WIP-Wednesday: my first blanket

I was knitting with my Knitpro interchangeable needles when my cable broke. So I went online, searched needles but with only € 3,- for a cable I didn’t want to pay postage costs. In a whim I went to a semi local yarn store on the small change they still did sell Knitpro cables. And they did! The lady running this shop is always kind and welcoming. I think that is one of the most important things in a yarn shop. To bad this shop doesn’t have a website or Facebook page.

Anyway, I found the cable needed but as usual something else travels home with me. I can’t help it, or so it seems. Sometimes it’s the color, sometimes the petting of the soft yarns seduces me to buy more than planned. In this case it was a big bal of Big to Knit by Katia that sneaked into my shopping cart. I had just gone over my existing WIP’s and there wasn’t one that I felt like completing now. Not feeling the love right now I decided that starting something new in this case wouldn’t be a terrible thing to do. Hence the Big to knit. I love the colors, blue, grew, camel and neutrals, they fit perfect in my living room. Although I’m still a fan of bold bright colors, I appreciate the calming color scheme.

The pattern with this yarn is for a blanket but I guess it will me more like a throw. There is also a pattern included for a poncho but I’m not a poncho kind of girl. Following the blanket pattern would mean knitting three parts and sew them together. I dislike sewing and was afraid of ugly color changes because of the sewing. So I decided to knit the blanket as one piece. So far that seems like a great idea but I might change my opinion as the blanket grows. 😀 For now it seems worth it not to have to sew. This is what I’ve got so far. Just enough to read the pattern in the knitting.