I have really enjoyed knitting the Alphabet blanket. It has really amused me with the changing of the letters and the adjustment of the holes for each letter or "yo's". I have been a little concerned about running out of yarn, so I have been searching eBay for the odd ball of yarn, that may be similar ~ with no luck.
I have completed the main body of the blanket with a few little problems, of which is the "partial" dropped stitch, lastly stressing over the border pattern yarn quantities. I realized I didn't have enough yarn to complete the border like the original pattern. So I needed to find another "economical" lace border pattern instead.
Out came all my knitting books and I became obsessed with designing the border, I searched through many books and different references. The original Debbie Bliss pattern has a geometric style squares and triangle lace and was searching for a new lace border with the triangle effects that would mimic Debbie Bliss pattern in a simpler fashion.
I came across an old pattern of a sweet lace border. I knitted a test swatch and it was perfect. I have posted the pattern under "Free Patterns" and below.
I decided that this border would work. I began the top edge of the blanket border and calculating how much yarn I would have left over.
At this point it looks like I'll have enough yarn to to complete the top and bottom only. I am knitting the border with the live stitches so that I won't have to sew anything at the end except maybe a few loose ends, love that!
LACE EDGING PATTERN
Cast on 8 stitches.
Row 1 ( Wrong side) Slip 1, Knit 1,(Yarn fwd knit 2 tog)twice, Yarn fwd Knit 2 (9sts).
Rows 2, 4, and 6. Slip 1 Knit to the end.
Row 3. Slip 1, knit 2 (yarn fwd knit 2 tog) twice. Yarn fwd Knit 2 (10sts).
Row 5. Slip 1, knit 3 (yarn fwd knit 2 tog) twice. Yarn fwd Knit 2 (11sts).
Row 7. Slip 1, knit 4 (yarn fwd knit 2 tog)twice . Yarn fwd Knit 2 (12sts).
Row 8. Slip 1, Knit 11 sts.
Row 9. Slip 1, Knit 11 sts.
Row 10. Cast off 4 Sts. Knit to the end (8sts).
