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postchar

[help] Question about making a baby blanket for an Australian

Help!

My sister lives in Australia (near Brisbane) and is having her first baby in April next year. She's a keen crocheter, and has asked our mother and me to make her a couple of blankets.

We live in New Zealand, so aren't really sure what type of yarn we should be using. We don't want to make something too hot or heavy for Brisbane temperatures! Are any Australians able to weigh in with some advice? Mum is making a big blanket and I've been asked to make a pram blanket.

We both mostly make items out of 8ply yarn (acrylic and wool blends), as that is the most common here (and has the best range of colours), but have access to other types of yarn. I think the spotlight and lincraft ranges in Australia and NZ are pretty similar, if that helps.

Thanks in advance for any help :)

Posted Sep 23, 2016, 12:36 AM UTC

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greymaiden•

Only yarn spun from the coat of a wombat will do for Australians ;)

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dartuche•

April is Autumn weather; crisp mornings, warm afternoons. I'd think 8ply or 4ply would be fine, I live on the west coast but brisbane is normally a bit more temperate than we are. Usually 20-25 degree days for the most part, but you could go heavier as well because once the baby is a bit bigger that's winter weather, and it's bloody cold and windy and horrible.

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postcharOP•

That's super helpful thank you! I guess my sister wants the pram blanket for cold, windy days :) She's definitely acclimatised though, she freezes when she comes back for Christmas!

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dartuche•

Hahah we're spoiled by all the sun over here, the minute it drops below 20 the bitching begins! Are you going to post the blanket when you're done, I'd love it see it =D

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LaziestGirl•

Hi from Brisbane! It gets pretty cold here over winter so a wool blend blanket would still get used but I wouldn't use anything bigger than 8ply. By pretty cold, I mean that I had to turn the heater on at night for 3 weeks this year.

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postcharOP•

That's really helpful, thank you! I've only been over in November, so wasn't sure how cold it would get. I've definitely used my heater more than three weeks this year!

There's some nice coloured wool blend in lincraft in 8ply that I was looking at, so I think I'll grab some of that this weekend. :)

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Greenkat82•

I'd agree with the others, it's pretty warm in summer, but over winter it does get quite cold (average of like 15 degC-ish).

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