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I have become obsessed with the Feather & Fan knit stitch!

Last year, while pregnant, I wanted to make a baby afghan for BabyGirl. I wanted a simple pattern that wasn’t too lacy (I’m always worried little fingers and toes will get tangled!) – I wanted simple but not boring and Feather & Fan was the answer.

It’s a 4 Row repeat in sets of 18 stitches. Row 1 - Knit. Row 2 - Purl. Row 3 – Knit 2 together 3x’s; yarn over and knit 1 6x’s; knit 2 togther 3x’s – repeat till the end. Row 4 – Knit.

BabyGirl’s afghan (far left/pink,black & white) has 3 rows of knitting at the top and bottom and 3 knit stitches and the beginning and ending of every row to make a nice little border. I used a whole spool of the Sugar&Creme Cotton (made in America baby!) and it made roughly a 18″ by 24″ afghan. At first I was pretty darn annoyed by the small size – in fact I didn’t even use it for the first month BabyGirl was here but then I drug it out to show a friend who was interested in knitting and I realized just what perfect size it really is! It’s small enough that when I use it in the crib I’m not terrified she’s going to get tangled in it (she can’t get rolled up in it – if she moves much it’ll fall off. It fits in the carseat and in her swing. I love it!

The middle afghan is a gift for little Miss C, born a month before BabyGirl and was an experiment in stripes – I’d never done stripes with multiple yarns before. I love the way it turned out – just wish I had more yarn – it turned out wide and short… not sure how useful it will be; I’ve been proven wrong before!

The far right is a work in progress for liitle Miss R – very late in the making – with a super fluffy yarn. The yarn hides the lacy bits but the scallops still show so we’re going with it. Also doing more stripes!