Pi Blankie

I have decided I like knit blankets.  Something about the weight of them is very soothing.  This one was sort of fun to knit, the flower petals are really pretty and easy to work.  I do wish I had chosen a less variegated yarn but because the pattern itself is so simple they don't compete.

For those interested, the pattern can be found for free on Ravelry.

I think the main thing I would do differently next time is using a regular wool yarn rather than superwash.  Even with an aggressive block, the wool bounced back enough that the increase rows create some funny ruffle effects that I do not find pleasing.  It's worse on the last section, laid out it almost looks like I knitted a ruffle.  Or tried to.  That might just be the nature of Pi shawls, this is (amazingly) the first time I did one so I'm not sure.

Even with this yarn, I kind of wish I had knit a little tighter.  The drape is lovely but I have 2 small dogs who seem to love burrowing under this blanket in particular and they keep snagging things.  It's fixable and not that big a deal but seeing something that took that long to make get snagged is a little traumatizing.

Over an successful project.  It's an easy knit and the end results are quite pretty.  I think done up in a lighter weight yarn (not worsted) this would be a really beautiful shawl.