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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”

Michelle

January 6, 2015

Beautiful blanket!
I found your blog in late 2011? I found one of your craft project on Pinterest, then fell down the rabbit hole shortly thereafter. Your 2012 project life is the whole reason I started scrapbooking!

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Gayle P

January 6, 2015

How rad! I love the randomness. I have been reading since 2007/8 & attempted to also make little playing cards daily like you were doing. It inspired me to work out my creative skills while also working hard at my college courses! And what a fun journey it’s been since then!

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Alison D.

January 6, 2015

Beautiful! I have been reading for several years and my favorite blog posts are about goal setting! So inspiring.

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Elizabeth

January 6, 2015

I’ve been a long time reader. Multiple years – long before the arrival of sweet Ellerie.
Very difficult choosing just ONE favourite post, but if I have to, I’d say the show&tell through your behance action book. http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/2014/04/whats-in-my-behance-action-book.html
It was so neat getting a peek inside your everyday work.

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Hatti

January 6, 2015

That blanket is gorgeous, I am inspired to start knitting again – I like the more random approach. I’ve been reading your blog for 2 years and this year I have loved your posts on behind the scenes for your MAKE29 projects and your business story – really interesting and inspirational!

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Jaime Bell

January 6, 2015

I’ve been reading for about 4 years. SO inspired by your birthday lists! Love the blanket and this blog.

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Holly

January 6, 2015

dear ellerie ones although i think you started those in 2013. i became a mama in may 2014 and those first few letters were so helpful as i went through the newborn stage of life.

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Amy Melniczenko

January 6, 2015

I’m a huge fan of your blog! You always give me something concrete to think about and move towards. I appreciate your candor. I’ve been following you for several years now and I love your E & E posts! They make me smile and I wish I’d done something similar with my kiddos!

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olivia

January 6, 2015

hi thanks for this opportunity. I’m Olivia living in Canada found your blog by luck.. yes luck so thanksful .. just after moving to Toronto, i got pregnant and started to read your daily posts and archives. you were also pregnant it was (and still is) refreshing to read you daily. i would say since 2012 your blog is part of my daily routine and i think the post i loved the most / that talk to me the most was the one you explained the time difference btw being a mom with little e and the time you are working. that was powerful and well said. it hit me fully ! thanks anyway . Olivia

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Emily Jean

January 6, 2015

Elise, I’ve been a long time reader and love following your creative journey! Thanks for the inspiration.

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Kelli

January 6, 2015

Hi Elise! I have been reading your blog for about 4 years now. It’s one of the first things I look at in the morning. Your posts and pod casts have helped me to move past a lot of fears and just start doing things! Even if I fail, that’s ok at least I tried and can learn from those mistakes.

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jenny

January 6, 2015

Love the blanket! Hard to say what my favorite post of this past year was because I pinned just about them all… But love the E & E posts & your post announcing the Get To Work Book! Happy New Year!

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Kelly

January 6, 2015

I started following about the time you started your first podcast. Your podcasts are my favorite! My second favorites are your E & e posts. 🙂 Super cute blanket–thanks for the opportunity to win.

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Gwen

January 6, 2015

I love the grey and pinks and oranges, but especially the random pattern. I’ve been reading your blog for a long time. Too long to remember. I am guessing sometime before you got married. I remember not reading so much when it was all wedding plans but occasionally because I loved the great photography. I miss your project life posts because you had unique things to inspire me. The stories were great but then seeing the scrapbook with the stories was my favorite. That said I think my favorite was the title page for your 2014 album. The cards cut diagonally were so cool. But there is plenty of other stuff I love about your blog… recipes, knitting, succulents, photography. Fun to comment on your blog. You inspire me with your lists and that you truly accomplish them!
Gwen

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Katie Hirsch

January 6, 2015

I’ve been reading your blog for about 2 years and it’s my favorite. And my favorite series this past year was your business story. I didn’t start reading your blog until later and it was great to see how you got started!

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BethP

January 6, 2015

I’ve been reading for three years or so–love checking in on what you and your family are up to. (I have a daughter two months older than Ellerie, so enjoyed following you through your pregnancy and these first years of motherhood!)

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Jeanne M

January 6, 2015

What a great blanket. I’ve been reading since your wedding. Though it feels longer because I am a completion it’s, and went back to read every post from the beginning. Now I check in almost every day. Thanks for all you do!

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Sara

January 6, 2015

Hi Elise,
I’ve been reading your blog for years now, and I look forward to reading it when I see you’ve written something new. As a creative and self employed person, you’re a real inspiration. I can’t pick one favourite post but my favourite series of yours are the “Dear Ellerie” letters and your business story.
Keep up the great work – and thanks for a chance at the blanket 🙂

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Jeanne M

January 6, 2015

Thanks, autocorrect. That should say completionist

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Laura

January 6, 2015

That is such a gorgeous blanket! My favourite post is the one about your shoes . . . I remember reading the 2012 one and thinking how awesome it was and I loved reading about how your predictions came true! I guess that means I’ve been reading since at least the summer of 2012 but I definitely remember reading before that as well!

