Something handknit…

I finally finished knitting the handknit afghan that I was making. It took me a little under one month to create.

It’s made from 100% merino wool.

It’s squishably soft and handwash only or… I CAN wash it on the delicate setting (as long as I don’t utilize the agitate cycle) and let it line dry.

I added a crocheted border to this afghan and I do believe that I will hand-sew a lining also. I’m currently working on another knit blanket. This time, I’m using fisherman’s wool. It’s 100 % wool also. With crafting, I only use natural fibers. One of the many benefits that I appreciate about using natural fiber is that they breathe. So yes… I wear wool socks even during the summer. All the socks that I own were handknitted by me. My daughter can say the same thing about most of her socks. She does have a few socks that were gifted to her by Karen one of my blogging pals.

Although I don’t eat animals I have no issues using animal fibers that are responsibly harvested. There are plenty of sheep farmers that do that. I think it’s wonderful to see a face that goes along with the sheared fiber. Not only do I knit, I spin also. What’s my next project? I’ll be knitting an afghan, but it will be made from some of my raw fiber. I do believe it will be a mix of wool, llama and perhaps mohair. The fiber has already been cleaned by me, so the only thing left to do is card the fiber, spin, dye and then knit the afghan. 🙂

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Olivia

Beautiful Afghan, Opal!! I’m so impressed with your knitting! I’m working on my first sock now and it’s a challenge… how wonderful that you knitted all your own socks!
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