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| Dolls Blanket |
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| Cot blanket |
Delivered my first self-designed and knitted commissioned piece
today. A mum at a local toddler group
had trouble finding just the right design and colour of cot blanket to go with
her newly decorated nursery. She is another crafter and so had designed and
made accessories for the room herself and wanted a blanket to match. The key
design in her room was a flower which she wanted to be represented in some way
on the blanket. We spent a couple of
weeks going back and forward to choosing the design she wanted then I had to
work out the pattern and material. She chose the wool type and colours herself
at our local wool shop.
It took a couple of attempts to get started and get the
tension and sizing right, but after those teething problems the design she
chose was very simple. As she has a 3 year old daughter I decided it would be
nice if she had a blanket too so she wouldn’t be jealous.
I am glad I did the flowers separate rather than just
knitting the design as part of the blanket, it reflects the way they have been
used to decorate the rest of the room. I even knitted a couple of extra flowers
so that she could use them on other fabric items if she wished.
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