Nearly Forgot!!
I failed to mention yesterday one additional, and rather significant, advantage to the Hues afghan - it's made with acrylic!!! Which is perfect for yarn muggles, who don't need to be bothered with special washing instructions! Bonus!!
Also, the yarn is Knit Picks Brava Sport - it's very sqooshy, especially in the garter stitch.
What I've learned in the interim is that this pattern, when additional helpful hints such as slipping specific edge stitches are incorporated, is wicked fun to make. Just when things start to get dull, it's time to add a new color! Only two colors are used at any one time, and in the column one color carries along, which significantly reduces the number of ends that will need to be worked in later (although there will still be a bunch!). Here's where I was as of earlier this afternoon:
(The darker colors in the two squares on the left look identical in this pic, but in reality they're discernibly different.)
Also - the whole thing is very organized. Picking up the right amount of stitches is easy because there is a corresponding number of edge stitches, very clearly slipped and easy to count and align. Mark the center stitch with a removable stitch marker, and the rest pretty much takes care of itself!
Since the above pic was taken, I've finished the last square and am about to start the second column - which is attached directly to the first column. In the end, there will be four large squares of 25 smaller squares each, which then get sewn together (ugh) and lastly an edging is applied to the whole shebango. Since the full afghan is 100 squares in total, I've completed a depressingly small 5% of it. Oh well - at least it's still fun!
In other news - it's rainy and breezy out today, and the leaves are falling at an accelerated rate. All else remains fairly quiet!
Also, the yarn is Knit Picks Brava Sport - it's very sqooshy, especially in the garter stitch.
What I've learned in the interim is that this pattern, when additional helpful hints such as slipping specific edge stitches are incorporated, is wicked fun to make. Just when things start to get dull, it's time to add a new color! Only two colors are used at any one time, and in the column one color carries along, which significantly reduces the number of ends that will need to be worked in later (although there will still be a bunch!). Here's where I was as of earlier this afternoon:
(The darker colors in the two squares on the left look identical in this pic, but in reality they're discernibly different.)
Also - the whole thing is very organized. Picking up the right amount of stitches is easy because there is a corresponding number of edge stitches, very clearly slipped and easy to count and align. Mark the center stitch with a removable stitch marker, and the rest pretty much takes care of itself!
Since the above pic was taken, I've finished the last square and am about to start the second column - which is attached directly to the first column. In the end, there will be four large squares of 25 smaller squares each, which then get sewn together (ugh) and lastly an edging is applied to the whole shebango. Since the full afghan is 100 squares in total, I've completed a depressingly small 5% of it. Oh well - at least it's still fun!
In other news - it's rainy and breezy out today, and the leaves are falling at an accelerated rate. All else remains fairly quiet!
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