Each friend will knit or crochet 12 afghan squares and mail a square to each friend that's participating, keeping one for ourselves. Once we receive squares from participating friends, we'll stitch them together to make a friendship afghan and would be a great keepsake or can be donated to a local charity of your choice! We'll keep everyone updated on the progress of our squares by blogging about it or leaving a comment here.To make it easier for all my friends to join me in making a friendship afghan, you can either knit or crochet your afghan squares -whichever craft you is easier for you. However, there will be a few guidelines we'll need to follow so that the squares are about the same size.
1. You can use any needles or hooksyou need to get an 7 inch square. Be creative and try different stitches and patterns for your squares, waves and color blends are a plus! However, try to avoid stitches that are lacy or have a lot of holes.
2. You can use any 100% acrylic, worsted weight yarn. Most acrylic yarns have the same washing instructions and acrylic yarn usually has the widest variety in stores. Vanna's Choice by Lion Brand is one of my favorite yarns and great for afghans so I'll probably use it. They have a wide variety of color choices to choose from; you can see some of the colors available on Lion Brand's Blog. However, feel free to try something new or have fun working with your favorite yarn!
3. It would be a good idea to set a time limit to complete the squares. This should help us to finish the project and add a little incentive to go through with it. We'll be making 12 afghan squares each, and I'd like to have them in the mail in about 4 months. So if we start on the 15th of June, we can complete the squares by mid-October! Once you receive all your squares, you can begin sewing them together and it's up to you how long you take to finish it off! What do you all think? Is four months enough time to make 12 squares or do you think you'll need more time to finish them? I would love to hear your thoughts on this!
4. In order to select colors that will match and make beautiful afghans, we'll need to choose a color theme (for example, autumn, pastels, pink and cream, blues). Once I have a complete list of participants, I'll set up a poll so we can vote on a theme! If you have a color scheme you would like to suggest for the poll, please leave a comment below!
Please leave a comment below if you would like to join, and be sure to tell your friends too! All participants will be listed in my sidebar!
GUIDELINES for the FRIENDSHIP AFGHANS
1. You can use any needles or hooksyou need to get an 7 inch square. Be creative and try different stitches and patterns for your squares, waves and color blends are a plus! However, try to avoid stitches that are lacy or have a lot of holes.
2. You can use any 100% acrylic, worsted weight yarn. Most acrylic yarns have the same washing instructions and acrylic yarn usually has the widest variety in stores. Vanna's Choice by Lion Brand is one of my favorite yarns and great for afghans so I'll probably use it. They have a wide variety of color choices to choose from; you can see some of the colors available on Lion Brand's Blog. However, feel free to try something new or have fun working with your favorite yarn!
3. It would be a good idea to set a time limit to complete the squares. This should help us to finish the project and add a little incentive to go through with it. We'll be making 12 afghan squares each, and I'd like to have them in the mail in about 4 months. So if we start on the 15th of June, we can complete the squares by mid-October! Once you receive all your squares, you can begin sewing them together and it's up to you how long you take to finish it off! What do you all think? Is four months enough time to make 12 squares or do you think you'll need more time to finish them? I would love to hear your thoughts on this!
4. In order to select colors that will match and make beautiful afghans, we'll need to choose a color theme (for example, autumn, pastels, pink and cream, blues). Once I have a complete list of participants, I'll set up a poll so we can vote on a theme! If you have a color scheme you would like to suggest for the poll, please leave a comment below!
Please leave a comment below if you would like to join, and be sure to tell your friends too! All participants will be listed in my sidebar!
3 comments:
Oooh!! Count me in! That sounds like so much fun! :)
Okay, I have thought about it, and I am wanting to join in as well Eden if I may. :) Jessica and I may kind of do it together to make one afghan...not sure. ;)
Blessings and Hugs! :)
~Rachel~
P.S. - and I voted on the pole too. ;)
Hello, dear! I was wondering about the time frame for this. Do we need to start getting you addresses? Hope you are having lovely week!
Through Christ,
LH
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