Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Jumping on the Girasol bandwagon

WIP


I fell in love with this pattern as soon as I saw it. And really, how can anything designed by Jared Flood be bad. Knitting his version of the Hemlock Ring blanket was probably one of my all time favorite knitted things.

I did need a little convincing to start it and once I decided to knit it I labored over which yarn to use. Happily though, I found the yarn I wanted - Berroco Ultra Alpaca / Lavender Mix - thanks to my friend Kathy. It also helps to have five online knitting friends that are knitting along with me.

Point of interest:
Including mine there are 590 of them being knit or have been knit on Ravelry.
I wonder how many there will be when I finish mine.

4 comments:

Darcys Knotty Knitter said...

Lovely what is the yarn? and the colorway? is it one you will be able to put in the washer?
I bought yarn for the hemlock a long time ago but haven't knit it yet.Hugs Darcy

miss aine said...

That patterns looks like it will be nice. Pretty colour too!

Susie said...

Purple huh? Imagine that. LOL. I can't wait to see it when you're finished.

Sheila said...

That is a gorgeous pattern. I will be looking forward to seeing your version.