Elizabeth Zimmerman in her book, ¨ The Opinionated Knitter , gives directions on how to make a mitred-corner blanket using strips of simple garter stitch knitted fabric. She has the knitter hand sew together all the pieces. It is such a simple idea and a great way to use up small odds and ends of leftover yarn. The only problem for me is all that hand sewing which does not play to my strengths. A designer, Frankie Brown , inspired by the EZ technique revised the work using the ten stitch idea and connecting the new strip to the previous one as the project is knit. This offers all the advantages of a simple design and none of the, for me, tedious sewing. I have started such a blanket for myself a year or so ago. It uses up those bits of yarn left from 20 years of knitting, mainly scarves, shawls and mittens. As I reviewed my stash I realized there was also a fair amount of short yardage hand spun wool. Mainly it was samples I had made in the spinning classes I had taken.
Getting it together one stitch at a time.