I can't believe I didn't tell you about Lorenzo's blanket! But I looked back over the summer and fall and there's just nothing there about a certain baby blanket I've been hauling around with me.
I guess that in a sea of cotton, yet another cotton blanket blends right into to woodwork.
First of all, meet Lorenzo.
Isn't he just the wee-ist scrunched up little man you've ever seen? He lives right here in the suburbs of Chicago where I'm traveling these days. The dude-ling weighs less than 6 pounds and he's three weeks old. It's been a while since I saw a baby in such dire need of a handknit blanket.
Luckily, his mom told me about him early on during her pregnancy, so I had plenty of knitting time. Since she didn't find out in advance whether she was having a Lorenzo or a Lorraine, a green scheme rules her nursery.
There's just one problem.
Yes, all of the skeins were the same color, same dye lot, bought on the same day in the same store. I'm sure I'm not the only one fixating on that streak. I washed it twice hoping to blend it in some, but all I succeeded in during to turning the white edging yellow.
It's pretty edging, though. Perhaps it will distract from the color inconsistency.
Once you stick that precious little wriggling bundle of a baby into it, who's going to notice a little streaking anyway?
Lorenzo's blanket is on Ravely, if you want to peek. It's made from 100% cotton in a basic moss stitch, with an I-cord edging.
