My quilt squares are ready to be shipped off to Portland where they will meet hundreds of other quilt squares. These two are my contribution to Larissa Brown’s Barn Raising Quilts to benefit Doctors Without Borders. If you’re interested in getting involved there’s still time! The squares are due in Portland by June 9, 2009. The pattern and full details are on Knitalong.net.

I’m looking forward to seeing the finished products! And this knitalong has encouraged me to get involved in another one. I signed up for The Purple Purl’s February Lady Sweater knitalong. Any excuse to order some Tanis Fiber Arts merino!

Knitalong by Larissa Brown and Martin John Brown, opened to Barn Raising Quilt

Larissa of Stitch Marker has put a call out for volunteers to contribute to several Barn Raising Quilts. The finished pieces will be raffled off at the Sock Summit in Portland with proceeds going to Doctors Without Borders. The pattern is available for download on the Knitalong website and more details on how to get involved are on Larissa’s blog. If you haven’t picked up the Knitalong book yet I would highly recommend it. The pattern can also be found there, along with many other great designs. The Blessingway Blanket is one I’m slowly making my way through…

This will be my first knitalong and I’m pretty excited about it! I’m going to contribute two squares to the project. The yarn I’m planning to use (Estelle Cadenza) was actually bought for a Barn Raising Quilt. My knitting partner for life and I were thinking about doing some sort of Boise-Toronto knitalong project for her new niece. So this will be my Barn Raising warm up!