Several years ago in a land not very far away at all, a couple had a baby girl. I called her Baby Mac. I made her a blanket (which took way longer than it should have, but due to my extreme abhorrence for assembly, this project managed to drag out for two years).

Then she needed a blankie to love, and hug, and keep for her very own since the first one was more heirloomy in nature.


Which brings us to present day and the birth of her little sister who we’ll call Baby Mac jr. Her baby pictures were lovely, and wouldn’t it be nice if this baby had her blanket before she turns two?! A speed blanket was started using two strands of Yarn Bee Infatuations yarn – Carnations.
I’m not a huge fan of pink, but I wanted a yarn similar to the first one but still girly and I liked the way these different pinks came together (although, these pictures don’t seem to do it justice and are making one think of Pepto).

By the time it was going into the box, I had fallen fully under the pink spell and couldn’t resist surrounding it with different shades of pink tissue. After this, I may not allow myself to say that I don’t like pink anymore. It seems I’m just a poser and really do like it after all…
 I hope you like your blankie, little one!

Neopolitan Baby Blanket continued…

I double-knitted (double-knit?) this square from the pattern on knittinghelp.com, but decided to leave out the edging.
My favorite part of double-knitting is not carrying the yarn and having to worry about tension! I hold one strand in each hand and really enjoy this technique. At some point, I’m sure I’ll double-knit a baby blanket…

TH said: -wow, that kick’s a$$, honey. -That looks awesome.

I really like it when people say “wow” about the WoW blanket. I do love a good pun.

It is finished… the Alliance Lion on a blue background and it is the size of a twin bed! The ends have been woven in and TH is using it. I may put a border on it and back it at some point, but for now, I’m just glad to be finished with it. And for those that are keeping track at home, the blanket took me just under a year (I may have been distracted by baby blankets a couple of times along the way).

At one point, TH asked if I’d be ticked if a knitter had my pattern and knitted up a blanket in like a week. I said no, I wouldn’t. The fastest knitter in the world knits 86 sts per minute and that’s straight knitting, not fair isle following a chart. Let’s be generous and say she could do 43 sts/min. fair isle. This blanket is 102,000 stitches give or take. It would take her 39 hours and 30 mins. of straight knitting. So, if it would take the fastest knitter in the WORLD a week, I’m fine with it taking me a year. Fortunately for me, this will not be an issue as Blizzard (creators of the World of Warcraft universe) has spoken and I’m not able to distribute the pattern.