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the 30th knit blanket

January 6, 2015

Last year, while I was knitting my 29 blankets, I knitted one extra (I think it was number 19). I didn't have enough of two yarns colors at the house and I was wanting to knit so I just started adding scrap yarn together. Of course, then I ran out of scrap yarn and had to go buy more to actually finish this blanket.

Originally, I thought I'd sell it as one of the 29 but then realized that would be so random. 28 striped blankets and then this one! This random one! #odd.

So I kept it aside and powered through the remaining blankets. And then sold them in November.

This one is still special to me though. I love the look. I love the warm color palette. I love the crazy changing yarns.

Like all the blankets, this was knit with simple back-and-forth garter stitch on size 15 needles. (I did 60 stitches per row if you want to make your own.)

Today, I'd love to give this blanket away to a reader. Just leave a comment… tell me your favorite post from 2014 and/or how long you've been reading my blog and I'll pick a random winner from the comments by the end of the week. Open to anyone, in the US or International.

GIVEAWAY CLOSED : According to random.org, the winner is Michelle who posted at 6:12AM on 1/6

Thanks for reading!

Posted in get crafty, yarn projects

1,104 responses to “the 30th knit blanket”

Leah

January 6, 2015

Ooh! I’ve been reading your blog since you did the GO!Ventures with Kal Barteski, which is (I think) six years. I can’t decide on a favourite post from 2014.. they were all so good!

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Jen

January 6, 2015

Love those colors! I’ve been following your blog for probably 3 or 4 years. (It’s been so long I don’t even remember how I found it!) I really enjoy your podcasts!

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Anne Elisabeth.

January 6, 2015

So nice of you! I have been reading your blog for four years now I think. My favorite post of 2014 was the story of the sandal. Hope you have a shaking good 2015!

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Natalie Grace

January 6, 2015

Hey Elise! I just want to say I LOVE your blog! i have been reading for 1-2 years, and love coming every morning to see a new post!
Xoxo,
Natalie

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Hollie S.

January 6, 2015

I think I have been reading your blog for about 2 years now….and my favorite posts have been the Dear Ellerie letters. You are such an inspiring momma! PS-I LOVE this blanket! Thanks for the chance to win!

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Jen

January 6, 2015

I’ve been reading your blog for about 2 years when you did a East/West Coast post with Kelly Purkey.
I love the Dear Ellerie posts, really wish I would have written letters to my kids during those early years (now 16 & 17)

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Jess

January 6, 2015

I’ve been reading, I think since 2012ish. Before the sea foam edition. My favorite posts are the E & e posts, currently posts, and garden posts.

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Vera

January 6, 2015

What a beautiful, fun blanket! I have been reading your blog for about two and a half years and my favorite post(s) of 2014 was your business story.

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christi

January 6, 2015

So fun! I’ve been following you for about 4 years now–we seem to hit life milestones at the same time (marriage, new home, 1st kiddo) and I’ve enjoyed seeing how you tackle each one. My favorite posts are the Dear Ellerie letters–so special.
Happy 2015! Hope this year is the best yet!

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rashmi

January 6, 2015

Oh what a beautiful Gesture. Thank you. I started following your blog when i searched for Diy envelope liners and stumbled on yr post on orange liners for your wedding invites. I was hooked ! From the last year , I loved All your Business related post series in october. Those were my favorite. Inspired by you, i have started documenting my 2.9 yrs daughters life and have started writing noted to her. Thanks again

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Amanda Hinkkanen

January 6, 2015

I just started reading your blog in 2014 after seeing a friend that followed you on instagram. It was perfect timing because I have a little girl that is just 2 months younger. My favorite post was about your favorite books for baby.

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Rossana

January 6, 2015

I’ve been reading your blog for the past 3 years and it’s been fun watching your story unfold and your business grow. You’ve inspired me to be brave, just start and try new things. Thank you!

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Ellen

January 6, 2015

I love scrap yarn blankets! I’m working on one myself. I started reading your blog somewhere in 2012, but have read my way through your archives. Personally, I loved the whole small business story you did back in November.

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donya

January 6, 2015

Elise, you’re such a sweetheart! I’d love to have an Elise original. 🙂
I’ve been following along with your adventures since 2009, I believe. And I think my favorite post in 2014 were the Dear Ellerie posts. It’s been fun “watching” you become a mama.

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Mary

January 6, 2015

Those colors are awesome together. I love how you used scrap yarn and came up with something unique. There is always beauty in things that are not always perfect or what you expected. Love it

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mikee

January 6, 2015

I discovered your blog a little over 2 years ago, and have been so inspired. My favorite posts aside from the 29 blankets, they were all so beautiful, would be your “I want to remember” posts. I now keep a book for my little one.

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Colleen

January 6, 2015

That blanket is gorgeous! In fact, all of your work is! Very inspiring! I have been reading since I became a stay at home mom when my first was born 21 months ago. I love reading about what Ellerie is up to since she is so close in age to my son. My absolute favorite posts are your Dear Ellerie ones. Thanks for the chance to win!

