Before and after blocking: My rainbow baby’s blanket
Some asked for an update because I had posted about my first attempt with this blanket and how to tink back or rip back on lace. I ended up frogging completely and starting over since I had some other minor mistakes I wanted to fix. It hurt my heart but I’m so much happier with it now.
This is the Serenity Blanket by Laura Wilson-Martos, made with Berroco Vintage Handpaint in Birthday Cake on size US 5 needles. I took the extension charts and wrote them in longhand if anyone is interested they’re available through a link on my Ravelry project. I used the first extension chart for this blanket. Since it is 40% will and 51% acrylic, first I soaked it and pinned it and let it dry, then I steam blocked it. I don’t have proper blocking mats that have the grid on them so I’m slightly dissatisfied that it’s not perfectly square.
So excited to wrap a living baby in this blanket come August. The last baby blanket I made at the last minute; it being unfinished was one of the dumbest reasons I chose not to go in to the hospital when I knew something was wrong. Our daughter was stillborn a few days later. I feel really good that I got this completed early and now don’t have to think about it anymore. On to matching baby hat and headband for me.