I think I am going to start the crochet blanket I linked to. This morning, while picking out clothes for the day (my closet for clothes is also my craft-closet - it's a big, walk-in closet) I grabbed a few balls of wool-ease sitting on the shelf and started assembling them in a common place.
I think I'm not going to worry about what fiber-type is in this; at first I thought, "I should just do wool-ease and superwash and maybe some acrylics if I have any lying around so it's machine washable." But, you know? How often do you wash blankets anyway (I mean, unless you're dust-mite-allergic and the doctor tells you to?). So I think I could live with hand-washing, which is good, because then I have oddments of Lion Wool (bought for toys) and other wool yarns on hand that can go in the mix.
And Charlotte, I have seen the ripple blanket, but for some reason I like this one better. I think it's because it's a very similar stitch pattern to one that one of my great-aunts used for afghans she made. (I actually have one- tucked away somewhere - it's blue and gold and is the old Red Heart Wool they used to make. Kind of scratchy and not very luxurious, but still: Aunt Ceil made it, and it's warm, and it's mine.)
2 comments:
I wasn't suggesting that Yarnstorm's blanket pattern was better than the one you linked to. I just thought you'd enjoy seeing how pretty her blanket is and how well her random bright colors worked out.
Charlotte
i adore "scrap" afghans. i made one for a charitable raffle (i actually raffled the making of the afghan, and allowed the winner to pick from a booklet of scrap afghans i had), that could use as little as 18" of yarn. you crocheted strips, then edged them with loops, and then hooked the loops together, kinda like how you would finish the loops on those potholders with the weaving frames we all made as kids (or should have, sheesh!). i loved making that afghan, and the fun part was that i got to work on it at work. i loved the comments i got when i'd have a pile of itty bitty balls of yarn on my desk. i would randomly grab one from my bag, and when it was done, i'd place it on my desk. when the bag was empty, i'd reverse the process. as i have a huge collection of itty bitty balls, t his was a rainbow afghan for sure. and the lady who won it adored it!
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