April 21, 2006
Better late than never...
Yes, it's Friday...the day after I'm supposed to show you the progress on my afghan. Thursday just got away from me. I had breakfast with a friend before work, busy day at work, tried to donate blood in the afternoon, and then had a knitting group to go to that night. I think my day just got filled up and the blog got put on the back-burner. But...since I am loving this rambling rows project I couldn't go a week and not fill you in. (plus I had someone remind me that it was Thursday, and there was no update! So, I promised her I'd update!)
This week's square was knit with yarn given to me by my good friend and knitting buddy Wanda. It's a little hard to see in the photo, but there are bright colored flecks of turquoise, pink, purple, and green in the Noro yarn that she gave me. It was really hard to photograph because the yarn is so dark...but this is totally Wanda yarn. She loves jewel tones and all the colors are of that family, plus she usually uses yarns that are on the more conservative side but with a little kick to them. The picture below is the afghan next to my computer that has a rotating screen saver on it...ha! That's Wanda and I at my Olympic knitting party, and I'm wearing her recently finished Marilyn sweater! I didn't want to give it back to her after trying it on...so I went out and bought yarn to make my own! Wanda is always inspiring me with her finished (that's the key word for me!) sweaters. Thanks Wanda for always inspiring me!
Very cool! I am enjoying the community feel to your project.
Posted by: Kelli at April 21, 2006 10:23 AMOh, Stacey, that was really nice of you! Thanks so much. That was a way nice little post and I'm glad I could be a part of your afghan!
Posted by: Wanda at April 21, 2006 10:38 AMGood looking afghan! I look forward to see it finished! :)
I also made an afghan out of squares a while ago, for my son! He loves it!
Isabelle :)
Posted by: Isabelle at April 21, 2006 11:42 AMYou are so silly! I was only teasing! I do love to see the progress on your pretty rambling rows though! Thank you for sharing! I had a great time last night with you and your friends at Monkey Bean, thanks for inviting me!!
Posted by: Nachaele at April 21, 2006 12:05 PMI love hearing about the afghan. I'm still contemplating my contribution. :)
Posted by: Chris at April 21, 2006 05:38 PMI'm fairly new to knitting, and I'm finding out there are not very many patterns for heavy people. Like size 3x or 4x. Is there a way to make patterns bigger? Please help me, I can't find anyone else who can.
Thank you.
karyn Angold
rambling rows looks very pretty so far... are you being methodical about where each color goes, with pink being evenly interspersed?
Posted by: cyn at April 21, 2006 09:33 PMIt is so much fun to watch this afghan come together.
Your Charlotte is gorgeous .... have you thought about making yourself some matching stripey socks from the remnants?
Posted by: Ruth at April 22, 2006 06:02 AMThe afghan is lookin' good. Great idea to have weekly update deadlines, that way you're sure to get it done.
Posted by: Whit at April 22, 2006 03:05 PMLooking good! You did a great job on your shawl!
Posted by: Zonda at April 23, 2006 09:29 PMhey Stacey! I was planning on giving you my afghan contribution when i meet you in june....but it seems like your drilling thought this pretty fast...should I just mail it to you....or bring it in june?
Posted by: KnottieKnitter at April 23, 2006 11:17 PM