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Festival Yarn

  • Rhinebeck 2011

    Brooks Farm Mas Acero – 3 skeins
    Maple Creek Farm Laredo- 3 skeins knit
    Tess Mohair & Merino – 2 skeins knit
    Foxhill Farm Cormo – 1 skein
    Stonehedge Farm Fiber Mill – 1 skein purple knit, 1 skein blue
    Miss Babs BFL Fingering – 3 skeins knit

  • Maryland Sheep & Wool 2011

    Brooks Farm Mas Acero – 3 skeins knit
    Creatively Dyed Calypso – 1 skein
    Sanguine Gryphon Skinny Bugga – 1 skein knit

  • Rhinebeck 2010

    Brooks Farm Mas Acero – 3 skeins knit
    1 Hedgehog Puppet Kit
    1 Sheep Marionette Kit knit
    Maple Creek Farm Omaha – 2 skeins knit
    Creatively Dyed Calypso – 1 skein knit

  • Rhinebeck 2009

    March Hare Sock Yarn – 1 skein knit
    Foxhill Farm Cormo – 2 skeins knit
    Maple Creek Farm Bamboo/Merino/Silk – 1 skein
    Green Mountain Spinnery Wonderfully Wooly – 2 skeins brown, 2 skeins cream
    Creatively Dyed Calypso – 1 skein knit

  • Maryland Sheep & Wool 2009

    Tess Twinkle Toes – 3 skeins
    Maple Creek Farm Alpaca/Bamboo – 2 skeins
    Zauberball Sock – 1 skein knit
    Wullenstudio Sock – 4 skeins 3 skeins abandoned, 1 remains
    Handmaiden Casbah Sock – 1 skein knit

  • Rhinebeck 2008

    Brooks Farm Mas Acero – 2 skeins knit
    Maple Creek Farms DK Superwash Wool – 1 skein teal, 1 skein red
    Trekking XXL – 1 skein knit
    Maple Creek Farm Sock Yarn – 1 skein knit
    Foxhill Farm Cormo Laceweight – 1 skein
    Shelridge Farm Sock Yarn – 2 skeins knit
    Briar Rose Bulky – 1 skein knit and abandoned
    Green Mountain Spinnery Green Mountain Green – 7 skeins knit

  • Rhinebeck 2007

    Brooks Farm Solana – 3 skeins knit
    Aussi Sock Yarn – 1 skein red, 1 skein brown knit
    Briar Rose Fibers Grandma’s Blessing – 2 skeins knit
    Green Mountain Spinnery Green Mountain Green – 9 skeins knit
    Maple Creek Farms DK Merino – 1 skein turquoise, 1 skein orange knit

  • Maryland Sheep & Wool 2007

    Autumn House Farm Sock – 1 skein brown gifted, 1 skein brown/purple
    Tess Yarns Sock – 2 skeins knit
    Brooks Farm Acero – 1 skein purple, 1 skein red knit
    Brooks Farm Solana – 3 skeins

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May 15, 2011

Giant Granny Square Afghan

I finally finished up a project that I started on the first day of 2010. 

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This afghan is a giant granny square!  Instead of seaming a bunch of smaller squares together, I just kept going around and around the original square.  I bought a couple of balls of yarn to use in this project, but the majority of the yarn was leftover from other projects.  Well, also there was yarn that I had bought previously and no longer had something that I wanted to make with it. 

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I have to admit that before I started this project, I didn't really like afghans.  I didn't like how I always wanted to stick my toes out of the holes when I was was sitting under one.  I don't think I appreciated the way they looked.  But I wanted a project to use up my yarn and I was interested in trying out some crochet.  And now I reallly love the way they look, and I'm trying to resist doing the toe thing.

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It was so satisfying to use up all of my odd balls of worsted weight yarn.  And to get something so beautiful out of it!

I kept going around until I felt like it was big enough and until I had used up my longer lengths of yarn.  Then I experimented with an edging until I found something I liked.  I ended up doing two double crochets in each stitch.  It ruffles a little bit, which I like a lot.

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I'm so happy with this afghan, and I'm sure it will be so welcome next fall and winter.  In the meantime, it will look pretty on the chair while we enjoy the spring and summer!

Posted at 02:31 PM in Crochet, Finished Objects 2011 |

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Comments

Allison

Wow, it came out great! I'd never been a fan of the afghan aesthetic either, but I love yours!

Posted by: Allison | May 15, 2011 at 03:03 PM

earthchick

I love this so SO much.

Posted by: earthchick | May 15, 2011 at 03:28 PM

Antoinette

So colorful and full of personality! I'd seen something like this (or maybe exactly this?) at the Purl Soho blog and wished I had the patience. Enjoy!

Posted by: Antoinette | May 15, 2011 at 05:50 PM

cauchy09

woo hoo! i just love a good big ass granny! :o)

Posted by: cauchy09 | May 15, 2011 at 08:57 PM

Brenda

It looks great and HUGE! Congratulations on finding such a good use for leftover yarn.

Posted by: Brenda | May 18, 2011 at 04:35 PM

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