enJOY it

an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.

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”

jane rogers

January 6, 2015

Hi this blanket is gorgeous. I have been reading your blog it seems like forever. My 13 year old daughter checks it everyday too.
I think my favourite post last year was your weaving one it has inspired me to put that on my resolution list for this year!
Jane rogers

LikeLike

Reply
Erin T

January 6, 2015

Love it! I’ve been following you since 2010ish. I discovered you through Stephanie Howell’s blog. My favorite posts in 2014 were your small business story posts. I love hearing all the behind the scenes nitty-gritty. I struck out with so many of the make29 pieces and was so thankful for the digital option for January. Love marking off my days of goal met!

LikeLike

Reply
Lauren

January 6, 2015

Oh! I love this blanket! The randomness gives it so much personality. Ive been reading for a few years, at least since you designed the Project Life kit. My favorite post is so hard to pick, its whichever craft project Im currently working on and referring back to at the moment. Like the cowl or the many great PL layouts, but the business posts tend to really get me thinking the most. I would say my top favorite right now is probably where you shared your Action Book pages, I loved seeing how you broke everything down and just got your thoughts on paper and then organized from those.

LikeLike

Reply
Erin

January 6, 2015

Hi Elise!
I’ve been reading your blog since around 2009. My boss introduced me to it because I was planning my wedding around the same time you were! It’s been fun to see how life has evolved since that time. The blanket is beautiful. My favorite posts are the ones that involve some type of DIY project.

LikeLike

Reply
Christina Clancy

January 6, 2015

This blanket is gorgeous! Favorite post(s) are your letters to Ellerie they are so raw and beautiful! She is going to cherish those when she is older. I’ve been reading your blog since 2008.

LikeLike

Reply
Krystal

January 6, 2015

I stumbled across your blog shortly before little e was born (she’s just a few weeks after my 2nd tiny human), and have been visiting daily ever since! Definitely my fav post of 2014 was the small business story series – I love hearing how each person’s wandering path has gotten them to where they are now 🙂

LikeLike

Reply
Whitney J

January 6, 2015

I’ve been reading for over two years now, and I absolutely love your style. I can’t pick a favorite post from 2014, but I loved reading about the Make29 project, especially the blankets. Those take dedication, which I know from experience, so I admire your desire to make and sell those. Looking forward to your projects from 2015!

LikeLike

Reply
Sarah

January 6, 2015

I started reading in April 2014. My favorite posts are any of the gardening posts. I’ve struggled with my patio garden this year (thanks Florida weather), and seeing yours always inspired me to keep on going. Now I’m harvesting tomatoes and swiss chard every week.

LikeLike

Reply
shay

January 6, 2015

So fun! I’ve been reading since about the time Ellerie was born, and I always look forward to your posts! They get me thinking, and I go back and re-read them to reference something you said, too. Your goal setting and creativity are especially encouraging to me!

LikeLike

Reply
Kathleen

January 6, 2015

I’ve been a reader for 3+ years. I think I discovered the blog through a wedding DIY post when I was planning my own wedding, and have been a nearly daily follower ever since. Your creativity is contagious!

LikeLike

Reply
Ashley

January 6, 2015

Aw so fun! I would love to add an eclectic blanket to my stash! I’ve been reading for about a year and love everything you write, in fact if I don’t have time for blog reading I will always make time to at least read your post for the day. Thanks for adding sunshine to my days!

LikeLike

Reply
Christine

January 6, 2015

I have been reading your blog for a few years – my sister got me hooked! I love your letters to Ellerie. They are so beautiful and they allow me to reminisce about when my boys were really little! Thanks for the chance!

LikeLike

Reply
Photosbykris

January 6, 2015

I’ve been reading for two years now and my favorite post are the project life post, and the kniting post. Thanks for giving us a chance to win one of your creations.

LikeLike

Reply
Tracy

January 6, 2015

I am not sure how long I have been reading now… I think I found your blog around the time that you designed the Project Life kit, but have been an avid reader (and fan) ever since! 🙂 I have to say my favorite posts are your letters to Ellerie. There were some that made me sniffle. 🙂 Whoever wins the blanket will be very lucky – that’s super cool!

LikeLike

Reply
Katie

January 6, 2015

As you know, I’ve been reading for years and years – since you were in college. And my favorite posts are the Dear Ellerie letters. 🙂

LikeLike

Reply
Laura

January 6, 2015

I have been reading your blog since 2011 — do you remember when EVERYONE had a part of their blog that said “hey, go check out so-and-so’s blog”? Well, that’s how I found you.
My favorite post(s) from 2014 were the capsule updates as well as anything involving lists (goals, etc). I liked following your capsule updates because I feel like my capsule would look pretty similar to yours – nice and easy.
Happy New Year!
Laura

LikeLike

Reply
Beth

January 6, 2015

I’ve been reading for about two years. I think I found your site when I started Project Life at the beginning of 2013.

