Daisy Afghans Done

FINALLY!

Pictures of the two black afghans finished.  They were started as part of the Ravellenic Games.

First:

I attempted to use the border on Crochet Spot called Hanging Shell Trim but that fourth round in my yarn just did not look right.  Every time I added to that third round, it looked bad.  Each time I ripped it out and looked at what I had, I kept thinking that I liked it as it was.  So I left it.

Second

I really liked the border I put on this one.... two shades of pink, using Border #49 from Jean Leinhauser's book 50 Crocheted Afghan Borders.

I have one more (pastel) afghan that I have to border from the Ravellenic Games, then it's on to more squares!

The best laid plans...

The best laid plans....

I did round 3 of the border.  Then I tried and tried and tried round #4.  No matter what I did, it looked just wrong.  I ripped round 4 out, realized I liked it like it was, and called it done.

Simple is good, right?

Picture to follow tomorrow when I have good lighting!

Daisy Border

I'm trying to keep this blog a little more current, hope you don't mind!

I'm working a border on one of the black afghans I did for the 2012 Ravellenic Games.  I try to make each border different in some way - color, pattern, etc.  This time I decided that I was going to try a solid black afghan with the black border, and not have the border colors compete with the multiple colors on the squares' borders.  So far, so good.

I decided to use the Hanging Shells Trim from this blog.  I'm in round 3 and it's looking sketchy if I'll have the yarn to finish round 4.  The beauty of it is that I can use a different skein of black, dye lots be darned, and it should turn out fine as the scallops should cover most of the rest.  If that doesn't look good, it might get color after all! 

I'll keep you posted, hopefully with another finish! 

And yes, I do still accept square, and I do still receive them - usually a bundle or three every week!

Afghan Finished

Here's the latest addition to the completed daisies!  You'll notice that instead of bordering this one with white and then joining, I bordered with a variety of pastel yarns that I had here.  If you knew me in real life, you'd know that I have been on a mission this past year to reduce the "odd" skeins of yarn I have laying around here so this fit the bill nicely.

The border on this afghan is a free pattern I found online HERE.  It works beautifully because there is no real counting needed - you can improvise quite nicely!

Long time.....

I'm pretty sure I'm the slackest blog host ever....

I have still been accepting members to the Yahoo! Group, still receiving squares, and still making blankets to donate!

During the Ravellenic Games over on Ravelry, I was part of the Modular Relay.  My goal was to border 160 of the squares I received as donations during the games.  I was doing pretty well until we went out of town for 5 days, then I lagged behind!  Thanks to an impromptu trip for my husband, at which point I feverishly worked on squares, I finished them ALL!

Now I'm working on getting borders on the afghans I did during the games - tonight I finished one!  I will get a picture up tomorrow!