mom's wool eater

[yarn_geek]

Yea, it's finally done! I've been working on this thing since January. I meant to get it done by the end of April for my mom's birthday, but that didn't happen...

 

At 85" across, it fits a queen sized bed. Oh- I did the math, and it looks like I used 31 skeins of yarn (RHSS and Loops and Threads Impeccable), which works out to be about 10,000 yards. Also, I had to stand on a stepstool and hold the camera next to the ceiling in order to get as much of it in the shot as I could.

 

 

(ETA: The pattern is by Sarah London. I added a direct link to it in post 30.)

[imanurse55]

That is simply stunning!!!!! Beautiful!!!

[TCarra]

Love your colors!!! Very pretty!

[annmcc1976]

i love that.. where did you find that pattern? I love the colors.. blue Is my fav color!

[AutumnBreeze]

Wow! the colors are amazing! Great job

[ShilohsNamma]

Awesome!! The colors are fantastic.

[happy stitcher]

Wow!!!

That's amazing! 31 skeins!

 

It's beautiful!! :clap

[TheWhip]

That is incredible! Great job!

[PinkThunderstorm]

That is absolutely gorgeous!!!

LOVE it

[CraftyZone]

That is one beautiful afghan you made I love the colors you used.

[basjordan]

Wow!!! I love this! Congratulations on finishing an absolutely stunning project!

[smokeyp81]

Beautiful! Great job!

[lisamartinez]

That blanket is gorgeous!!!

[AuntJu]

That is so beautiful! I can't even imagine the work that went into that! Amazing job! Love the colors too!

 

Julia

[RelicRaider]

Oh, I really like that. I love the colors. You definitely have more patience than I do. If the project is too large, I tend to get bored with it and put it aside, never to pick it up again.

 

Great job! And congrats on sticking with it.

[PAndrus]

Absolutely gorgeous!!

[Lynn]

Wow! That is just gorgeous! LOTS of work! I tried a small square in the wool eater pattern but found it tedious. Congratulations on completing a beautiful and daunting project!

[hhensler]

Gorgeous - I want one!

[Peggy85225]

Awesome.

[breakmydreams]

That is stunning!!! You did an AWESOME job on that

[threadlover]

That is beautiful. You did a wonderful job.

 

Marcia

[teapot]

I love it. The colors are so nice!!!!

[Threecats]

Just beautiful. Nice job. I love the colors and the size is impressive. Your Mom will love it.

[stitchgirl]

Beautiful - I love your colors.

[Debbi-a1]

Beautiful! I love your afghan! I bet it did take a long time to make.

I saw a pattern like that in a recent magazine and at only 50 inches it used about 70oz of yarn and I decided against doing that (it would have been expensive to enlarge it).

Fall Comfort Throw in Crochet! Magazine, September 2010. it’s just a new update on the old Catherine’s Wheel afghan