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Sampler Afghan

  • February 6, 2011 6:13 pm

This has to count as my longest project ever! Started it in July 2007 and didn’t finish it until April 2010. In my defence, the idea was to use only leftover scraps of yarn and it does take a while to build enough double knit scraps to create something of this size. It’s about 8ft wide by 5ft long (I haven’t actually measured it) but it fits a good sized double bed with ease and is made up of 42 squares. The other reason for doing this was to try out different techniques. Creating it confirmed that I hate intarsia…

K Update

  • February 4, 2011 9:24 pm

K has been improving steadily since Christmas. We haven’t had to use the wheelchair for weeks and he’s even walking to & from school by himself. Yay!

It’s All A Bit Slow…

  • February 3, 2011 8:56 pm

Seem to have hit a bit of a slow spell since Christmas. I’ve got three projects on the go — all started mid-December — and not one of them is close to being finished yet!