woohoo! zee afghan, she eez finished!
Jan. 21st, 2006 01:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bunrabAll right, all together now:
99 granny squares on a wall, 99 granny squares
If one of those grannies should happen to fall...
No, really, it's done. Here's some pics - click on each small pic to see a larger version.
The body under the first pic is S, to demonstrate the size - it came out a little larger than expected, thanks to the wide variance in thicknesses of yarns all labelled "worsted weight" - I had intended something about 45" x 55" and instead we've got something closer to 55" x 66" . In the second pic, S demonstrates that the afghan can indeed be wrapped around a person for a huddle. And in the third, Pickle Underfoot demonstrates his abilities as a lumpy object on the sofa.
This took what, less than 2 weeks? Something like that. It's not a fantastic afghan, but it sure is a finished one! I used up so many scraps of yarn on this - included little leftover wads and balls the size of a ping pong ball that I had brought from Boston to Austin with me in 1981 - some of those yarn companies aren't even in business any more. So that's a certain amount of clutter cleared out, too - an incidental accomplishment. I think there's about 30 different yarns in there total.
99 granny squares on a wall, 99 granny squares
If one of those grannies should happen to fall...
No, really, it's done. Here's some pics - click on each small pic to see a larger version.
The body under the first pic is S, to demonstrate the size - it came out a little larger than expected, thanks to the wide variance in thicknesses of yarns all labelled "worsted weight" - I had intended something about 45" x 55" and instead we've got something closer to 55" x 66" . In the second pic, S demonstrates that the afghan can indeed be wrapped around a person for a huddle. And in the third, Pickle Underfoot demonstrates his abilities as a lumpy object on the sofa.
This took what, less than 2 weeks? Something like that. It's not a fantastic afghan, but it sure is a finished one! I used up so many scraps of yarn on this - included little leftover wads and balls the size of a ping pong ball that I had brought from Boston to Austin with me in 1981 - some of those yarn companies aren't even in business any more. So that's a certain amount of clutter cleared out, too - an incidental accomplishment. I think there's about 30 different yarns in there total.
