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Posted by Barbara T on May 17, 2009, 9:22 pm
Time flies when we are having fun. Five years ago I read a post here
that a plaid afghan was being made. I was very interested and
inquired to the poster (Ericka K), she supplied me the details. Which
I carefully filed away awaiting inspiration.
Some time later I found I have ancestors in Scotland. Searching for
information, I found the name and tartan.
I have a plan to make an afghan for each grandchild as they graduate
from high school (12th grade in USA, kids approximately 18). Next
grandchild would graduate in 2009. So I started searching for a yarn
fine enough to get several repeats of the plaid and available in the
proper colors. Several falst starts later,
http://www.cottonclouds.com/ of Stafford Arizonia came up on my
internet search list. Irene Schmoller the owner was very helpful in
suggesting yarn and colors.
A picture of the finished afghan and a few of the work in progress are
proudly displayed iin my Webshots album;
http://community.webshots.com/album/233940343JvVAmu
It was an interesting project, about six months of actual work,
research in fits and starts used up the rest of the time.
Ericka, thank you very much for explaining the procedure, after
getting all the yarns attached, the pattern was easy to follow.
Barbara T
Previously fulltime RVer, now at home in Alamogordo NM
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Posted by Gillian Murray on May 17, 2009, 9:53 pm
Barbara T wrote:
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> Time flies when we are having fun. Five years ago I read a post here
> that a plaid afghan was being made. I was very interested and
> inquired to the poster (Ericka K), she supplied me the details. Which
> I carefully filed away awaiting inspiration.
>
> Some time later I found I have ancestors in Scotland. Searching for
> information, I found the name and tartan.
>
> I have a plan to make an afghan for each grandchild as they graduate
> from high school (12th grade in USA, kids approximately 18). Next
> grandchild would graduate in 2009. So I started searching for a yarn
> fine enough to get several repeats of the plaid and available in the
> proper colors. Several falst starts later,
> http://www.cottonclouds.com/ of Stafford Arizonia came up on my
> internet search list. Irene Schmoller the owner was very helpful in
> suggesting yarn and colors.
>
> A picture of the finished afghan and a few of the work in progress are
> proudly displayed iin my Webshots album;
> http://community.webshots.com/album/233940343JvVAmu
>
> It was an interesting project, about six months of actual work,
> research in fits and starts used up the rest of the time.
> Ericka, thank you very much for explaining the procedure, after
> getting all the yarns attached, the pattern was easy to follow.
>
> Barbara T
> Previously fulltime RVer, now at home in Alamogordo NM
I am pretty sure that Ericka checks in here. Of course, Sheena is the
resident Scot!!
Nice to see you back again; this is such an informative group, unless we
wander off on non-stitchy subsets (known to happen frequently). They are
still informative, but not on a stitching thread(oops pun).
Gillian
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Posted by Ericka on May 17, 2009, 10:04 pm
Barbara T wrote:
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> A picture of the finished afghan and a few of the work in progress are
> proudly displayed in my Webshots album;
> http://community.webshots.com/album/233940343JvVAmu
Wow! It looks great! That's one lucky grandchild
you've got ;-) I'm glad it all worked out so well for you.
It's such a pain corralling all those skeins of yarn for
the vertical stripes, but the end result is so worth it.
Which of the yarns at Cotton Clouds did you use?
Best wishes,
Ericka
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Posted by ellice on May 18, 2009, 11:24 am
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> Barbara T wrote:
>
>> A picture of the finished afghan and a few of the work in progress are
>> proudly displayed in my Webshots album;
>> http://community.webshots.com/album/233940343JvVAmu
>
> Wow! It looks great! That's one lucky grandchild
> you've got ;-) I'm glad it all worked out so well for you.
> It's such a pain corralling all those skeins of yarn for
> the vertical stripes, but the end result is so worth it.
> Which of the yarns at Cotton Clouds did you use?
>
> Best wishes,
> Ericka
Ditto - great looking afghan. And I love the signal flags one, as well.
Congratulations - to you, and the grandchildren.
Ellice
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Posted by Shirley Shone on May 18, 2009, 2:15 am
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>Time flies when we are having fun. Five years ago I read a post here
>that a plaid afghan was being made. I was very interested and
>inquired to the poster (Ericka K), she supplied me the details. Which
>I carefully filed away awaiting inspiration.
>Some time later I found I have ancestors in Scotland. Searching for
>information, I found the name and tartan.
>I have a plan to make an afghan for each grandchild as they graduate
>from high school (12th grade in USA, kids approximately 18). Next
>grandchild would graduate in 2009. So I started searching for a yarn
>fine enough to get several repeats of the plaid and available in the
>proper colors. Several falst starts later,
>http://www.cottonclouds.com/ of Stafford Arizonia came up on my
>internet search list. Irene Schmoller the owner was very helpful in
>suggesting yarn and colors.
>A picture of the finished afghan and a few of the work in progress are
>proudly displayed iin my Webshots album;
>http://community.webshots.com/album/233940343JvVAmu
>It was an interesting project, about six months of actual work,
>research in fits and starts used up the rest of the time.
>Ericka, thank you very much for explaining the procedure, after
>getting all the yarns attached, the pattern was easy to follow.
>Barbara T
>Previously fulltime RVer, now at home in Alamogordo NM
That is one wonderful afghan, many hours of labour with love gone in to
it. Well done you.
Hugs
Shirley
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Shirley Shone
shirley@allcrafts.demon.co.uk
http://www.allcrafts.org.uk
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> that a plaid afghan was being made. I was very interested and
> inquired to the poster (Ericka K), she supplied me the details. Which
> I carefully filed away awaiting inspiration.
>
> Some time later I found I have ancestors in Scotland. Searching for
> information, I found the name and tartan.
>
> I have a plan to make an afghan for each grandchild as they graduate
> from high school (12th grade in USA, kids approximately 18). Next
> grandchild would graduate in 2009. So I started searching for a yarn
> fine enough to get several repeats of the plaid and available in the
> proper colors. Several falst starts later,
> http://www.cottonclouds.com/ of Stafford Arizonia came up on my
> internet search list. Irene Schmoller the owner was very helpful in
> suggesting yarn and colors.
>
> A picture of the finished afghan and a few of the work in progress are
> proudly displayed iin my Webshots album;
> http://community.webshots.com/album/233940343JvVAmu
>
> It was an interesting project, about six months of actual work,
> research in fits and starts used up the rest of the time.
> Ericka, thank you very much for explaining the procedure, after
> getting all the yarns attached, the pattern was easy to follow.
>
> Barbara T
> Previously fulltime RVer, now at home in Alamogordo NM