More knitted stuff, with links for her pleasure

As I've talked about before, k8 takes fabulous pictures. And, lucky for me, sometimes stuff I've made for her beautiful daughter ends up in the frame.

Here's the blanket I made for the wee vampire. Isn't she just gorgeous? I love this picture. And, the blanket I made doesn't look half bad either. Its "Baby's first blanket" from Hollywood Knits Style by Suss Cousins. In general Suss's Hollywood Knits books (there two of them) are great for beginners. She writes her patterns clearly and there are no charts in sight. (As I've only been knitting for a few years, well written instructions are a must have!)

This is a great blanket for beginners as the only skills you need are knit, purl and single crochet. And, its a perfect travel project as you work on this in parts and then put it together at the end...nothing bulky to carry around.

I used a combination of Suss's cotton yarns and the always reliable (and inexpensive) Sugar'n'Cream cotton yarns. I'm guessing, if you did this in the Malabrigo organic yarns Allison is going to be carrying, this would please even the pickiest of new moms.