My Projects during Lockdown. During Lockdown, I have been shielding. This has meant that I have had more time to do some of the things I have not had time to do for quite some time, such as decorating, gardening and baking. Probably like many of you, one of the rst things I did was empty all my cupboards before putting everything back neatly. This gave me the opportunity to discover all sorts of things that I had completely forgotten all about. Coffee Time Project. I found a bag of odd balls of wool that had been left over from projects years ago. I decided to use the wool to knit “squares”, which could then be sewn together to make a blanket. This gave me something to do while I had a cup of tea or coffee. Rather than knit conventional squares, I made “diagonal diamond” shaped squares. This is how I did it: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Cast on 3 stitches. Knit 1, increase 1 stitch in the next stitch, knit to end of row. Repeat row 2 until you reach the desired number of stitches. I chose 40 stitches. Knit 1, knit 2 together, knit to end of row. Repeat row 4 until you have 2 stitches. Knit 2 together.
With the smaller remnants of wool, I used these to make “half” squares to ll in the edges of the blanket. To do this, I knitted rows 1 to 3 and when I reached the desired number of stitches (in my case 40), I cast off on the next row. Even if you have no use for a blanket, lots of cat & dog homes will really appreciate a donation of a small blanket. Linda
LIVErNEWS Issue 74 ~
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~ Spring 2021
