Here is my finished Hemlock Ring Blanket. This was a fun, fast knit. The only place I got a little hung up was on the border. By the time I got there, it was a lot of stitches around. I had a bit of trouble in blocking this though. In fact, my husband and I played a little tug of war with it to stretch it enough to be able to get it to lay flat and be able to block. I am not sure why that was the case, but am happy with how it looks now! For this blanket, I used 5 skeins of the red hemp/wool yarn and 2 of the creme hemp/wool yarn. For the body of the blanket, I held two strands together while for the border I just used one strand. This project has really opened up a whole ton of new ideas for me. I had pretty much written off doilies as something that while it might be fun to knit would just be a useless item and therefore not something I would knit. Knowing this little trick of upsizing the yarn and needles and going for it with grandmas doilies is awesome and something I will definitely be doing more of!
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ok, now that's awesome! i've seen the "bedspreads" that are all lacy looking and delicate in a fancy pattern, but a blanket is a great idea. very pretty!
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