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post #1 of 15
2/26/08 at 6:14am
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Do you like knit baby blankets? What are their good and bad qualities? I'm not a knitter and have never really paid attention to it... So do you know blankets for anyone, and if so, why?
TIA!
post #2 of 15
2/26/08 at 8:04am
I hate to say this, but I prefer crochet : I use my old blanket far more than I use the blankets knitted for my boys- partly because mine was cotton, mostly just cos it's purty...
post #3 of 15
2/26/08 at 12:13pm
I tend to prefer crocheted blankets because 1) they work up faster and 2) they're more durable. All my blankets get a lot of wear and tear so #2 is very important to me.

I did plan on knitting a blanket for my godson's christening though because a knit blanket would be more light, airy and drapey.
post #4 of 15
2/26/08 at 12:26pm
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Originally Posted by flapjack View Post
I hate to say this, but I prefer crochet : I use my old blanket far more than I use the blankets knitted for my boys- partly because mine was cotton, mostly just cos it's purty...


This is the sole reason i recently learned to crochet... because i wanted to be able to knit blankets.
post #5 of 15
2/26/08 at 12:52pm
I am not big on knitting baby blankets mostly for the boring factor. However, I am knitting a beautiful vintage baby blanket for my sister's first child due in September in Gulf Coast Florida. A heavier blanket as in what would be produced by crocheting would not work for them. This blanket will be more of a pose-the-newborn-on-the-beautiful-thing-auntie-knit-and-then-put-it-away-to-remind-us -of-those-surreal-days kinda blanket and I am OK with that.

That said I knit my second child (learned to knit between #1 and #2) a Big Bad Baby Blanket for the original SnB book. I did not know much about gauge and whatnot back then and knit it with two strands of Cascade worsted weight held together throughout. It is one BIG bad baby blanket and was wonderful for swaddling a newborn and makes a wonderful stroller blanket on our coldest days.
post #6 of 15
2/26/08 at 3:13pm
inches and inches and inches of stockinette? no thank you!

I like crochet blankets a lot better, but even they can get boring if you don't have a fun stitch pattern
post #7 of 15
2/26/08 at 4:36pm
I always do a basketweave stitch-less boring!
post #8 of 15
2/26/08 at 8:18pm
I much prefer to crochet blankets - they go so much faster.

The exception being this knit blankie - I lust after it! Mainly because of the history, but also because it is lovely.

http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEfall03/PATThoover.html
post #9 of 15
2/26/08 at 9:26pm
I have knit one blanket and it.took.forever. It was a teeny tiny recieving blanket size blanket too. I have a lot of crochet blankets that I love.
post #10 of 15
2/27/08 at 12:31am
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Well see, apparently I can't crochet anymore b/c of carpal tunnel and RA... Just can't do it... BUT: I can knit with a loom! So I guess it's loom-knitting for me now... Gotta change my sig now.
post #11 of 15
2/27/08 at 11:04am
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Originally Posted by ReikiMommy07 View Post
Well see, apparently I can't crochet anymore b/c of carpal tunnel and RA... Just can't do it... BUT: I can knit with a loom! So I guess it's loom-knitting for me now... Gotta change my sig now.
I am sorry about the carpal tunnel. What is RA?
Can it get better?
I was in a car wreck a month ago and threw my right arm up and the airbag slammed into it and I have been seeing a chiropractor to care for it. I finally started crocheting this past weekend and I was having muscle twitches or something in my right arm - the upper part - it would thump or pulse and you could see it do that .
I hope that does not mean I will not be able to crochet any more.
post #12 of 15
2/27/08 at 11:50am
RA=Rheumatoid Arthritis It usually doesn't get better - it's an autoimmune disorder.

I'm not a fan of knitted baby blankets, just because they stretch so much. But then, I'm not one to spend all that time on a blanket, either! In that respect, I'd rather have somethng sewn - a quilt, or a flannel/silky blankie or something.
post #13 of 15
2/27/08 at 3:14pm
I have only done one baby blanket so far. I modified the Nina Shawl from MDK into a blankie for DS2. It is soooo cute and he loves it. I didn't think he would care, but he loves for me to just throw it down on the floor with him. I wouldn't knit a plain stockinette or garter stitch blanket though (even Nina was boring to kit). I think samplers are the way to go.
post #14 of 15
2/27/08 at 11:14pm
I have RA too, and have found that softer, stretchier yarns knit on circular needles tend not to hurt so much. Have you found the chronic disease mamas in FYT yet? We haven't been too active lately, but in there somewhere.

I made a baby blanket a year or so ago. My main tip is to use verigated yarn. I was so sick of that one shade of pink that I stopped sooner than the pattern suggested, and it ended up an odd size. (But they're still using it-saw it draped across the car seat today! Yippee!)
post #15 of 15
2/27/08 at 11:32pm
Different stitch patterns are a must for baby blankets -- And I think a slightly tighter knit will help with the too-drapey problem.
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