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Thanks JulieKay! :D

 

...Even though the 'ghan took FOREVER, now I'm considering buying the 63 more squares book and starting it up. Isn't that sick? lol!

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I think you should! I've been working on that book, and got majorly stalled because of life. We could use someone else in that CAL to get us moving again!

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planetjune Collaborator

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clocke: yay! congrats on finishing - it looks great.

 

Everyone: I am getting close: 57 squares finished! I laid them all out on my bed today to give me an idea of how the finished afghan will look, and I think it's looking pretty good! I have some concern with the size differences between a few squares, but I'm hoping it'll ease in when I stitch it all together. For a sneek peak, take a look here: http://www.planetjune.com/blog/?p=31

 

I was aiming to finish before Christmas, but now I think I should finish before the end of November :) