100 Yarns Throw – Finished Version

I have finished this throw.  I am pleased with it and think it is a good way of using up odd bits of yarn.

I knitted a border on the throw but decided that it curled up too much – so I unravelled it and crocheted a simple edge – like one of the throws that inspired this project.

The idea for this throw was originally conceived while I was knitting the colour blocks blanket from Martin Storey’s Afghan Knits book.  The difference being that the colour blocks throw is knitted in garter stitch rather than stocking stitch, in 4 colours rather than about 100, has 63 squares rather than 42 and no border.  There are 2 main similarities.  I cast on the same number of stitches – 89 (although using 6.5mm needles instead of 4.5mm) and I knit the squares flat and then sewed up the seam on each one to make a square.

Before I knitted the colour blocks blanket – I had seen a throw in the book Knitalong by Larissa Brown and Martin John Brown.   This was a “Barn-Raising Quilt” knitted where each square had been knitted by different people.  The appearance of the quilt is similar – in that it is squares arranged in groups of similar colours and I knitted the same number of squares - 42. The differences are that the Barn-Raising Quilt was knitted in the round on four needles and using sock yarn.

So although I was inspired by 2 other knitted throws – mine is different – in terms of needle size and yarn used.  The general weight of yarn is between aran and chunky.  I have included sock yarn but in combination with something else to make it thicker. Each square was cast on using a main colour to make the squares easy to sew together.