LikeLike

Reply
Katie

January 6, 2015

I have been reading since your daily card days 🙂 LOVE your blog!

LikeLike

Reply
Allison

January 6, 2015

I have been reading for about two years now I believe and I definitely look forward to practically all of your posts but the one called, “22 year old Elise, this is for you” was by far my favorite. I found it so interesting what things you thought to tell yourself and then I found myself journaling about the same thing later that day. Thanks for always getting my creative juices flowing! I would love this blanket so much!

LikeLike

Reply
Kristina

January 6, 2015

I’ve been reading since just after you wrapped up the 52 cards project – a LONG time – and I still enjoy all of it!
To pick a single favorite from 2014 is crazy. There were so many good ones.

LikeLike

Reply
Ny

January 6, 2015

I’ve been reading your blog for around 4 years now! When I first found EnjoyIt I went to the archives and read it from the beginning. Your blog was (and still is) like a good book I just can’t put down. And that’s great because I get a new page every day!

LikeLike

Reply
Erin S

January 6, 2015

I love your blog and this blanket! I have been reading for about 2 years. I love any posts about Ellerie (as I just had my own baby girl, it is fun to see what is next in our journey)!

LikeLike

Reply
Jolie Wilkinson

January 6, 2015

Ooh, I would love to win this! ❤

LikeLike

Reply
Karli Jo

January 6, 2015

Hi Elise! That blanket is awesome! Love the color pallet. I have been reading your blog for about 3 years now and it has been pretty life changing (cue the cheesiness). By reading your blog I have been inspired to hone in on skills and joyful hobbies I didn’t realize I had/ could do. I have realized I am more goal oriented than I ever thought, I have found a love for knitting and crocheting and have begun challenging myself creatively in general. In many ways you and your blog has inspired me. I will definitely be a long time reader!

LikeLike

Reply
Jennifer

January 6, 2015

I found your blog back when you were planning your orange and gray wedding because I was planning an orange and gray wedding to my army soldier! We purchased our first house shortly after you purchased your house and now we are expecting our first baby this summer. My favorite post was probably the cold brewed coffee because I LOVE that coffee now (except not while pregnant….)

LikeLike

Reply
Staci

January 6, 2015

I started reading and following you on IG when Becky Higgins featured you for the Seafoam Edition of PL!

LikeLike

Reply
Nicole Russell Willis

January 6, 2015

This blanket is so yummy!!!! I have been reading for several years!! I am in love with the podcasts and if I had to pick a favorite from 2014 it would be the E/e series!!!

LikeLike

Reply
Cindy Thibault

January 6, 2015

This turned out lovely! Gorgeous color combo for a “scrap blanket”. Would live to win this! Thanks for the opportunity!

LikeLike

Reply
Raquel

January 6, 2015

I love this! I found your blog at the end of 2013 and I’ve been coming back almost daily ever since. I can’t think of a single favorite post…but I can say that my favorite posts are those related to goals, planning, Ellerie, book reports and things you’ve learned in your life, both personal and business related. Happy 2015 Elise!

LikeLike

Reply
Kate

January 6, 2015

I would love to win, thanks for the chance 🙂 Actually, I don’t read your blog that often, but I LOVE your podcast! It’s so wonderful to listen to when doing dishes and laundry, my least favorite chores.

LikeLike

Reply
Tracy

January 6, 2015

What a beautiful blanket! Thanks for the opportunity to win it! I’ve been reading your blog since April 2012 and as I’ve mentioned before, you’re the entire reason why I got into scrapbooking. You’re so inspiring to me and I’m so appreciative of the fact that you choose to share parts of your life here on your blog 🙂

LikeLike

Reply
Amanda L McKay

January 6, 2015

Hey, lady! I think I’ve actually been reading your blog since like 2006 or so! I didn’t realize it had been that long, crazy! Thanks for this cutie giveaway! xo.

LikeLike

Reply
Theresa J Wahl

January 6, 2015

You’re so sweet! Thanks for the chance to win 🙂
I think I’ve been reading since the wedding… so fun to read along as you go through life a few stages behind me. Thanks for sharing all that you do!

LikeLike

Reply
Olivia

January 6, 2015

Oh man, this blanket is even prettier than the striped ones you had for sale. I would LOVE to win this. I’ve been reading since you were in MD, making mixed paper minibooks and planning your wedding. My favorite of 2014 was your grand finale to your business story and the introduction of the Get to Workbook. So excited to see what you’ve got up your (hand-knit) sleeves for 2015. 🙂

LikeLike

Reply
Rachelle

January 6, 2015

I have been reading your blog for a couple of years now. I love reading about goal setting and your projects like pizza, bread, and make29.

