Atlanta Knitting Guild is celebrating its 40th anniversary by making 40 blankets for Project Linus. I don't do a lot of charity knitting or gift knitting. Usually I am knitting something complicated for myself; or I am knitting something I need for a class sample. And knitting a blanket is a big ask in terms of time. On the other hand, it is possible to choose a relatively mindless knit that I can work up over several weeks in the evenings or at meetings when a more complicated project requires too much attention. In this case, I cast on before an October road trip to Virginia. Cuddly Hubby did the driving, which gave me lots of knitting time in the passenger seat. This object isn't quite finished — I'm still working on the border. It is one of the most beautiful objects I have ever knit. The pattern is based on Hue Shift . The construction is the basic modular block I teach in my modular knitting class. Hue Shift works the block in garter s...
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