Afghan

Well, it’s not afghan season, but I’ve decided to start making an afghan anyway.  I’ve always been intrigued by the work that goes into the blankets I’ve acquired from family members who knit or crochet.  When I started looking into what goes into an afghan I was afraid to take on a project so large, but luckily I came across a pattern that’s fairly easy yet creates an interesting pattern.  The pattern I’m using can be found here.

My version of this afghan has a chocolate brown as the main color and pink as the secondary color.  I’ve decided to use Caron Simply Soft yarn as it has a soft texture and is available in a large variety of colors.  I have not yet figured out how many skeins of yarn this project will take, though I’ve already purchased 3 skeins of brown and 2 of pink.  I have a feeling I’ll be buying more to finish this project successfully.

I started working on the afghan this past week and am already 19 rows into it.  It’s 270 stitches across and I haven’t counted how many rows it will be when it’s finished.  I’m knitting it on a size 7 circular needle, although the first six rows were knit on a size 6 needle, per the pattern instructions. 

 

Below is a more detailed photo of the stitch pattern repeated throughout the afghan.  The same pattern will repeat throughout the colors until the final rows, which will repeat the knit stitch that was performed in the first six rows.  I’m hoping to add the pink yarn this week, at which time I will provide an update.