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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Help for the Homeless in every Corner

knitted afghan for homelessBeen working on this corner to corner knitted afghan for our folks at Faith Mission. Using the color clean method. lol I dumped my pink stash and organized it, then my green stash, an then the blue. Organized, re-wrap and sorted as I went through each colored bag. Using up the small balls of this and that. Rows aren't even as I had more of some colors then others, no pre-determined pattern, changing colors as I run out. I am now on the 2nd half, as I've started the decreasing a stitch per row as I go so we'll see how it ends up. Not sure whether there will be a color beyond blue; have to see when I get there. Normally, I make a point to have a right and wrong side; but here I decided not to, I've even changed in mid row when the yarn ran out. Kinda fun to just go for it.

Still working on the blue and burgundy too. Gotta keep the fingers moving, there is much need.

2010
Scarves 275
Hats 491
Mittens 66
Socks 80
Slippers 12
Ghans 3
Squares 132


Please remember all donations regardless of size and number are valued. All donations are appreciated, and all donations keep someone warm. We help, one stitch at a time. It truly DOES make a difference. THANK YOU!
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6 comments:

  1. NancyNovember 17, 2010 at 11:02 AM

    I like this blanket. What a great use of odd bits of yarn. Hopefully, I'll be able to knit something for you soon.

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  2. SandyNovember 17, 2010 at 11:21 AM

    Thanks Nancy appreciate the kind words, and look forward to whatever you can do to help us.

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  3. FoxeniNovember 17, 2010 at 11:27 AM

    I saw that in a thumbnail on Facebook and I won't tell you what I thought it was. LOL Now that I see the larger picture, I can comment that it looks very nice. I personally can't knit a straight line worth a darn yet make a corner afghan. Very nice work Sandy.

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  4. Lillian RobinsonNovember 17, 2010 at 11:45 AM

    I love the corner-to-corner look. Great way to use up left-overs.

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  5. SandyNovember 17, 2010 at 11:51 AM

    Foxeni, you've got me curious...but perhaps it's not for publication. lol Thanks for popping in and leaving such a nice comment, appreciate it and hope to see you often.

    Lily, am with you 200%, it might become my favorite ghan to make because you don't have to count, and you really don't need fancy stitches to make the ghan interesting. The diagonal striping takes care of that, to my way of thinking.

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  6. YvonneNovember 17, 2010 at 1:13 PM

    I love it. I need to do something like this too with all my left overs. About how big will it be? I never know what a good size is.

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