Leafy 'Ghan

[purejuice]

It's great for a beginning knitter not to have to knit leprosy bandages. Which I really did enjoy; as a result I can really knit tiny stitches now.
http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/bandages.html

I love this pattern from Eaton's 200 Ripple Stitches, and I love finally finding a friend willing to teach me how to do it. PSSO was the mystery word.
http://www.amazon.com/200-Ripple-Stitch-Patterns-Exciting/dp/089689276X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237503148&sr=8-1

I'm doing it with the wool left over from the Clun Forest ghan.
http://www.touchstonefarm.org/tf/default.htm

My plan is to practice on this, then get some homespun farmers' market yarn from upstate New York for the second 'ghan in the home ground series. The Clun Forest ghan yarn was from sheep near where I was born; I'd like a leafy ghan from sheep near where my mother's family lived.
http://www.localharvest.org/store/search.jsp?q=yarn

I think this yarn is just about enough for an 18-inch doll Aran sweater.
http://www.abc-knitting-patterns.com/1063.html