This super fun blanket uses lace techniques to create the choo choo trains. Pattern includes written instructions for setting up each section and trains are charted. The blanket is worked from the bottom up and is addictive!
A great size for a baby or toddler blanket. A perfect throw for a child’s room or a train collector’s room.
One of the things I really like about the newish to me Craftsy site is the questions they ask you about patterns. Here are my notes for this one:
A great size for a baby or toddler blanket. A perfect throw for a child’s room or a train collector’s room.
One of the things I really like about the newish to me Craftsy site is the questions they ask you about patterns. Here are my notes for this one:
What was your inspiration?: I was inspired to write this pattern after completing my Petal Baby Afghan design. I wanted to design a boy blanket that used the same panel/lace concept. Not long after that I watched my nephew Jack playing with amazement at a train table. I thought, "I could chart that out!"
What are you most proud of?: I really worked with the YO/decrease combos to get as much movement as possible in the trains. Although this means the knitter needs to pay a little more attention to the instructions, the end result give a motion feel.
What advice would you give someone starting this project?: As noted in the pattern, not all wrong side rows are just purls. Make sure you pay careful attention the first set of trains and then the rest is cake. Choo Choo!!!
1 comment:
Fantastic pattern for sure! Love it to pieces. Kind of hoping the whole XY chromosome thing works out sometime in my future! Not immediate future though...
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