Valentine's Day Baby Blanket

Valentine's Day Baby Blanket

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Last week, I finished this baby blanket I've been working on since Christmas. Planning ahead, I knew that Valentine's Day is the next holiday that many people do, so I picked out a red and a white acrylic yarn that was soft and pretty.

The pattern is simple (and I made it up as I went along). Knit for a while in stockinette, make a small stripe of the other color, make a section that is the opposite of stockinette, with all the purl bumps toward the front, go back to stockinette, and right before the half way, do a stripe of the opposite color. Then, switch main colors and finish by reversing all of that! I also made the hearts by purling those sections in a heart shape, then stitching around the edge as a surface embroidery so the hearts would stand out. Then I crocheted a picot edging around it, using opposite colors.

Here it is being shown at my knitting group. Then it will be taken to the NICU for the little ones who need some extra warm snuggles.

Yours, Sarah


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Parti-Colored Cotehardie

Posting some older items, to catch up with what I'm working on now!

Garment Data:
- Type: Cotehardie
- Date made: ?
- Pattern: Self-drafted, based on a "block" (personal pattern) that I drafted based on the directions in The Medieval Tailor's Assistant
- Fabric: Unfortunately, this was a poor choice: A Linen/Rayon blend. Rayon doesn't breathe, and is thus quite hot to wear in the summer, and not as comfortable as pure linen would have been (but it was cheaper, which is why I made the choice).
- Trim: Covered metal buttons, using the two-piece kits from generic fabric stores. White tippets made of the same type of fabric.
- Time to finish: don't recall
- Notes: These pictures are from August 2012 at the Great Lakes Medieval Faire near Cleveland, Ohio. See also Age of Poetry. Note that in all pictures I have my dress kilted up over the belt. Easier to walk, plus cooler in the summer. The headdress is a Fillet and Barbette.

Also, just for fun: same dress, in an earlier year, with Sir Shanton (sp?) who is a jouster at the Ohio Renaissance Festival.

Most sincerely yours,
~ Sarah

15th Century

Truly, the age of Geoffrey Chaucer was one of Poetry.

Most sincerely yours,

~Sarah