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As promised, here’s me in my Briar Rose sweater. (And, hmm, the t-shirt color doesn’t look as good with the yarn as I thought it did when I got dressed this morning!)
Some more yarn pictures. This cormo–especially the undyed skein–is so light and airy, I keep worrying it’s going to float away!
And then, my afghan.
I started to lay it down to show you how big it’s getting, and…
My helper came in.
Wasn’t it nice of him to come and provide the picture with something for scale?
Now. First, I laid down my orange throw blanket on the floor, and then my in-progress afghan on top, for comparison’s sake. The orange blanket is good size for me, after all. Dad thinks it’s too small, but he’s 6’2″ so he’s got an extra foot of body length to cover up with a blanket.
What I’m thinking of doing–instead of putting two side panels alongside the main one–is just adding a wide, cabled border around the four sides. By the time I’m done knitting this part, adding a border that’s, say, 8″ around should make this just about the same size as that orange blanket.
And I think I found the perfect cable for it, too.
There’s just one problem.
Chappy says it belongs to him, now!
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I think that the border idea is perfect – as is Chappy! Isn’t what’s yours is his, anyway? Love you both!
Hey – that looks like a photo shoot at MY place!
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Super cute. Chappy looks a little like he’s wondering if it’s ok which I love.
Koni does that too and it makes me smile.
Yarn and sweater are lovely. Looks like a great cable for the border.
I like that sweater….and don’t have a problem with the tee shirt, either.
Beautiful sweater! Great job. You may have to share that afghan with Chappy.
the sweater came out great! i am 3/4 of the way finished with G’Day sweater and loving it! Lol at the t color and your morning thoughts, so been there! Thank chappy for the scale to size pic!
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