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. 🙂
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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@Olivia, Thank you. Sock knitting becomes easier. I remember when I first started it seemed to be a bit overwhelming, but after a while, it became much easier for myself. I believe VeryPink (username on YouTube) has a sock knitting tutorial and I really like Liat Gat’s style of teaching. She has a few free videos on YouTube that focuses on knitting two socks at a time. She also has a paid tutorial on how to knit socks. Although I’d already knew how to make socks two at a time, I purchased her video. I really like her paid video and do believe it would be helpful for someone new to sock knitting.
I enjoy knitting socks, but haven’t been able to do too much of that lately, due to wrist issues. The small circular needles bother my left arm/wrist. I usually knit socks with a size 0. With my socks, I usually knit four at a time, so there’s pair of socks for my daughter and one pair for myself.
I’ve started knitting another afghan and a little over the halfway mark. I started that as soon as I was finished the one above. My knitting goal is to create three knitted afghans this year and I believe I’ll accomplish that.
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