I started this afghan on August 3, 2008 and finished it just in the knick of time. It was a wedding gift for a friend of mine and I had to have it done by 9/20/08 (the day of the wedding reception). Well, I finished it on 9/20/08...talk about down to the last minute! I would’ve had if finished a lot sooner, but ended up having to whip together another afghan (Colors of Nature - Midnight Sky) for a benefit I was donating it to, which was also the same day as the wedding reception (9/20/08). So this one got set aside while I made the other afghan.I never did have time to add a framed border around it as I had originally hoped to do, but I did use the walnut color around the border rather than the bluebell color that the pattern said to use. I figured this would give it the “framed” look and add some definition to it.
This was an extremely easy afghan to make, just frustrating at times because there was almost always more than 1 skein attached to the afghan at one time, so turning at the end of each row became a tangled mess at times when trying to rotate the afghan with up to 5 skeins attached at different spots. (See the picture in progress above...it shows 5 skeins attached all at once).
I absolutely loved working with the yarn I chose for this pattern...Lion Brand Wool-Ease Chunky.
Pattern can be found in the book titled:
Blue Ribbon Afghans from America's State Fairs
Pattern : Approx 44 x 57 (excluding fringe)
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