Well, now that it is getting cooler out - by the way, fall colors are beautiful right now - it seems to be making me want to get to all of my knitting projects that have been piling up. As I got a bit ambitious last fall, deciding to make 5 afghans for Christmas gifts, and only finishing 3, it is time to get to the last two. I started out to make on for my son and one for my daughter, but then decided that it would be a great gift for parents that never really need anything and for whom I am always at a loss for ideas. Needless to say, the parents received their afghans on time for Christmas. Amy received one panel of hers and Andy received 1/4 of a panel of his. All summer I have been the subject of jokes referring to the partial afghan gifts…a little piece every year for years…that sort of thing. I am finally ready to jump in and get these things done. Actually, they are very easy and fun to knit. Working with two colors of yarn, eventually dropping one of the colors and adding another for a marled, colorblock panel. The pattern is free from Lion Brand Yarns. It is actually a child's afghan but I have made the panels wider (to 32 stitches) and longer to make it larger for adults. The pattern is the Glowing Colors Afghan. I have substituted different colors for some really different results - each finished afghan has looked completly different from the others - but all good. On one of the finished afghans, I kept one color the same throughout and just switched the colorblock colors. Another plus to these projects, really big knitting needles - so it is a relatively quick - even for slow knitters like me!
October 23, 2008