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Renee Johnson

January 6, 2015

This is so sweet of you! I absolutely love the story behind this blanket- it’s almost like a hodgepodge of all the other blankets you made! My favorite posts from last year are the “E vs e” posts that compare the lives of you and your daughter. Also, I love reading all of your book reviews! I usually check your blog before I go to the library 😉

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Brynn

January 6, 2015

Hello! I’ve been reading for 3 years and my favorite 2014 post was the knitting tutorial for the gold and white infinity scarf. I’ve knit three following your instructions, and and I just started my fourth last night. I just cannot stop. Happy New year!

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Marie

January 6, 2015

I’ve been reading your blog (waiting each and every day for your post…) for 3 or 4 years now. And it’s totally impossible for me to choose only ONE favorite post of yours in 2014 since they are all so inspiring to me. Love all your knitting, sewing, DIY, gardening projects… Love everything here. And thank you so much for the chance to win this beautiful blanket ! I would be thrilled to win it as I missed the 29 blankets sale, as I was at the hospital waiting for my baby who did want to arrive too early ! 🙂

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Alysa Silva

January 6, 2015

I have been reading for 2 years now! I first found it on my search for Project Life inspiration and just haven’t stopped reading. 🙂

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Ang

January 6, 2015

Love that this blanket is a combination of all (some) of the make29 blankets! I’ve been reading since I did a google search for bridesmaids cards in 2009? and found your blog. I got married a few months after you and then had a baby a few months after you, so I feel like we’ve been at the same point in our lives. But my favorite post was when you announced you and Paul were expecting…I was newly pregnant…and not telling anybody, and I just smiled thinking Yay Elise is pregnant too!

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Jen

January 6, 2015

Hi – been reading a few years, not sure how many now. I lovethe weekend links posts and the around here posts, so inspirational and fantastic photography.

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Karina K

January 6, 2015

I have been reading your blog for about four years. My favorite posts from 2014 were from your my business story series. Thanks for the giveaway!!

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Caroline

January 6, 2015

Hi Elise!
Im a reader from Luxembourg (yes this tiny little country in Europe). I discovered your blog one month ago and since then I followed it every day. Im so inspired of what youre doing and Im excited to see all the things you`re doing in 2015!
Thanks for all the inspiration 😀

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Donna W

January 6, 2015

What a gorgeous blanket! I’ve been reading your blog for years now (way before you and Paul got married) and you are always the first I read each day. I’ve really loved reading your make 29 project posts. It’s been so inspiring. Thanks for making me want to create. Today was a tough day, but your blanket made me smile. Thank you!

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Chris

January 6, 2015

Wonderful story behind this blanket! ❤ I have been reading your blog for about a year and a half. I honestly don’t remember what link I followed to get here, but was hooked from the beginning. I love your weekend links and DIY home projects. My favorite post from 2014 has to be when you introduced the capsule wardrobe and Caroline at Un-Fancy. So cool to see your interpretation of the capsule and to start following another really cool blogger!

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Claire

January 6, 2015

I have been reading your blog since before you moved back to San Diego. I, too, am a military wife (my husband is an Army Chaplain) and have found such inspiration in the way that you have carved out a creative, fulfilling professional life for yourself amidst being “married to the military.” I enjoy all of your posts but am especially drawn to the posts about fixing up your new house. Although I’m in a later season of motherhood than you are, I adore the E+e posts that you have been doing monthly.

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Jules

January 6, 2015

What a gorgeous blanket and lovely giveaway!
I have been reading for about 5 years–I found you when I was looking at minibooks on some other site and it linked back to you.

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Elizabeth Ditty

January 6, 2015

I look forward to your posts every single day, so I’m not sure I could even attempt to pick a favorite from last year. Seeing your make29 project progress has been so fun and inspiring, and your little Ellerie gets cuter every day. While I would obviously love to throw that blanket over my lap (the high here tomorrow is a measly 9!), I’m even happier just to be prompted to tell you how much I appreciate being able to follow along your journey as a fellow human. Thanks, Elise!

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Dawn Ritchie

January 6, 2015

Let’s see… I’ve been reading since my first daughter was born and she turned 5 in November. Holy cow. I love the letters you do for your daughter and I loved the NYE invite. Those are still stuck in my head.

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Melissa S.

January 6, 2015

Oh boy I’ve been reading since before you moved to the East Coast and worked at Paper Source and had to commute in the cold long winter(s). A long time.

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Jessi

January 6, 2015

Hi Elise! I have been reading your blog for a couple years now and love your encouraging words (to yourself and others) and also your honesty. I cannot choose just one feature I enjoy most! You have inspired me with so many: I started my own Project Life album, struggled with you on keeping plants alive inside and in the garden, dabbled in painting, set personal challenges to learn new crafts… The list goes on and on. Your blankets are all lovely. I am a beginner in crochet and terrible at knitting (I can not figure out how to fix mistakes), but I certainly am amazed by anyone who can create anything by hand. It is so much work!

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Susan M.

