Jack’s Beanstalk Blanket

Whew! Hello, blog. I had actually meant to update this ages ago, but WordPress was giving me a headache with my login. It has been fixed.

What’s been going on? Well, this is Jack.

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Jack was born on December 7th, 2007 at about 3:00pm. My brother called me to announce him at about 4:00pm. Not a word of a lie, I cast off at 3:38pm for this.

This is Jack’s Beanstalk Blanket.

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It was a name that was suggested by three seperate people after hearing his name (Ninja-Boyfriend, friend Janis, and friend Kevin, for credit’s sake) and I liked the name, so it has been named.

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The lace columns are a Vandyke lace pattern, split with columns of stockinette stitch, and a seed stitch edging all around.

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Knit with Patons Decor, a soft acrylic and wool blend, making it both machine washable and warm. The final measurements are about 30″ wide by 31″ tall.

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Took me a total of two months to knit, smattered with other knit things, here and there. Mostly focusing on the blanket. The pattern is an original design by myself, and I will be publishing it soon.

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But first.. I need to finish the painting I’m doing for Jack’s nursery and get this parcel sent off for Christmas. :)

3 Responses to “Jack’s Beanstalk Blanket”

  1. The blanket is lovely! And how nice of Jack to hold off until you had finished before making an appearance :-)

    Leanne said this on December 16th, 2007 at 8:37 am

  2. Welcome Jack!!

    Janis said this on December 18th, 2007 at 9:48 am

  3. What a beautiful blanket - truly stunning! Jack is a lucky baby!

    Rachel said this on January 21st, 2008 at 9:36 pm

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