Sunday 24 July 2011

Year of projects- In which the blanket has grown even more and listing stash on Ravelry has its benefits

The Hemlock Ring blanket is growing, it is now officially a long way round, currently 440 stitches in each round! I have had to use a cable connector and join two cables together (I knew I bought them for a reason).

It is still not easy to photograph so here is a partial shot which shows that the feather and fan section is taking shape.


I have reached the point with the knotted ply. I wanted the blanket to be much larger, so I cut the yarn and joined the two ends with a Russian join, fortunately it is in the stocking stitch section so is quite well hidden.

I am going to keep working until the yarn runs out and see how big it is then use the Russian join again to attach a second ball and work the bind off.


I have been adding my Tour de Fleece handspun to Ravelry and decided I really should get better at listing my stash. I probably won't bother with photos for commercially spun yarn, but if I put it in I can link projects to it.

This has worked out quite well with my Year of Projects mystery yarn as I managed to find it on the database, which has given me details of the yardage and I can see other projects made from it. It looks like it will felt, but only if you get mean with it, so I can make the hat after all!

9 comments:

  1. WOW...you've really made headway and it's great we can see it now, it really is taking shape.

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  2. I definitely agree with you about adding stash yarn to ravelry - the few times I've done it, I've been able to find so much information about the yarn and ideas about what to make. it's such a wonderful tool to have at your fingertips!

    also - great job with the hemlock ring blanket!

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  3. The blanket is coming along nicely! The feather and fan pattern is really pretty.

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  4. It's looking good!
    440 stitches though, sheesh!

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  5. I love the feather and fan pattern---but holy moly, 440 stitches is a lot!
    *smiles*

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  6. Beautiful, simply beautiful
    I think the Russian join should be taught as one of the basic techniques after you have learnt to knit!

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  7. I'm off to look up the russian join. I cant wait to see this project finished, really enjoying watching it grow xx

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  8. Thanks for the link to the russian knot, I havent seen that before.

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  9. so beautiful! I'm also off to look up the russian join.

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