January 6, 2015

Hello. I found your blog during one of my early late night feeding session when my daughter was a newborn. I remember finding it through someone on Instagram and feeling like I was meant to find it. I was struggling with a colic baby and recovering from a c-section and just being a new mom. Your blog spoke so much to what I was going through at that time. I was so happy to find it and I have read it daily every since. My favorite post would have to be the early Dear Ellerie letters because had it not been for those I would of never found your blog. Since that time I think my favorite post from 2014 was the WDS video post. Your words were inspirational and empowering!

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robyn

January 6, 2015

Oh my gosh I have been reading your blog for around three/four years nows. Earliest posts I remember reading were from when you lived in san deigo the first time. I loved your posts about moving and used them as a resource on our most recent move from michigan to florida. We are in a rental property and you gave me permission to go ahead and make the space mine even if it is only temporary because its good for my soul.

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Annabel

January 6, 2015

What a beautiful blanket!

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Allie

January 6, 2015

I’ve even reading for about 3 years and this year my favorite post(s) were your business story. I loved hearing about how everything came together!

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Tanu

January 6, 2015

Hi Elise…
I have been reading for over 3 years now!
Oh so many favourite posts from 2014! paper marbling, #make29 behind the scenes and small business story series…If I have to pick just one it will be part 11….your WDS talk was so inspiring – I must have watched it atleast 3 times. Also the episode on focus was awesome – it had so many actionable steps …

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Giulia

January 6, 2015

I think I’ve been reading your blog for 1-2 years now. My favorite posts would be the most random ones, but I guess I would pick the E&e ones. I’m already planning to do it myself (even if I don’t have a child yet); maybe in a different way, who knows! I just love how it is a form of memory keeping without being boring.. but original and fun!
Can’t wait to see what has in store for you, I will be following along for sure. Keep up the good work Elise!

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Val

January 6, 2015

I would be honored to own an Elise blanket! I’ve been reading for over four years. You are such an inspiration!

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Mickie

January 6, 2015

Hello!
Your so sweet to offer a give a way. I have been a daily reader for 2 years now, and yours is the only blog I have to read each morning before I start my work day! You are constantly inspiring me to push myself and do better at my own work. I love your writing style and how open you are with your small business successes and processes, it really pumps me up. My fav post of 2014 would probably be part Uno of your small biz story. It is so true that the things we love as little kids, books we read, the classes we are drawn to in school, can be a strong indicator of what we end up becoming, and it was so cool to see you make that connection to your kiddo days. Looking forward to a fabulous 2014 with you Elise!

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Carrie

January 6, 2015

I think my favorite post (series) from 2014 was the one about your WDS experience. I could tell how proud you were!
HAppy 2015!

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Kristin

January 6, 2015

I’ve loved all of the posts about your triangle quilt on your bed!

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Ginna Neel

January 6, 2015

Wow! So generous! I have been reading your blog since right after you got married, and it’s been so special to see your life evolve since then. You are one of my top five favorite bloggers… and I follow a lot so that’s saying something! 🙂 My favorite post you did last year was probably the one where you shared your video from the conference where you spoke. Your message has really resonated with me, and I was so inspired after watching it. Thanks for all you do!

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KELLY T.

January 6, 2015

I have been reading for about 2 years. I love the posts about Ellerie. I have a little boy about the same age and love seeing your honest posts about parenting ups and downs. The blanket is beautiful, thanks for the opportunity!

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Amanda

January 6, 2015

Wow! This is so generous of you, Elise! Especially that it’s open to us International readers! Thank you!
I’ve been reading your blog almost 5 years now. I started reading it just after finishing my 3rd year of university, right before you got married. Over the next year, I read through the archives and really connected with college-age Elise. And now, I’m engaged and love following along with all your adventures. It might sound silly (certainly some of my friends think it’s silly (but my best friends get it)), but I really look up to you. You’re such an inspiration!

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Jillian L

January 6, 2015

Thanks for the fun giveaway! I love the colors in this blanket too. I’ve been reading since 2010, when my aunt sent me a link to some posts about your mini-books (I was taking a Book Arts class at the time). It was my first introduction to blogland, and I was hooked! Your blog is still my #1 read 🙂
Some of my favorite posts this year were the behind the scenes prep for WDS series, the continuation of the Rainbows story, and the Currently posts- always love them!

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Lindsay

January 6, 2015

That’s the sweetest! I’ve been following along for about a year and can’t get enough of your pregnancy posts (even though they’re old) since I’m welcoming a little one this year. Your one little word post from last year inspired me to pick my own, too- and it served me so well in 2014!

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Elizabeth

January 6, 2015

That’s so sweet! I would love a knit blanket; I tried a bit of knitting, but I think I’ll stick with crochet–knitting just didn’t click for me 🙂 I still think they’re the prettiest though. I’ve been reading since before Ellerie was born and am always so inspired by you! Thanks for writing every day!

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Dottie doodle

January 6, 2015

Gorgeous blanket! My favouite post is the January one about your more relaxed approach to Project Life. It inspired me to create an album for my husband, which I think is the best present I have ever given him. He loves it, and says looking at all the good times we have keeps things in proportion onmore difficult days.

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