October
4, 2004 -- "Merry and Bright" -- first pieced afghanAnother
one out of the Leisure Arts' Quick and Cozy Afghans book.
This one was called "Merry and Bright" because in the book it
is done in Christmas colors. I always thought it was ugly and the variegated yarn
made it hard to see the clusters. Later
I was looking for something to use up some scrap worsted yarn with and decided
to try this one despite the ugly book photo because it was simple -- strips rather
than blocks = less pieces to make. The
strips also worked upwards (few stiches, but frequent turning of work) rather
than horizontal. (less turning of work but loooong stitches across). This meant
I could always stop at the end of a row and not smack in the middle when I got
tired. I always like the vertical "mile" patterns rather than the horizontal! My
first attempt: 
Made
some mistakes with the scallop edges lot laying flat and in assembly... in the
detail you see I have one strip going in one direction and the next the clusters
are going the other way. Not terribly noticeable, but still... something to watch
out for. 
I
thought it was going to be an ugly blanket but the colors I was trying to use
up ended up working together pretty decently so I ended up liking the colors after
all. I really liked how it worked up though so much later I did the same pattern
in baby sport with a slightly smaller hook: 
This
time I was more careful about the scalloped edges and they lay nicely flat. 
I'd
def. do this one again.
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