How very refreshing

I finished the Refreshing throw this weekend!

Yay! My January Afghan is done!

Tied in the last ends of the border on Sunday night and then spent the rest of the evening relaxing. It was odd having a few hours in the evening without a crochet hook in my hand.

The afghan is so soft and snuggly feeling and it feels heavy. It seems likes it's heavier than what the un-crocheted skeins would weigh. It can't technically, but it does feel like that. I think it's as large as I would want to go using Simply Soft.

The finished size is 49" X 55". Not quite the size of a bed, but plenty big enough for curling up on a sofa.

I made the afghan 6 squares by 7, so 42 squares total.  Each 6 ounce skien makes 8 squares, so I made  2 extra of the off-white and used the extra on the skien for going around each square in a single crochet border, that way when I joined them together with the off white it would not show through between the different colours.

After joining, I did a row of off-white single crochet around, 3 rows of hdc, 1 row sc off-white, then off-white - Rnd 2 of border as written in RH pattern.

I'm quite happy and proud of it. Not sure what I'm going to do with it yet, but for now I'm happy enough knowing it's complete.

About this Afghan

• 24.5 hrs to complete squares
• 10 hours to join / border

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• 35 hrs total

Caron Simply Soft Yarn

• 2 sage
• 1 orchid
• 1 Plum Wine
• 1 Robin's Egg
• 2 Off-White

Approximately 6.5 skeins to complete.
Approximately 38 oz

An Afghan A Month

An afghan a month!

Ok, I might be a bit crazy, but I think this will work and is completely doable. I hope, although I had a moment of sheer panic that I was taking on more than I could handle...then realized I hadn't actually posted anything and made it all official like...but guess what I'm doing now...ACK!

My goal is to finish one afghan a month. That's all. No limit that it has to be started and finished in the same month. Some afghans are quick and easy and some might take a few months to finish.

The reason I think it will work for me, is because I can work on a few different ones at the same time.

I lean toward afghans that are piece projects and not one huge affair, so it's easier to set a goal to finish a square or two here and there and it keeps me from getting bored with the same old thing.

Currently I have four afghan projects on the go and few more lined up that I'm itching to start!

• Refreshing Throw (98% complete - just need to finish the border)
• Daisy Afghan (90% complete - just need to join/border)
• Log Cabin Throw (5%)
• Moogly Cal (1 square in!)
• Aran Nosegay Afghan (have yarn)
• Stained Glass Window Afghan (Simply Amazing!)
• Spanish Tiles (have to see if I can find this pattern)
• Sunflower Afghan

That's almost a year of afghans already! So totally doable. I have a few more afghans in mind, but haven't settled on the patterns yet. I know I want to do a skull afghan. I purchased the pattern already because I have someone in mind that I wanted to make it for. I just haven't gotten around to starting it yet.

Also, I wanted to do the Color Revolution (10% complete), using the same squares as the Refreshing Throw. I'm just not sure about it now. It may be too big and heavy for Caron Simply Soft yarn. We'll see, it might end up being another Refreshing Throw or a baby size / car blanket.

I really like the colors of the Country Fresh Blanket and I go back and forth on wanting to do it. I do want to try a sampler type of blanket, but the blanket itself isn't really my style. Too country... I'll keep it in the running. If I don't find something else I'd rather do, I'll let it back in.

Ok, I need to go crochet, because that is a LOT of work ahead of me and there are other projects I want to do besides afghans!

TTYL!