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November 20, 2013

Christmas Afghan

While I was making the baby blanket that's in my last post, I got an idea for making a Christmas afghan.  I had visions of a beautiful, colorful afghan that I could pull out year after year to drape over a chair or sofa and curl up with during those cold, blustery days of Christmas. I searched and searched for a pattern I liked and finally decided on this one from Drops Designs.  The pattern is also on Ravelry.
This is my first square.  I followed the instructions with the color placement but I think I'll do my own thing and mix it up a little bit for the other squares. This is how it's supposed to look. I REALLY like this version.  It's soooo pretty!
These are the colors I chose.  I know turquoise isn't a traditional Christmas color but I thought it went well with the red and green.  I might regret it later but for now that's what I'm going with. Someone contacted me yesterday and asked me to make a custom order for Christmas so this afghan might not get finished before Christmas. I still have a few days before the yarn I ordered for my custom order arrives in the mail so I'll continue to work on this until it gets here. On another note, I still pick up my needles and practice my knitting every time I get a short break.  It's going good.  I'm getting better at it.  My stitches are still a little wonky but it's a lot better than it looked a few weeks ago.  I'm finally getting the rhythm of it and my hands don't cramp anymore which I think is a good sign of progress.

Til next time, Labels: Christmas, Crochet


