link works perfectly Josie. Wow, what a cool blanket/quilt. I really like the mix of colors, so bright and fun. Nice to have a project that you can work on in small segments.

[pamster]

Josie it's stunning, I love both the idea and the execution!

[josiebrat]

Thanks Ruth and Pamster. I really do enjoy having a portable project like this to work on.

[lyn]

It's fabulous! Love the pattern of it. How do you get your squares so neat?

[Shepherdess]

It looks great. Lots of colour and lovely pattern. It does look like it is on its way to being much more than a lap blanket.

[Pandagirl]

Lovely very colorful.

[Antje]

Beautiful Josie. Love the main pattern and then the random use of colours which really have the 'wow' factor. It looks like you are stitching your squares together as you go. A good idea as it can be a very tedious task at the end!

[josiebrat]

Thanks everyone for feedback!
Antje - yes I'm stitching squares together as I go along looping into the previous block when I start a new one.
Lyn- my squares are knitted pretty even from the start and all are knit the same. My knitting is generally pretty consistent but not perfect. Not all squares line up.

[lindsay]

I really like that you’ve made odds and ends into something that looks so good.

[Ann @ frabjous fabrica]

I love the effect of these blankets.
After all the time since you've posted this Josie, you may have already progressed to making jackets with this technique. Have you seen the book "Swing Swagger Drape - Knit the Colours of Australia" by Jane Slicer-Smith? I just love the effect these knitted squares have, but as someone who can't knit (If I drop a stitch - frequently done - I have to start again 'cos I can't pick it up again), I am very frustrated every time I look at them. Perhaps I'll have ago at felting and connecting the squares into a jacket. I must have another look at that book!

[josiebrat]

I have not worked on my piece since mid Mar when my focus was finishing my embroidery panel. I had not seen this book before but looked it up when I read your message. The cover has a beautiful mitered square jacket. I have not tackled any garments like this in knitting but it’s beautiful. It’s really not hard to pick up a stitch even when you drop it. It’s happened to me a few times and sometimes I have to take out a few rows but the key is to count the row stitches as you go along. I think it would be very interesting to try it in felting but how would you get the mitered look on each square? Or you could just do solid or mixed colors and build the jacket with placement of squares on an angle. Something to think about.

On another note, is there a way to set an alert so I can get emils whenever someone makes a comment on a subject or direct a comment to me. I only saw this today as I came in to send a message.

Thanks
Josie

[Shepherdess]

It should be in your profile I think. Mine doens't look quite like your becose I am an admin but that is wer I would look

[MTRuth]

Go to profile and then notifications. You can set it up how you want.