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Tinkster

January 6, 2015

That’s tough! I’ve been reading for years and years and have loved seeing you change through the years. It’d have to be one of your dear ellerie posts, I wanna say about nine months, when, at least to me, you were back. Those first few months were hard (been there), you struggled to find your feet again, but you did and then by about nine months (or there abouts) your voice was back. You hit your groove. It’s an amazing age for babies and part of that is that mamas seem to get back to being themselves a bit more.
I’m waffling. But love the rug!

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Kristen

January 6, 2015

HI Elise. I have been reading your blog for about 2 years. The recent post that inspired me is your capsule closet, and although I’m not down to 20 items, I have donated 3 bags to Goodwill and that’s just the beginning. Overall your blog inspires me to photograph my life and document it however times allows.

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Roberta

January 6, 2015

Elise!
I’m following you since late 2012, and LOVED your small business story this year.
Thank you for all the inspiration you give 🙂

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Hannah KIng

January 6, 2015

Oh wow, Elise, that is very generous of you to give away this beautiful blanket. It’s such a gorgeous colour pallette! I have been reading your blog for many, many years….I think I started reading while I was at university – it was around the time you made the move to live with Paul and were still working multiple jobs. I love your blog, and have introduced it to a good number of my friends!
On another note, you know that post where you described a conversation with Paul about bloggers, and the tidbits of information that you use to describe them? My husband knows you as the creative lady who recommended the awesome restaurant in San Francisco with the ‘Be Amazing’ lights above the bar, that we visited on our roadtrip to the US from England in 2012!

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amanda dawn

January 6, 2015

i’ve been reading your blog since early 2013, and i am a huge fan. i just went through the archives to see if i could chose just one favorite post from 2014, but it’s pretty impossible. i think the thing i appreciate most about your blog, is your honesty. it’s so refreshing, and encouraging to not only see the beautiful aesthetic side of things, but to know that sometimes, things don’t work out the way you planned either. (though, i am always rooting for your success!)
i really enjoyed your business story posts, and your WDS posts. i will always be a fan of the dear ellerie letters, and will probably steal the idea from you when i have children.
however, the best tip of 2014? ice cubes to water hanging plants. saved. so. many. plants. i tell everyone about it. game changer.
thanks for the giveaway 🙂 it’s a really beautiful blanket!

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Lindsey Gentry

January 6, 2015

I love that blanket! I have been reading your blog since the beginning. My favorite posts last year were the E and e series. Very inspiring!

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Nicole prather

January 6, 2015

I can’t pin point one but all your dear ellerie letters are my favorite reminds me of how fast life changes and to write document and tell our stories when we are going through even if it is difficult/hard/happy and the best time of our life ! Xoxo

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Sien

January 6, 2015

Hi elise! I’m a 20 year old girl from belgium and i have been reading your blog daily since you covered your bureau in washitape – that’s how i found your blog! My fave post of 2014 is probably the one with the prettiest picture: the colorful wedding of your friends. Everyday around 2.30 in the afternoon i check your blog, because that’s when you post another blog! I love it

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Samantha L

January 6, 2015

The blanket is beautiful! I’ve really liked your book report posts. I have found a lot of new books to read that I may not have picked out on my own. Thanks!

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Kerri

January 6, 2015

Hi Elise! I’ve been reading along for over 3+ years and will certainly continue. It’s my favorite morning ritual! My favorite post was the ‘Modern Silhouette Coasters.’ I made some as gifts and they turned out great!

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nicki

January 6, 2015

I’ve been following along since early 2012… love following your daily life on instagram as well! Thank you for sharing your story!
I love all your posts, but especially loved reading your business story.

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Gale

January 6, 2015

I can’t remember when I didn’t read your blog. Found it thru scrapbooking. I like the monthly letter to Ellerie.

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Anna

January 6, 2015

I’ve been reading your blog since 2012 and it’s one of only that I check pretty much every day. I loved reading your business story in 2014– I had spent some time in your archives but it was so fun to read it all in a narrative and I was on the edge of my seat to find out what the big new venture was going to be. I’m loving my Make29 habit checklist and anxiously awaiting Get To Work Book updates! The blanket is beautiful and I’d be proud to display/put it to good use.

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Michelle

January 6, 2015

Hi, Elise! That’s so kind of you to do this for one of your readers.
My favorite posts have to be a toss-up between the quilt posts, and your Chemex tutorial. I’ve been able to apply them both to my life successfully. 🙂
Have a wonderful new year!

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M

January 6, 2015

Pretty much anything from the goal-setting archive category. But I go to this one over and over, just to remind myself http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/2013/01/goals-vs-todos.html
and the snooping through your action book.
But if I win, this will be my favorite since I am IN LOVE with that blanket. Oh the grey, the streaks of color that melt suddenly! LOVE.

