Comments on: Pithy instructions for M’s birthday blanket

By: bwilliams

bwilliams — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:54:43 +0000

Wow, what a great blanket in a terrific fiber. Ulta Alpaca and Ultra Alpaca Light are my new yarn loves. They have it all…great texture, fantastic stitch definition, just the right amount of twist so that the yarn doesn’t do the annoying split thing, colors to die for…My daughter and I bought several colors each to knit Baby Surprise Jackets for her 5th (not a typo) son. Neither of us had knit a BSJ before so we had a knit-along via phone/email. It was a lot of fun and the yarns were great to knit with. The colors were great nontypical baby colors…EZ would have loved the results. I also knit Sjartje’s Bootees to match. Several of the knitters I work with admired, touched, bought. I tell you, this stuff is addictive.

By: Carol

Carol — Sat, 17 May 2008 23:40:25 +0000

Your directions may be ‘pithy’, but I just like the chance to see the blanket again. It’s the combo of colors and the various stripes that pull it together and yet set off each section at the same time. The texture is like a secret bonus. This just shows what a little basic creativity (and boredom) can come up with.

By: tikru

tikru — Sat, 17 May 2008 07:50:05 +0000

You’ll give an recipe for the afgan
I think that sometimes the Best things came out just knit in the flow, without thinking how to make a pattern of it. Just knit and see what happened.

I love the yarns.