Flagel Knitting Files

Shown below is the second throw knit for my other son's wedding shower.  This one was made in 2010, did include more repeated patterns and is another Rena Stevens' pattern for a Breezy Ruffled Throw . My version of R. Stevens' Summer Breeze Throw The colour scheme was based on the colours shown on the pattern but includes a darker blue adding more blue overall because the bride likes that colour .  Additionally it was going to North Carolina where there is lots of sun, and I love working with sunny colours during the gray Vancouver winter.  This throw was knit from north to south as shown above requiring no sewing together of pieces.  It includes two basic stitch patterns:  the wider bumpy strips and the more lacy yellow strips that break up the other colours. I have accomplished my goal of getting both sons afghans completed on time.  And I have carried Grandma Perry's tradition forward.

Not everything I knit is non-essential, though proportionally more projects are artistic than useful.  Here's a post regarding something I've made that can actually be used.  The attentive reader will quickly realize it doesn't have to fit a human form though.  The afghan I got from Grandma Perry My paternal grandmother did something for her 9 grandchildren, she crocheted an afghan for each of us when we got married.  Grandma made mine in 1975 which was a time of granny squares.  Now over 35 years old it still looks great, even though the colour scheme is so 70's. We used it a lot when I lived in North Dakota, in fact I still use it.   After the wedding two sons came along so this afghan has been washed more than a few time. Fast forward to late 2008 when my youngest son announced he was getting married the following July.  Rather than take on potential grandchildren like Grandma Perry, I adapted her idea...