Sparky's Scrap Blanket

This is Sparky's blanket.  I used a cream yarn as the base color & switched colors as needed.  I made it with 20 stitch wide garter stitch strips, then sewed them together.  I used garter st because it takes more yarn to complete, this way I could use up more scraps.  I also doubled some sport weight yarns, & tripled some of the finer yarns so I could use them as well. 

I played around with different ways to sew them together.  I used a weaving method normally used to sew stockinette pieces.  I liked the braided look that it gave the finished piece, which is normally what the back side would look like.  While I liked the way the other side looked, I prefered the braided effect. 

After all said & done, it made a 3 foot by 4 foot blanket.  I rather like the effect of the strips with the different colors, too. 

Sparky really seems to enjoy it!