Pattern: Knitted Garter Stitch Blanket in Sheepsdown (Ravelry) - from Elizabeth Zimmermann's "The Opinionated Knitter"
Materials: Cascade Yarns Ecological Wool in 8087 (natural chocolate brown)
Amount: 10.3 skeins (roughly 4930 yards)
Needles: 10.0 mm
Started: 02.11.2009
Finished: 18.07.2010
This blanket is pure love. It's warm, but not too much so. It weighs a substantial amount (just over 2,5 kilos) so it feels more or less like a hug when I'm wrapped inside it. The pattern is simple yet elegant and the yarn is absolutely gorgeous; a chocolatey brown good, solid wool built to last. It's done in garter stitch all over which means this thing is all smooshy and soft. Because it was all garter stitch done on big needles, it knit up surprisingly fast and with seemingly little effort. This thing went with me all over. I knit it during long drives, when light was scarce, during movies in movie theaters and a hundred other places too.
Like I said; unadulterated love and tenderness.
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