My Mum and I have been knitting lots of 8-inch squares lately for the knit-a-square project. These squares will soon head over to South Africa, to be sewn into blankets for orphaned children.
Source: knit-a-square
I love to experiment with different combinations of yarn, pattern and construction, so my 23 squares are a hodgepodge of styles, with mitered squares being my favourites.
Mum has stormed through a big pile of leftover yarn, making 36 mostly ‘plain jane’ squares knitted straight or on the diagonal.
Mum also gave me a Christmas present of postage stamps to send the finished squares off to South Africa, so that’s the next job on my list.
Knitting these squares has been so enjoyable. For me it’s all about texture and colour and the special quality of something that’s hand-made. As I’m knitting each square, I think about how it might look and feel like something special to a child that doesn’t have much.
Even though machine-made blankets bought from a factory would be just as warm, I want to believe that these hand-knitted squares will make blankets that give more than simple warmth.
Have just slipped over from Ravelry, from a comment on Charity Curling about knitting for KAS.
I am a KAS member too, but my charity knitting for the Ravlympics is knitting a blanket for the homeless in Canada – as part of the online national group, Blankets For Canada.
My Olympic knitting is going to be a mitred blanket. I have other patterns (for varying square size) but could you send me the pattern you have used in the mitred squares shown?
Thanks you and happy knitting,
Janey
janeyknitting(AT)yahoo(DOT)ca
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Hi Janey,
I wrote a new post with my basic recipe for the reverse mitered square. It’s not terribly original — I know I’m not the first person to knit a square like this! I hope you find it useful anyway.
Your new blog looks good. It’s great that you will be doing more designing & I look forward to seeing your designs. All the best.