LikeLike

Reply
Tiffany k smoot

January 6, 2015

What a piece or yarn-y goodness!!!

LikeLike

Reply
Tamara

January 6, 2015

I love this and your heart! I’ve been reading for two+ years. I love your letters to that sweet baby. My very favorites.

LikeLike

Reply
Rebekah

January 6, 2015

This blanket is great! It by no means looks like a “scrap” blanket!
I found your blog after I started following your instagram. I can’t remember how long ago that was! One of your recent posts about your documentation for Ellerie’s year is a favorite of mine; I’m studying to be a Speech Language Pathologist and really liked the list of words you are keeping. Such a sweet, little thing that will make such a great reminder one day!

LikeLike

Reply
Erin Wiggle

January 6, 2015

I have read your blog off and on over the years but stumbled upon it again this year. I landed on your business story and felt incredibly inspired by your words. I don’t have a solid plan for my own creative business but I hope to one day embark on my own journey. My fiancé is also in the Navy so I feel like we are connected through sailors. Anyway, I enjoy your thoughts and keeping up with your life. Thanks for the inspiration!

LikeLike

Reply
Alyssa Berry

January 6, 2015

I want to learn how to knit so bad! But I guess winning this is good enough for now. 😉 thank you elise! You are so sweet. My favorite part of your blog is Make29. It’s sucg a unique idea and seems really fun for you. Love, Alyssa Berry

LikeLike

Reply
Alison Holcomb

January 6, 2015

Love it! The colors are beautiful together. I’ve been reading your blog since you started.. I used to follow you on two peas and transitioned here. We are the same age, and I thought that was so cool when I started reading.. Been a lover of all you do ever since:) xo.

LikeLike

Reply
Carly

January 6, 2015

Aww I love it Elise! This would be marvelous to wrap my baby up in when he or she gets here!

LikeLike

Reply
Robyn

January 6, 2015

Oh, I love your blankets! My favourite post of yours was this: http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/2011/12/project-18-of-26-big-script-art.html.
Why? Well, last year I took a leap of faith and started my own Pilates studio from home, leaving behind the security of a paid teaching position elsewhere, and your post inspired me to make my own big script art. Putting into words what the studio (and I) stood for. It is one of my favourite crafts and looks perfect in my studio, so thank you:-)

LikeLike

Reply
Steph Hagen

January 6, 2015

Love that! My favorite posts (hard to pick just one!) are your posts about your film shots. So beautiful!

LikeLike

Reply
Erin

January 6, 2015

I’ve been following for a few years (maybe like 3?!) and your blog is one of my absolute favorites! I think my favorite posts from 2014 were the E & e posts. What a great way to document!

LikeLike

Reply
Rachel L

January 6, 2015

I just started reading your blog and following your IG this year! You have been such an encouragement to this creatively wired stay at home mom to take small steps and to keep pursuing creativity even in the chaos of raising little ones. PS–That blanket is gorgeous!

LikeLike

Reply
AmandaJ

January 6, 2015

I have been reading since you were planning your wedding. I remember when you posted about your wedding dress. How it came in an envelope! And the flowers :). My favorite post from 2014 … The E&e ones. Such a fun project. I also like your film project.
Thank you for the opportunity for a blanket :). I crochet and don’t knit, so this is very special.
Best wishes in 2015!
AmandaJ

LikeLike

Reply
Lily C.

January 6, 2015

Wow, that blanket is gorgeous!! What a sweet gesture to just give this one to a lucky reader. I can’t really remember when I started following your blog, must have been somewhere around the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012, and I’ve been hooked ever since. I really love most of the topics you talk about, you have such a sincere voice and an inspiring creativity. It’s really really hard to choose just one favourite post, the sandal story (http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/2014/09/this-is-yet-another-story-about-shoes.html) made me smile, and I really enjoyed reading all the posts about your business story.
Thanks for sharing with us everyday.

LikeLike

Reply
Madeline

January 6, 2015

I love this! I have been reading your blog since 2013 and my favorite posts have been about the capsule wardrobe.

LikeLike

Reply
Joan

January 6, 2015

Thanks for this awesome, generous opportunity! The first memory I have of finding your blog was BE, before Ellerie, when you were posting about projects for your home and scrapbooking your days when your husband was away. I was blown away by your sunny view of life and crazy cool style. Wasn’t there a series about pizzas back then? Thanks for being brave and branching out to create this amazing blog. You make a difference in my life and so many others.

LikeLike

Reply