Comments on: Have You Knit a Blanket/Afghan yet?

By: sheri

sheri — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:20:05 +0000

Hi Ali – definitely. You’ll want to switch to a circular needles as it grows! You can probably keep them on DPN’s until you need to switch over to 24″ or 32″ circs. Eventually as your circle of stitches grows, you’ll need to go up to longer cable lengths like a 47″ or even a 60″. OR, you can use two 32″ circular needles as well.

By: Ali

Ali — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:04:13 +0000

When you are knitting Roberta’s Sock Yarn Blanket, at some point aren’t there too many stitches for double-pointed needles? Do you have to switch to circular needles?? How do you do this I am confused!!!

By: Roberta

Roberta — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:07:59 +0000

You’re welcome. Have fun!

By: Liz

Liz — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:21:08 +0000

Hi Roberta. Thank you so much! I am heading to the stash right now! Planning is half the fun for me. And it may sound silly(it does to me, anyway) but I think that if I start it soon, I may be able to get a lot done before it gets too hot here in Florida. Then it can go into time out(not a problem) until it gets colder, and I’ll have a built in “warmer” as I continue to knit on it in the winter! Thank you so much for your help!

By: Roberta

Roberta — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:14:46 +0000

Hi, Liz. My blanket weighs 808 grams or about 28.5 ounces. Very lightweight for its size – perfect for car trips. At 3.5 ounces per skein you would probably need about 8 skeins of fingering weight yarn. Hope this helps!

By: Rosi G.

Rosi G. — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:30:53 +0000

Don’t know where my evil little brain is today but I kept reading “bits and bobs” as “bits and ….” well, add an extra o to “bobs!” LOL!!! Beautiful blankets!

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:58:50 +0000

I made a lovely Girasole as a gift for someone very special… I’ve wanted to make one for myself ever since!

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:43:23 +0000

Those are both beautiful! Especially like the use of color in the sock yarn blanket.
I have my knitting done on my Girasole, I just have to find a big enough spot to block it in where my kitties won’t lay all over it.

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:24 +0000

Roberta, Thank you for sharing your pattern and the details of how you arranged your colors. I was wondering how much your finished blanket weighs. I don’t have many leftovers, but I do have lots of full skeins to use. I just don’t know how far one skein would go. I want to use the prettiest skeins and leave the ugliest ones out. If you could share the approx. weight I feel I could proceed with more confidence in my plan. Thanks a million!

By: Robby

Robby — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:56:55 +0000

An entire Girasole wrap/afghan beautifully done in DIC Cashmere blend? If I had one of those, you could have it when you could pry it out of my hand in my casket! Now THAT would really be worth rolling around in.

And it’s clear Roberta is no slouch in the blankie department either. Although the very thought of knitting an acre of sock yarn gives me pause.