Thought I wasn’t knitting anymore, eh? After the surge of jewelry posts and crochet posts, I was itching to knit something. I missed my knitting needles so much! And so I jumped on the very crowded bandwagon and cast on for very popular Hemlock Ring Blanket for my friend Julie. She’s been sick for the past year or so, and lost a significant amount of weight, and this blanket is a little something to cheer her up (and warm her up) throughout her health ordeal.
Side shot:
Center:
The feather and fan pattern:
The edging:
Pattern: Hemlock Ring Doily Throw (here is Jared’s version, here is the Rainey Sisters’ version)
Needles: US #9, dpns and circs
Yarn: Lion Brand Cotton Ease in Lake, approx. 3 skeins
Notes:
Pattern
There are ERRORS in the original pattern. I was totally fooled in thinking so many people made this blanket and hardly anyone had any trouble, so I jumped right on in without thinking. The Rainey Sisters’ pdf version has the errors corrected and re-written slightly better. I’d recommend knitting from their pdf instructions instead.
Other than that, the pattern was EASY PEASY. In fact, it was so easy, it was a tad bit boring. It looks really pretty, but it just wasn’t challenging enough to keep my interest - good thing this is only a lap blanket and not any bigger! And the bind off row - leave PLENTY of yarn for this one row. I think that row alone used up 60-70% of an entire skein of yarn. It was never-ending, lemme tell ya.
In summary: simple, easy, a little boring, but very pretty! I’ll be gifting this to my friend this weekend, along with alot of prayers for her recovery. =)
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Gorgeous!
By Amy on 03/07/08 7:37 am | Permalink
It’s *beautiful*, Ruth!! The gift is very kind and thoughtful.
By caitlyn on 03/07/08 10:10 am | Permalink
OMG the color is sooooo goooood! so beautiful! :) good job! yeah that bind off row is SO boring. :) hehehe.
By Jen da purse Ho on 03/07/08 9:42 pm | Permalink
I loved knitting this, I didnt have any errors in my pattern, I got it from the Hemlockring KAL on Yahoo groups
By Courtney on 03/07/08 10:25 pm | Permalink
It’s VERY pretty. I hope it gives your friend comfort.
By *karen on 03/07/08 11:01 pm | Permalink
The blanket looks gorgeous. Thanks for the tip too about the corrections. I will need to print that out when I decide to knit one up. I am sure your friend will absolutely love it too.
By sue on 03/08/08 3:44 am | Permalink
It’s really pretty. I have this one in my queue as well and I will look up the version on the KAL. I hope your friend feels better.
By Gail on 03/08/08 2:29 pm | Permalink
The blanket looks great! Such a pretty colour of yarn as well!
By Shelley on 03/09/08 5:57 am | Permalink
Oh Ruth! This is beautiful! You’re going to make me jump on this bandwagon!! Thanks for the tips on the patern.
By Judy on 03/09/08 8:55 pm | Permalink
That’s beautiful! It’s such a fantastic looking FO, I bet that would be a great pattern to work due to the variety of patterns!
By Rachel on 03/10/08 6:41 pm | Permalink
It’s been fun seeing your progress on this over the last few weeks. All that work was definitely worth it - it turned out simply gorgeous!
By Jenipurr on 03/11/08 8:47 am | Permalink
Gorgeous! Love it in the cotton ease - I never would have thought of that, but that yarn is awesome. You’re so sweet to do that for her :)
By Jes on 03/17/08 8:58 am | Permalink
Your Hemmie is very pretty! I was going to do the bind off as written, but could not bring myself to do it — if you want something faster, try the crocheted chain bind off. I thought it looked nice on my [4] Hemlocks.
By lv2knit on 03/17/08 8:41 pm | Permalink
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