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lydySo, evidently if you date DDB, you get a complimentary god-daughter, absolutely free! Or at least, I did. I didn't find out until a number of years later that Toni Brust, David's god-daughter, simply understood that since I was dating David, I was of course also her god-mother. Toni being Toni, it didn't strike her as at all odd that she had three god-parents. When I expressed surprise that I was her god-mother, she asked me why I had taken her to Valley Fair if I wasn't her god-mother. I had no good answer.
By the way, she's the best god-daughter, ever, so there's that.
So, in the way of things, I'm making her an afghan. She chose a pattern called Woven Marvel, which I think is weird, but she likes a lot. And it's fun to make, so that's all good, too. It's made of 63 squares, each of which is two colors woven together. First, you make a half-squid. Then you make another half-squid. Then you wave the ten legs together. Eventually, I will sew all squares together, accomplish a border, and it will be an afghan.
I'm particularly happy with the colors on this, since I chose them myself, and yet they do seem to go together. I was quite doubtful about the purple, but could find no other suitable color. Once I'd worked it up, though, it seemed to be fine. The moderating influence of the grey is key, I think.
Here's a picture of the three different blocks:
For those of you playing along with yarn choices, the black and the grey are Loops & Threads Soft and Shiny, the blues and the purple are Caron Simply Soft. I really love the grey, which you may remember from the first afghan that I made. (Hey, Patricia, I'll try to repair the problem tonight so that you can have it soon.)
And that's all the afghans that are fit to print.
By the way, she's the best god-daughter, ever, so there's that.
So, in the way of things, I'm making her an afghan. She chose a pattern called Woven Marvel, which I think is weird, but she likes a lot. And it's fun to make, so that's all good, too. It's made of 63 squares, each of which is two colors woven together. First, you make a half-squid. Then you make another half-squid. Then you wave the ten legs together. Eventually, I will sew all squares together, accomplish a border, and it will be an afghan.
I'm particularly happy with the colors on this, since I chose them myself, and yet they do seem to go together. I was quite doubtful about the purple, but could find no other suitable color. Once I'd worked it up, though, it seemed to be fine. The moderating influence of the grey is key, I think.
Here's a picture of the three different blocks:
For those of you playing along with yarn choices, the black and the grey are Loops & Threads Soft and Shiny, the blues and the purple are Caron Simply Soft. I really love the grey, which you may remember from the first afghan that I made. (Hey, Patricia, I'll try to repair the problem tonight so that you can have it soon.)
And that's all the afghans that are fit to print.
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Pretty!
Date: 2014-09-03 01:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-09-03 01:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-09-05 03:09 pm (UTC)Do you and Martin need and afghan? I seem to be on a roll....
Sisters first
Date: 2014-09-05 05:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-09-07 08:20 am (UTC)Toni's afghan requires assembly and a border, but all the color blocks are done. I'll probably do that this Tuesday, or at last, as much of it as I can before I fall asleep. Her afghan will be done, soon. Aliera and I haven't figured out what she wants. But my current travel project is the spec afghan. When I get a strip done, maybe I can DDB to photograph it so that I can show WIP.
If you would prefer a bespoke afghan, with input into pattern and color, that's fine. The spec afghan will end up where ever it ends up.