Update July 2023: The pattern for my Late Summer Sunsets Blanket is now available over in my Ravelry and Etsy shops here:
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1534569587/late-summer-sunsets-blanket
Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/late-summer-sunsets-blanket
Original Blog Post August 2019: I’m very excited to share with you all a new design which I’m super happy with…. my ‘Late Summer Sunsets’ Blanket!
The design is available at The Knitting Network and comes as a yarn pack together with the printed pattern… 🙂 Full worldwide shipping is available too! 🙂
I’m currently on holiday with my family camping in our van in Europe… my ‘Late Summer Sunsets’ Blanket has come with us and here it is during a beautiful sunset by Lake Titisee in the Black Forest, Germany…
This design is perfectly timed for those of you who have finished my Changing Tides Blanket and want another blanket project to get into… 🙂
Let me tell you more about it…
I was asked by ‘The Knitting Network’ if I would design a blanket to coincide with the launch of a new yarn range which they will be exclusively stocking. It’s called ‘Go-To DK‘ and is a great value, premium acrylic yarn. Here’s a little more about it…
‘Made in Britain with a recycled paper ball band, and available at the low price of just £1.69 for a 100g ball, it’s set to become a staple for every yarn stash. Machine washable and tumble dryer safe, it washes time and again, withstanding the rough and tumble of daily use. Available in 20 beautiful shades, Go-To DK is suitable for most DK patterns and is supported by a growing range of exciting projects from popular online bloggers and designers.’
Visit http://www.gotoyarns.com for more info.
I was very happy to oblige in designing a new blanket! 🙂 I was sent some samples in a wide variety of colours and I was somehow drawn to these sunset colours..
Living on the south coast of England, from early spring and through the summer months the sun sets over the land to the west of us…
Then from September and through the winter we enjoy sunsets over the sea…
Having those stunning sea sunsets to look forward to is one of the things which helps ease us into autumn and winter after those summer months!
So the name ‘Late Summer Sunsets‘ sprang to mind – to celebrate those evenings in late summer when the sun finally sets over the sea once more! And here’s my inspiration…
I really enjoyed designing and crocheting this blanket. It’s an 11 row repeat so crocheting it is the kind of crochet that doesn’t require too much concentration once you have the repeat in mind, which is quite nice once in a while…
And the colours I used are just perfect to reflect those sunsets…
It was a pleasure to crochet with the ‘Go-To DK‘ yarn exclusively available from The Knitting Network…
It’s lovely when I can finally share a project that I’ve been working on behind the scenes. The team at the Knitting Network have also written a blog post about it so do have a look here if you’re interested in that…
I hope you like it as much as I do… 🙂
Happy Crocheting Everyone… 🙂