When I was pondering how I wanted to work the border on the blanket my first thought was to mimic the border on the cushion covers, I did the math and figured out how many rows of the Marl I could work and how many rows of the Mustard I could work, but when I started picking up stitches around the edge I decided that I really didn’t want to work those long rounds on multiple needles. So, I ripped out what I had picked up and decided to go with something simpler. Based upon my yarn amounts I knew that I would have to use the Marl yarn for the shorter edges, and based upon my yarn usage it looked like I could get 14 rows on each edge. Perfect! It would match what I had done on the cushions at least in that respect. My original plan for the Mustard was to pick up stitches along the edge of the Marl, but as I was working the Marl it occurred to me that I might have enough of the blue to work a mitered square in each corner. I did some quick math and determined that I could do that, so that is the plan. I’ll pick up along the long edges with the Mustard and work 14 rows on each edge. I’m leaving all the stitches live because when I am all done working the edges and the mitered corner squares I will pick up stitches along the mitered corner square edges (using the yarn tails from the borders) and work an I-cord bind-off with the Mustard.
Jezebel is performing her inspection of the blanket, as is her right and duty.
Pattern: Seascair Blanket (Simplified) by Carol Feller
Yarn: Blasta
Needle: US 6 (4 mm)
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