Simplified Seascair Blanket

Back in 2021 I joined Carol Feller’s Celtic Knit Club 2021.  It was during the COVID pandemic and I was working full time from home.  The club came with all of the yarn that you see above and four patterns, a blanket, a hat, a cowl, and mittens.  All of the projects were made from the same yarn - Blasta - a worsted weight yarn that is 60% Fine Irish Wool and 40% New Zealand Wool, and has 232 yards per 100 grams.  I started working on the blanket on May 10, 2021.  By June 10, 2021 I had two mitered squares.

The next update came on March 26, 2022, at which point I had five squares (you get two squares out of a skein).

The next update came a little quicker - on April 13, 2022, with six squares (finishing out the first three skeins).

With eight squares done by June 12, 2022.

And ten squares done by June 19, 2022.

And all fourteen squares done by September 5, 2022.  All of that 2022 progress actually came when I was back on-site and in the office at least three days a week because they made such good work knitting.

And then I got to the patterned squares that go in the center of the blanket, which is where I stalled out.  They just were not fun to knit.  The dark blue made seeing the pattern stitches difficult, and the cables in the yellow were just a pain to work.  At this point in my life I don’t have to do anything that I don’t enjoy (the perks of being retired), which brings us to the picture at the top.  After finishing up the Fika Shawl I was thinking about what to work on next, whether to cast on something new or work on finishing up one of my languishing works in progress.  I pulled out the two partially finished squares and pulled the pattern up on knitCompanion.  I knew that I did not want to keep working the patterned squares, and looking at the other projects in the club I realized that they used the same stitch patterns, so what was I going to do with all of that yarn?  I like the mitered squares, and they are fun to knit, and quick to work up, so I decided to just make mitered squares and when I have them all done I will assemble them however I want.  I’m thinking a blanket, and maybe a couple of pillows.

So I frogged the two partially finished squares and started knitting a mitered square with the yellow yarn.  To reclaim the kinky yarn I ran it through the steam from my tea kettle.  It worked a treat and didn’t take long at all.

Pattern:  Mitered squares from the Seascair Blanket by Carol Feller

Yarn:  Blasta

Needle:  US 6 (4.0 mm)