My friend Sandra saw this yarn in a store near where she lives. Bernat Blanket Ombre in Ocean Teal is a super bulky yarn that knits up quickly and can go through the washer and dryer.....
I used size 10 needles to get the fabric I want. As I am a relaxed knitter and this yarn really has no give, I swatched a bit to to get to what I wanted.
While it is not obvious from this picture, the yarn's ombre runs through shades of teal and blue. Good thing I like the colors a lot and am not tired of them. I overbought....hate to run out and got a really good priced and cheap shipping...and have enough to knit a second one for someone who loves the first but is not the recipient.
Instagram is teaching me a surprising amount about knitting. One of the things I saw was a way to make a smooth edge by slipping the first stitch of each row and then making a yarn over. On the next row, where the yarnover and the slipped stitch are the last two, those stitches are worked together. I was pretty pleased with the result.
I used three cakes of this yarn for a throw that is 50" by 60" .... I kept measuring the throw against my body as I knit it to decide when to bind off.
This is what I did:
Cast on 90 stitches using a German Twisted Cast On.
Foundation row: K10, P10...end K10
Next row: Slip first stitch as if to purl, yarn over, continue in pattern.
Row 1: Slip first stitch as if to purl, yarn over. Work in pattern to last two stitches, Knit 2 tog.
Row 2: Row 1: Slip first stitch as if to purl, yarn over. Work in pattern to last two stitches, Purl 2 tog.
Repeat until you have enough yarn to bind off or until you get sick of doing it our satisfied with the length.
I bound off the on the right side without paying attention to the pattern. This gave matching edges that, I think, will be more stable.
The result:
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