Comments on: Alex’s blanket http://www.squirrelsgolikethis.com/2009/08/16/alexs-blanket/ (a blog that has nothing to do with squirrels) Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:23:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: craftyangie http://www.squirrelsgolikethis.com/2009/08/16/alexs-blanket/comment-page-1/#comment-7402 craftyangie Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:33:38 +0000 http://www.squirrelsgolikethis.com/?p=492#comment-7402 Sorry Ikko, I saw your comments via email; but wasn't able to respond right away due to a super heavy day at the lab. Glad you were able to get it. It is the first pattern that I write down and, because I mostly taught myself to knit, sometimes the abbreviations are what you'd find in an European pattern, sometimes US. Hope you enjoy knitting it, is super easy to remember (and adapt) and a very quick knit for those last minute gifts! Sorry Ikko, I saw your comments via email; but wasn’t able to respond right away due to a super heavy day at the lab.

Glad you were able to get it. It is the first pattern that I write down and, because I mostly taught myself to knit, sometimes the abbreviations are what you’d find in an European pattern, sometimes US.

Hope you enjoy knitting it, is super easy to remember (and adapt) and a very quick knit for those last minute gifts!

]]> By: ikko http://www.squirrelsgolikethis.com/2009/08/16/alexs-blanket/comment-page-1/#comment-7397 ikko Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:19:04 +0000 http://www.squirrelsgolikethis.com/?p=492#comment-7397 omg! i got it now!! sorry to bother you and thanx for sharing the pattern:) omg! i got it now!! sorry to bother you and thanx for sharing the pattern:)

]]> By: ikko http://www.squirrelsgolikethis.com/2009/08/16/alexs-blanket/comment-page-1/#comment-7396 ikko Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:36:29 +0000 http://www.squirrelsgolikethis.com/?p=492#comment-7396 help!! i really lov your pattern and i've just started to knit this blanket. i casted on 105stitches then on row11, i am short for 2stiches:( how come this happened?? yf is yarn over, right? and SKP is slip1 knit1 pass, right? that means i need 2stchs for SKP, right? your visual pattern shows SKP for 1stich.. is this why i'm short for 2stchs? please help me....please.. help!!
i really lov your pattern and i’ve just started to knit this blanket. i casted on 105stitches then on row11, i am short for 2stiches:( how come this happened?? yf is yarn over, right? and SKP is slip1 knit1 pass, right? that means i need 2stchs for SKP, right?
your visual pattern shows SKP for 1stich.. is this why i’m short for 2stchs?
please help me….please..

]]> By: craftyangie http://www.squirrelsgolikethis.com/2009/08/16/alexs-blanket/comment-page-1/#comment-6764 craftyangie Sat, 18 Jun 2011 02:43:49 +0000 http://www.squirrelsgolikethis.com/?p=492#comment-6764 Thanks Jenne! I had fun coming up with it, it's on the smaller side (so was the baby I was making it for) but definitely easy! Thanks Jenne!
I had fun coming up with it, it’s on the smaller side (so was the baby I was making it for) but definitely easy!

]]> By: domesticjenne http://www.squirrelsgolikethis.com/2009/08/16/alexs-blanket/comment-page-1/#comment-5567 domesticjenne Sat, 19 Feb 2011 01:49:49 +0000 http://www.squirrelsgolikethis.com/?p=492#comment-5567 Thanks for the pattern. You did a great job! It's absolutely gorgeous! -Jenne Thanks for the pattern. You did a great job! It’s absolutely gorgeous!

-Jenne

]]> By: craftyangie http://www.squirrelsgolikethis.com/2009/08/16/alexs-blanket/comment-page-1/#comment-3150 craftyangie Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:18:16 +0000 http://www.squirrelsgolikethis.com/?p=492#comment-3150 Congratulations to your friend, Michelle! It's a quickie (if you knit in the afternoons); I took a couple of weeks 'cause I would do only 1 hour or so in the afternoons...so you might be able to finish it in no time. I'm working on another (similar) baby blankie, we'll see how long this one takes me. Have fun knitting it! Congratulations to your friend, Michelle! It’s a quickie (if you knit in the afternoons); I took a couple of weeks ’cause I would do only 1 hour or so in the afternoons…so you might be able to finish it in no time.

I’m working on another (similar) baby blankie, we’ll see how long this one takes me. Have fun knitting it!

]]> By: Michelle http://www.squirrelsgolikethis.com/2009/08/16/alexs-blanket/comment-page-1/#comment-3136 Michelle Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:25:11 +0000 http://www.squirrelsgolikethis.com/?p=492#comment-3136 A friend (who's in labor as I type) is having a baby boy named Alex, and I thought how cool would it be to find a pattern named Alex and voila - here I am! This is just perfect, thank you for sharing! A friend (who’s in labor as I type) is having a baby boy named Alex, and I thought how cool would it be to find a pattern named Alex and voila – here I am! This is just perfect, thank you for sharing!

]]> By: craftyangie http://www.squirrelsgolikethis.com/2009/08/16/alexs-blanket/comment-page-1/#comment-2372 craftyangie Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:07:18 +0000 http://www.squirrelsgolikethis.com/?p=492#comment-2372 thanks Ruth! I too, will start another one (two more friends just announced their pregnancies) it is a fast knit (and i'm not very fast of a knitter!) Carolyn, Ruth is right, just surround yourself with like-minded people: start a knitting/crochet/crafts group! Ours got started when someone put a couple of posts in a Philadelphia forum and a couple of fliers at local restaurants. Surrounding yourself with crafters does wonders for your projects (finishing, starting, creating goals) or at least it did for me...besides i've met a wonderful bunch of girls in the group, so I not only look forward to my knitting projects, but to hang out with them too! thanks Ruth! I too, will start another one (two more friends just announced their pregnancies) it is a fast knit (and i’m not very fast of a knitter!)

Carolyn, Ruth is right, just surround yourself with like-minded people: start a knitting/crochet/crafts group!

Ours got started when someone put a couple of posts in a Philadelphia forum and a couple of fliers at local restaurants.

Surrounding yourself with crafters does wonders for your projects (finishing, starting, creating goals) or at least it did for me…besides i’ve met a wonderful bunch of girls in the group, so I not only look forward to my knitting projects, but to hang out with them too!

]]> By: ruth gilbride http://www.squirrelsgolikethis.com/2009/08/16/alexs-blanket/comment-page-1/#comment-2362 ruth gilbride Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:16:00 +0000 http://www.squirrelsgolikethis.com/?p=492#comment-2362 i too love it and have been wandering around ravelry looking for something interesting to do when i came across your blanket . i will be starting it in the next couple of days...can't wait!! and a note to Carolyn... don't feel like you're boring...there's tons of of us around ! when people start seeing what you've done, they get excited too!! Knitting is such a 'plus' in my life!!! i too love it and have been wandering around ravelry looking for something interesting to do when i came across your blanket . i will be starting it in the next couple of days…can’t wait!!

and a note to Carolyn… don’t feel like you’re boring…there’s tons of of us around ! when people start seeing what you’ve done, they get excited too!! Knitting is such a ‘plus’ in my life!!!

]]> By: craftyangie http://www.squirrelsgolikethis.com/2009/08/16/alexs-blanket/comment-page-1/#comment-2187 craftyangie Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:24:35 +0000 http://www.squirrelsgolikethis.com/?p=492#comment-2187 Hi Carolyn, I've added the pattern as a PDF file. Feel free to download it...and have fun knitting! Hi Carolyn, I’ve added the pattern as a PDF file. Feel free to download it…and have fun knitting!

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