And now for the Knitters among you....The Beautiful Afghan

PJ, here it is. The pattern for the Beautiful Afghan. I almost, after watching the whole first series of "Hoarders" on Netflix, threw out an entire folder of miscellaneous sssstuff last night. Mon Dieu! Now I know why some people hate to part with a single thing! I gasp with horror at what could have been lost forever when that pattern literally fell into my hands from the folder!

The afghan that I am mending was made from this pattern. The pattern was created by a co-worker, and came from a knit shop that I used to work at.

Edited to add: Be sure to establish a uniform gauge for size 10 and worsted weight. Otherwise you will have a royal mess on your hand, like I did at first. heehee

Enjoy!

The Manly/Beastly Aran sweater is on the way to the split for the front and back. Just about five more inches of pattern knitting before the split. I work on it each day that the cool weather is here. The pattern has become easy to read but because of my hand and eyes, I only do about three rounds a day, less than an inch worth, by what the Hay. Slow progress is better than no progress at all. When I reach the split, I'll bore you all with a piccie.

Upon looking at the two chullo hats and the pattern for them, I decided that one hyperpattern at a time was enough. Soooooo...

I decided to start another pair of socks just for the mind numbing wonderfulness of knitting something that doesn't take so much brain straining, brow knitting consternation. All three of my remaining marbles have a hulluva time trying to make it through all the straw just to make contact with one another.

It's cool here, and rainy. We had more rain. What a blessing it is. The little plants and the big and biggish trees are celebrating, as are the human gardeners. Of course the outside venues are not too happy but we need this rain.

70's Afghan Mending Project ongoing

 

 

 

The top photo is of the spit mend, worked back into the fabric of the afghan. The place of the mend is three up from the bottom of the fans. You can hardly see that the yarn's just a little thicker there on the one leg of the yarn overs.

The next picture is of a hole made by another moth or maybe a weak spot that came apart after long years of use. The yarn is wonderful yarn that's really held up to wear but not to being stored away with a flitting critter or two in the vicinity.

The third picture is the hardest spot to mend. It will have to be re-knit somehow, but there is a yarn that almost matches. I'm almost tempted to use a dark brown Lamb's Pride or something, but I'm going to stick with trying to get as good a match as possible.

It's been fun to approach something like this with restoration in mind. We'll see how it goes. :)

Fixing an old Old woolen Afghan:beginning Sprint on Super Bowl Sunday

 

 

 

I put some self explanatory captions in these three photos.

These seem to be in order. I'll edit to make it make sense if it clearly does not.

As for the Super Bowl, YAY! We watched the game, and just are so happy! In a game that seemed like anything could happen, in which anything was possible, it did happen and was possible. "Twinkle toes" Alworth is now not the only "Twinkle toes", as Holmes tapped down in the end zone to show his stylish rendition of Lance Alworth's trademark footwork. QB Ben, Steeler Nation, You Rock!