Ice Cream Princess Blanket eBook is a knit a long project to make a knitted blanket.

It includes eight documents both in English and Finnish:

• Main document
• Vanilla Square
• Chocolate Chip Square
• Rocky Road Square
• Mint Chocolate Square
• Strawberry Square
• Vanilla Half Square
• Vanilla Border

The main document includes:

• General information and supplies for knitting the Ice Cream Princess blanket
• Two different size options
• Tips for making your own design and estimating yarn usage
• Illustrated instructions for joining the pieces
• Finishing techniques for your project (published in part 7)

The schedule for the KAL:
Main document (published)
Part 1: May 24 - Square 1
Part 2: June 7 - Square 2
Part 3: June 21 - Square 3
Part 4: July 5 - Square 4
Part 5: July 19 - Square 5
Part 6: August - 2 Half Square
Part 7: August - 16 Border

Materials and Supplies
- Yarn: Lankava Lempi, color 101 natural white; 100% wool, 50 g = 50 m:
- 1550 grams for the smaller A version OR
- 2250 grams for the larger B version
- Note: Both yarn usage estimates are very close. Make sure to follow the given gauge so that you have enough yarn! Allow extra yarn if necessary!
- 6 mm needles
- 20 cm sock needles OR 80-100 cm circular needles for squares AND
- 150 cm circular needle for border (Tip: use interchangeable needles and add more cables in between)

• 6 mm crochet hook
• Finishing needle to weave in ends
• Non-elastic and undyed yarn and rustproof pins to stretch the finished blanket

Lankava offer
Lankava is offering a 10% discount on materials and supplies for participants in the Ice Cream Princess project.

The discount includes:

Lankava Lempi wool yarn
All KnitPro interchangeable tips
KnitPro interchangeable needle cables
KnitPro Cable Connector
KnitPro Waves crochet hook
To get the discount, use the code JÄÄTELÖPRINSESSA (or JAATELOPRINSESSA) by August 22, 2024.

By using the code, blanket designer Sari Ojalehto will also receive a commission on sales.

https://www.lankava.fi/en/lankava-lempi-wool-yarn/

Difficulty Level
The squares are knitted from the center outwards and the increases are centered on different needles at the corners of the pieces. This requires a little practice at first, but all the test knitters have so far succeeded well and have enjoyed the method once they got into the swing of it. It also makes the instructions clearer as they are for an entire side of the square at a time, and you don’t have to worry about where the round started or when the next repeat continues.

Therefore, we would say that the overall project is intermediate, but because the instructions also include videos of all the tricks and special stitches, even a brave beginner is sure to succeed!

However, if you’re wondering if you dare to try it, the first Vanilla Square is available for free for a while. The square instructions only include the particular square, not other parts or instructions for the project, but if you enjoy the experiment, you can then jump into this whole KAL! https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ice-cream-prince...

eBook published in June 2024