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An Awesome Wedding Present!

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While playing around on the internet, looking for knitting patterns, admit it, you do that too, otherwise why would you be here??. Anyway, I came across this really pretty afghan. Composed of a number of different cable patterns, I think it would be perfect for a wedding present. From the Knit One, Purr Too Blog, here:  http://www.jenipurr.com/knitpurr-gallery/blankets/twining_trees_cabled_afghan.html

This creation is an example of what you can do with a little imagination and a stitch library! There are other pictures too, stop by and see.

Comments

  1. I came across this Richard Cabled Afghan 7 months ago when i learned how to knit..I printed it and its my inspiration for my very own first ever knitted blanket for my hubby.

    One of the links that jennipurr provides for the cables for the saxon braid does not work on her blog & being new to knitting i didnt know the difference between the ring cable on far left and right of her blanket or the saxon cable thats paneled next to ring cables.I tried letting her know that link is broken so fyi for those who try to click on it.You can google search saxon braid & get tons of free patterns. but WORD to the wise.. the only ring cable pattern i found online free was by Maureen Egan Emlet from ravelry and her chart for her ring cable is wrong (2 test swatches and 2 months later my knitting guru fixed the chart for me and my ring cable knitted up beautifully.. Thank God cause my heart was so set on that beautiful ring cable with the braid that runs through the center. The ring cable chart thats provided is wrong on every website from here to timbuck2.
    now im halfway done with my first panel of the Ring cable and I hope jennipurr knows what an inspiration her blanket was for me..its been my favorite. Ive only been knitting about 7 months but fell in love with cables and I hope my blanket turns out as pretty as hers. i even bought the same yarn she used “redheart” aran fleck. the afghan looks sorta greyish in the picture but the yarn is actually not grey at all but creamish with little bitty flecks of blue and burgundy..
    just wanted to share about the broken links,incorrect pattern and how awesome i think jennipurr is.
    have a great day all
    carolyne

Have you read?

A Shawlette with a Ton of Design Options

There’s a lot to like about the Eloise Bandana from Katryn Seeburger. This cute little colorwork triangle can be worked as a bandana or kerchief size or a bigger shawlette. 

It’s worked in two colors of fingering weight yarn so you can use whatever yarn you have in your stash and just make it as big as you can (since it is worked from the bottom up). 

You can see the two sizes from the photo, and also two colorwork options: strawberries and lily of the valley. 

But that’s not all the choices you have. In fact, there are 34 different charts you can choose from to knit onto your project. Some of the options include happy faces, a lobster, a pumpkin, a snail and a butterfly. There are cherries, peaches, tomatoes and radishes.

There’s even a blank square you can use to draw your own little design if you want to use something else. Or keep it blank and make it a plain checkerboard design. 

And while both of these shawls use the same icons throughout, you could also use different designs throughout if you want. Say a fall version with a bat, pumpkin, leaf and acorn, or a summer beach theme with sailboat, fish, lobster and a bird? I keep suggesting four different icons because the larger size has four rows of squares, but the smaller has three, so you could do stripes of the same icon or alternate a couple of different ones, whatever you like. 

Look through the finished projects on the Ravelry project page to see lots of different options, from rows to individual icons. There are also some projects that are smaller than the suggested size to make a smaller bandana. You could also keep going a make a bigger shawl working increases in the same way as you have been going. 

Check out all the details and grab a copy of the pattern on Ravelry. 

[Photo: Katryn Seeburger]