Just the Weaving
Yep. If you didn’t get the hint before, I was trying to tell you that my afghan is DONE.
The only thing left is to weave in the ends from the border.
The whole thing measures about 55″ x 65″. It took just about exactly 23 skeins of the Bollicine Victor yarn I used for it, and I’m very happy with it.
Well–the one thing I would change? I like the way the border ruffles on the side, but don’t love the way it kind of pulls the afghan out of shape–it doesn’t like to lay flat as a rectangle, and that slightly offends my sense of order. Rectangles should look like rectangles! But, since the only way to fix that would be to redo most of the border, well … I can deal.
I DID think about running a line of crochet around the border, where it meets the original, center rectangle, to give it a little more firmness. I might decide to do that, but for the moment, I’m just enjoying the fact that it’s done and so darn pretty. And, you know, trying to convince Chappy that it is not his.
It’s done just in the nick of time, too, because it was 80 degrees today. Beautiful day, but a little warm for sitting under this much wool in my lap. I spent the afternoon at Jessica’s, happily spinning outside with my NJ fiber friends, which was as much fun as usual. (And, no, I didn’t take any pictures.)
I’ve been telling you all about the MV Fiber Farm Lambcam for a while now. (Would you believe that they had NINE baby goats born yesterday? Four sets of twins, and one single. Wow.) Did you know that they were featured on Cute Overload yesterday?
Ooh, and folks, look! Chuck Season Two is available to pre-order on DVD!
Do I need to tell you again how great the show is and that you not only should watch it, but that you really SHOULD order the DVD set so you can see the whole thing?
(And, yes, I don’t care how tight money is, I have already pre-ordered mine. At this stage of my Chuck obsession, it’s not a luxury; it’s a necessity. Like listening to the 31 songs I’ve downloaded for my MP3 player in the last week. That show has GREAT music.)
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lol on chuck! It came out great, wow 23 skeins!! I have not checked my lamcam today with work…now it’s dark east coast! But 9!!
Congrats!! I wonder if you’ll really notice the shape when you’re using the afghan?
Wow! It looks awesome! What an accomplishment — 23 skeins!
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It looks AWESOME! Such a great idea to incorporate that cable into an afghan – I love it!
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Ooooh, it’s done! And it looks gorgeous. I notice that Chappy is not on the blanket. I know he wants to curl up in all that blankety goodness.
Good to see you at Jess’s! We were just popping in for a quick hello as I was tied down with kid & dog.
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that turned out really gorgeous!
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Gorgeous!
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