Honeycomb Blanket Finished!

OK, so this blanket was actually done a bit ago and I diligently took pictures, but I haven't had time to post anything about it.  April was just that kind of month. I think start-to-finish the blanket took me like 6 weeks to make, evening and weekend knitting, which is a long time for me. I was also very glad to get it done because I was afraid she would have the baby before I got this done, but I beat the buzzer on that one (phew!).

Anyway, the honeycomb blanket came out well!  It was the Honeycomb Stroller Blanket knit in Knit Picks Swish DK and it is definitely a stroller blanket.  I didn't measure it (been busy, remember?) but I would say it was probably like 32 inches by like 40 inches once it was blocked.  And I would very much recommend blocking this project if you make it, because it really did make the whole thing look a lot better. While it isn't a giant blanket, I think it will be useful on a stroller or car seat, or used as a play pad on the floor.

Overall I was very happy with the colors and the way it came out.  The colors (in order) were Lotus, Carnation, Peapod, and Marble Heather and the in-between and border color was Bark.  I used one skein of each of the stripe colors and three skeins of Bark and had plenty for the whole project. These skein amounts gave me 7 color repeatitions and a 12-row border.

I slipped the first stitch in each row and then picked up those stitches for the border, giving me three color and one in-between stitch for the border pickup. The border was knit in the round, garter stitch, and I increased with YOs every purl row (two at each corner, 8 per row).  Overall the border laid really nicely and I thought set off the whole blanket really well (it looks a bit ripply in the left photo because I used blocking wires, but it isn't ripply in real life).

This blanket went to one of Husband's coworkers (who I actually worked with also, once upon a time) and she was very happy to receive it.  I guessed at colors, knowing only that she was having a girl, and ended up picking just the right ones for her nursery. Go me.