What I'm Making: OpArt Blankie

I thought this blanket deserved its own post because I'm so happy with it, ahhh! It's the OpArt pattern from Knitty and I think it turned out so cool. I chose red and white since we already have a black and white rug in the nursery (which is finished-- post coming soon!) and I'm glad I did because like anything red and white, it reminds me of The White Stripes and takes me to a happy place.

Specs:

• 2 size 7 circulars 
• size Small,  post-blocking
• 4 skeins Knit Picks Swish DK in White and 2 skeins Cascade 220 in Ruby

I used Cascade 220 for the red because a lot of Ravelry users complained about red Swish DK bleeding into the white after washing. Cascade didn't seem to have that problem (and it didn't bleed when I blocked it) so we'll see.  I fully intended to make the Large size, but the last couple of stripes were so boring that I couldn't possibly go on. It took me a few stripes to get the hang of the pattern (that's why my increases aren't super neat), but overall it was a really easy (and slightly boring) knit. But the finished look is awesome!