Teddy Bear Blankie

I made this darling blanket for my newest niece Kadyn. I was tempted to knit a lacy heirloom blanket but I thought a more utilitarian blanket would be more fun. No one wants the lovely blanket from Auntie Pepper that you can’t use and is a pain to store… forever. (“Saving it for your own baby someday.”) This puppy is made from double stranded, acrylic, machine washable, soft yarn. And because I didn’t spend 200 hours painstakingly knitting lace, my feelings won’t be hurt if it doesn’t survive to another generation.

Close up pic of the teddy bear:

 

yarn details

Berroco Comfort in Raspberry Sorbet (9728)
Worsted Weight
50% super fine nylon, 50% super fine acrylic

dye lots V1884 and V1584
Machine wash on gentle cycle in warm water. No bleach. Tumble dry on low heat. Do not over dry. Do not iron.
$7.00 per 100 g /210 yd ball


project details
pattern: “Teddy Bear Baby Blanket” by Barbara Breiter, available for free at http://www.straw.com/cpy/patterns/baby-child/merino5-bear-baby-blankt.html
dimensions: blanket 31.5” wide and 25.5” tall; each teddy square is 9.5” wide and 8.5” tall, border is 1”
needles: size 10.5, long circular needle, knit flat
yarn used: 5 balls – 1050 yards (double stranded)

time span: October 2010 – December 2010

notes

• changed border to 5 rows of seed stitch at top and bottom and five stitches of seed stitch at the sides – meaning I cast on 106 stitches instead of 104
• knitted with two strands held together throughout
• I did this kind of nifty thing to help me follow along on the chart – I wrote a number in front of each stitch change to tell me how many stitches I had to knit on that part. Observe: