10 years!!
Happy Birthday Kaelen!!
Someone turned 10 yesterday! This girl is one ongoing work in progress that I am very, very proud of. She really is one of the most delightful young ladies I know. Funny, charming, helpful, smart, and obviously quite pretty, I enjoy her more every day. And in a house full of preschoolers, it's nice to have someone intelligent to converse with. She is so excited to be in the double digits, she actually looked it up on Wikipedia to confirm that she is indeed old enough to be considered a preteen!
The Eyelet Baby Blanket is done. Since this is kind of a boring finished knit to show off Jarvis helped to liven things up. The blanket took 4 skeins of Blue Sky Cotton in Thistle and I did run out of yarn. I made a few small modifications that ate up a bit more yarn, but if your knitting this be aware that using the recommended yardage will be cutting it pretty close. The mods I made were I added a purl row after picking up stitches for the ruffle, I just think it looks better that way rather than going straight into the eyelets. Also, I made my eyelets on the ruffles by making pinhole increases rather than yarn overs. My yarn overs looked really sloppy on such big needles and I wasn't impressed. I liked the pinhole increase better, but it probably was what ate up the extra yarn. The Blue Sky Cotton is so loverly soft, I think it's perfect for next to a small babies skin. I ended up just washing it in the sink and laying it flat to dry, it turned out well, maybe next time I will brave the dryer for part of the drying time.
Here is a picture it give you an idea of the size, it's not very big, but just right for wrapping up a newborn. About 2.5 feet by 3ish feet, I'm guessing.
And here is the bunny all snuggled up in the blankie, this picture I think is the best one for getting the softness across, and I think it's the most true to the color which is kind of a purply blue.
I think that it's beautiful! Really different to other baby blankets I've seen! I love thi syarn, I have a skein of this colour waiting for a project!
Posted by: Nell | January 09, 2007 at 01:23 AM
Happy Birthday to the pre-teen. Her picture is very pretty and as for the pic of Jarvis - it's brilliant, he definitely livens things up. I'm sure the new baby will be very happy to be wrapped up in your knitted love.
Posted by: Sharon in Ireland | January 09, 2007 at 01:52 AM
Happy Birthday to your pre-teen! She's so pretty!The lil'guy modeling the blanket is cute too! The blanket is lovely! Looks soft from here! :)
Posted by: Zonda | January 09, 2007 at 02:48 AM
Happy happy birthday, Kaelen! Enjoy your tweener years.Such a pretty blanket, Areli.
Posted by: Jerry & Maxy | January 09, 2007 at 05:20 AM
Happy birthday to a young lady who looks fun to be with! I remember turning 10. It is a milestone indeed.Your FOs always look like a photo shoot in a magazine. Children and knits alike. :-)
Posted by: Pyewacket | January 09, 2007 at 05:47 AM
I love the ruffles on the blanket, what a nice touch!
Posted by: Joanna | January 09, 2007 at 06:30 AM
The blanket is beautiful - perfect receiving-blanket size. It will be treasured, I'm sure.Happy Birthday Kaelen!
Posted by: Lynda | January 09, 2007 at 06:39 AM
Happy Birthday to the beautiful birthday tween!Your baby blanket is beautiful. You're going to have one styling baby!
Posted by: Mamma | January 09, 2007 at 06:46 AM
Happy Birthday Kaelen!! Double digits! Woo-Hoo!The blanket looks so snuggly. Again, I've told you before, but I'll say it again, I LOVE Blue Sky Cotton.
Posted by: prostiturtle | January 09, 2007 at 11:53 AM
Happy birthday to your bona fide pre-teen! Ten is a great age to be.That picture of Jarvis made me laugh out loud. Great blanket, with or without him cracking me up.
Posted by: Rachel | January 09, 2007 at 01:31 PM
Happy Birthday to Kaelen. The baby blanket is wonderfully accessorised by Jarvis who makes it look like you could have great fun with it.
Posted by: opportunityknits | January 09, 2007 at 05:05 PM
Love, love, love the baby blanket!!! Happy Birthday to your daughter! Cute pictures, all of them!
Posted by: Monika | January 09, 2007 at 05:23 PM
Happy Birthday, Kaelen! Yahoooo!
Posted by: goodkarma | January 09, 2007 at 09:59 PM
Happy birthday to your lovely daughter! And the blanket is beautiful in that color.joy
Posted by: Anonymous | January 10, 2007 at 07:27 AM
I'm finally getting caught up on my blog reading! I love the baby blanket, especially the ruffle edge. And Jarvis is such a ham! What a great model.Happy Birthday to Kaelen! She's lovely.
Posted by: allisonmariecat | January 10, 2007 at 09:20 AM
Kaelen is just such a beautiful girl! She reminds me of one of my young 16 yr old sisters (they're twins....big gap in age between them and myself) which I like. I love the baby blanket and it's little friend. Did you use the Blue Sky Alpaca it called for?
Posted by: Allegra | January 11, 2007 at 07:09 AM
Noooooooooooooo. You cut off the cherubim curls! The blanket is lovely and a great colour, so much more practical than pastels.Happy Birthday Kaelen, she's quite the young woman and sounds wonderful.
Posted by: Rain | January 12, 2007 at 11:43 AM