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Are You Ready for Some Football Knitting (Again)?

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Scoreboard 2.0 knitalongDo you remember the Scoreboard Knitalong from last year? Maybe you took part in it?

The idea was to knit a scarf or cowl in two colors throughout the football season, with each row representing a point scored either by your team or the opposing team. Nearly 900 people posted projects on Ravelry during last year’s event, and it’s just about time for version 2.0.

This year’s knitalong is starting earlier, August 1, to be able to accommodate people who want to knit the score for their favorite high school football team (wouldn’t that be a cool gift for a guy on the team?).

In order to entice people to sign up this year, Skacel is hosting a giveaway of 13 skeins of HiKoo Simplicity, the yarn of choice for the knitalong. The winner will receive 6 skeins each in their team’s two colors, plus one contrasting color, which can be used to mark where a new game started.

If you’d like a chance to win, send an email that includes your football team name, your name and address to skacelcontests@gmail.com. Their newsletter didn’t say when entries close, but the winner will be announced May 30, 2016, so get your emails in before then.

Are you going to take part in Scoreboard 2.0? What team are you knitting for? Or if you did it last year I’d love to hear about that, too.

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Textured Baby Blanket Knitting Patterns

There are so many baby blanket knitting patterns out there I could probably do a post a month full of them and not run out for a very long time. This time I thought I’d look specifically at single color baby blankets that are interesting because of the inclusion of textured stitching. This makes them easy enough for new knitters but engaging for knitters of all skill levels. 

Take the Textured Checks Baby Blanket from Janet Dubbelman for example. This project is mostly stockinette stitch, with some what looks like reverse stockinette and garter stitch thrown in to make the ridges. You can use whatever yarn weight you like to make blankets of different sizes. Find the pattern on Ravelry. 

The Seedling from Modern Made Shop is just about as easy as it comes, combining seed stitch with a garter stitch border. It calls for worsted weight yarn and is perfect for beginners. 

The Julie Baby Blanket by Elisabeth Kristiansen is another one with an easy allover stitch pattern that you can knit up in a flash in whatever size you want. (The pattern notes say any gauge but it also says 28 stitches per 4 inches, which would be a superfine or fine weight yarn. Learn more on Ravelry. 

The Oscar Baby Blanket from Snufflebean is another one with an easy repeating stitch pattern that has a really fun, graphic effect. This is also great worked in a bright color, reminding us that babies don’t have to be in pastels! This one uses DK weight yarn. 

If you want to get a little fancier, check out Sammy Bristow’s Georges Blanket. This one alternates blocks of stockinette stitch with boats and anchors made by purling on the right side of the blanket. It calls for DK weight yarn and has multiple sizes for dolls through toddlers. Check it out on Ravelry.

Another cute texture is this heart blanket with diamonds that are a little reminiscent of argyle. Yarn Sonata Patterns has this one, which is worked in DK weight yarn and comes in four sizes. It includes a chart and row by row instructions. 

Or try the pretty Seton Portage baby blanket from Knitted Wishes, which has a border of trees and textured stitches that look like snow falling. The pattern includes different options for snowflakes and doing a mirror image of the trees on each end of the blanket. It’s worked in worsted weight yarn. This one includes charts, written instructions and video tutorials for special stitches.