It’s called a blanket.
May 7th, 2008 by nikki
I have caved.
Behold The Crochet Afghan Blanket. Last year I would have told you that The Crochet Afghan was a project reserved for old maids and senior citizens. Today I eat those words. Except for my afghan isn’t Old Guacamole and Newborn Poo colored Red Heart. (Actually, I do like those colors, but I do not want a squeaky, pricky, melt-in-a-fire acrylic blanket against my skin no matter the color.) My afghan, or blanket, as I prefer to call it, will be made from from some bum skeins of Troika that I have.
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I also have been moving slowly along on my stockinette sock. This project is what I work on while I do schoolwork with the kids.
Its something to distract my hands, but not my mind, while the girls learn about proper punctuation, multiplication tables, and world history. As an aside, the word of the day seems to be Bucephalus. One sock is done, the other is just a wee toe.
The yarn is Knittin’ Pretty handspun from Crown Mountain Farms Sock Hop roving in the “It Takes Two” colorway. If you like it, she has some more right here. So does Squoosh.
Bum skeins of Troika?! I refuse to believe that such a thing exists!
Pretty pink colors on the socks - very spring-like!
Commercial handspun sock yarn? I should buy a skein and keep it around just so that I can take peeks every now and then to figure out what *real* handspun sock yarn should look like!
OOh, I bought it. Those socks are causing me some serious foot envy :) This is the first time I’ve seen your blog - your photos are lovely!