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HelenaMarklin

January 6, 2015

Hi Elise! That blanket is gorgeous! I found your blog through A Beautiful Mess about 2-3 years ago (I remember you announcing your pregnancy) and have been following you daily ever since! I love coming to your blog everyday to hear your words–they’re always so encouraging and honest. My favorite posts from last year was your Dear Ellerie series–they made me SO incredible excited to be a mama someday and they were so full of emotion. If I had to pick just one, it would be Dear Ellerie Year One. I’d love to win this blanket!

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Morgan

January 6, 2015

This is really really beautiful! I have loved your series of E & E posts. So sweet and such a fun way to document this special time in your family.

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April

January 6, 2015

Greetings! I would be met with such glee were I to be selected to receive the blanket! I’ve been a reader for nearly 2 years and have purchased a mini book, stamps and your Get Quilty course. Great content.

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Rachel Z

January 6, 2015

This is awesome Elise! I’ve been reading your blog for about 6 years or so. I have no idea how I discovered your blog, but I’m happy I did! Some of my favorite posts from 2014 were your business story posts. Loved those. So cool that you’re giving away this beautiful blanket.

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Nicole

January 6, 2015

Hi! I have been reading your blog since you moved last. A few years then??? And I love all sewing and knitting posts. I made a triangle quilt from your tutorial!! 🙂

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Ellie Gifford

January 6, 2015

Wow! What a generous giveaway Elise!
Insert creepster emoji here I’ve actually been following you on and off [mostly on] since your two peas in a bucket days! You and I have birthdays about 10 months apart, and I was so inspired by everything you posted when I was in my senior year and scrapbooking. Thanks for a decade of inspiration 🙂
I don’t have a single favourite from last year, but your dear Ellerie series was by far one of my favourites. Love your mix of honesty and humour. xo

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Melissa

January 6, 2015

You don’t really expect me to pick a favorite post, do you? I think I’ve been with you for 3 or 4 years now. I don’t subscribe because i like actually clicking the link in my google bookmarks bar, every morning, to see if there is a new post. Honestly, I love your honesty. I like it when you admit something just isn’t working, so you are trying something else, no apologies to readers who might want you to do “x” forever, just this does not work so I am not doing it. I have a tendency (and so does my husband, bad pairing on that trait) to keep plodding on well past it being obvious that whatever it is does not work anymore. Then I makes some simple change and it is like, dear lord, why did i keep torturing myself for so long? Project Life was great, then it wasn’t, so you moved on. I love how you let yourself evolve and that you are honest that the route from A to B is usually not at all direct.

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Larissa

January 6, 2015

I enjoy your blog since almost 2 years. On a rainy sunday afternoon I found your little corner in the World wide Web.
Every day Your new Post goes online at 2pm After lunch Time where I live.
In 2014 I was so fascinated by your Business Story, That I Plan to get my Own Little corner.
You make my days without Even knowing. I like your creativ Spirit.
Sorry for the Big letters. It’s autocorrect.

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Carissa Halbmaier

January 6, 2015

I love that blanket!! Thank you for the chance to win it (it snowed 6 inches in Iowa last night so it’ll definitely be put to good use here!)
I started reading your blog about 4 years ago. I had moved from Iowa to Nevada and had NO IDEA what I was going to do with my life. I started reading your blog and a few others and got so inspired. It’s still the blog I look forward to every morning and I save it until the end so it’s the last one I read- please excuse the super nerdiness 🙂
One of my favorite posts this year- and I’m sure I’m not alone here- was the How to Tackle Huge Projects. I’m a big idea person and a trying to be better detail/ action person and this really helped.
Thank you so much and I can’t wait to see what else you come up with!

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Micala

January 6, 2015

Great blanket! I’ve been reading your blog since Paul was away on deployment. My favourite post I think were the letters you wrote to Ellerie in the first months, you were really honest and I admire that.

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Ashleigh B

January 6, 2015

I’ve been reading your blog for probably 2-3 years! My favorite post was actually the series you posted about your career path. I’m 23 years old and since I’m still in the progress of figuring this out so it was a great read!

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Tanya

January 6, 2015

My favorite is “Shake” because of what it represents … your innovative spirit that keeps this blog evolving and makes it is much fun and so inspiring to read. I can’t wait to see what you do in 2015!

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Amber

January 6, 2015

Hi Elise! I’ve been reading your blog every day for three years. I love all the posts, but right now the goal setting ones are my favorites because you accomplish so much, and you posting about it inspires me to get stuff done too :).

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Rachael

January 6, 2015

My favorite post(s) wiuld be your book reviews. I have read many from your list and before you write about them. I love to read and try to challenge myself to read all sorts of books.
I love your blog and read your post first thing in the morning as I nurse my little one.

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Sarah Potts

January 6, 2015

I love that blanket! I just started learning how to knit when I was home with my mom for Christmas. I love it now! I love curling up on our couch, knitting, & watching a little something on the tv before bed! I love how relaxing it is & how fun it is at the same time. I’ve been looking at your instagram posts of the sock that you made and hoping one day I can be at that level too 🙂

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