Completed squares

I think this would definitely make a neat blanket as an all over pattern.  That's the way the actual blanket pattern I was referring to is written.  (For the Spreading Love project I just needed a single panel width worked up into a square.)  I can imagine children tucked in with this blanket and gazing down at it, seeing all the stars popping out.  Perhaps that makes it too interesting to promote relaxation, though.  This won't the the last illusion knitting project I do.  Well, I suppose that's a silly thing to say since I already have a second version of this on my needles and half completed already!

Here are the other completed blocks:

Sure wish I could master altering the layout here...just seems a bit clunky and very limited.  oh well!


To the left is Holding hands, feeding ducks.

If I were doing this brioche pattern again and altering it into a square shape, I might be more particular about the corner that doesn't really have any yellow in it.  That just stands out just a bit.  I also might try to establish the corner/squared shape much earlier in the design.

Here's the M block, just needs blocking.












ETA: the blocked version - what a difference!!!

and also edited to clarify a poorly expressed thought and provide the link for the Star Illusion Blanket pattern.

The best/most fun lately

I am having a great time knitting a block from Nancy Marchant's Tree Beret pattern.  It's another square for Megan's Spreading Love blanket for Marie.

After setting it down and picking it up again, I did have a hard time finding my place at first.  But the increases keep repeating in a way that's comfortable and easy to anticipate.  I'm going to have to improvise more rows of increases to get to a 12" square, but that should be easy since a chart of increases/no increases is provided as part of the pattern.  Will have to also make up a way of turning the circle into a square, too, but figure I'll figure that out when I get to it.  Maybe something with short rows to make corners as I bind off?

At first it was really hard to see the pattern and I feared I had chosen the colors poorly.  But once I got a few more rounds done the stripes were very vibrant and easy to see.

The color is a bit better in the first pic.  Don't know why it would be washed out in the shot I took with no flash.  But it's easy to see that the pattern does show up nicely.