Preparation

 I had a message recently from a lady who asked me to knit a baby blanket, using handspun wool. The baby is due at the end of April, which is not very far away, so I thought I'd better get on with it. I sent her several pictures of different patterns for her to choose from. She chose two, both of them lacy patterns. The pattern Thine by Lyndieloop was easy to download from Ravelry and is knitted on 4mm needles, which suits my spinning style well. The pattern says 1000 yards of wool are needed, so I've duly spun that. My only problem is that I'll have to wait until the rain stops before I can wash and dry it. So I've used some  wool scraps to knit samples - the blanket won't be yellow. 

I knitted one pattern repeat, complete with nupps, after watching Lyndieloop's video showing how to make nupps with a crochet hook. Nupps are those little bobbles. The crochet hook method is fine, but nonetheless, the nupps will add a lot of knitting time. Given the deadline, I've decided to leave them off. So I knitted a second sample, without nupps. I could change my mind, but I think that will be fine.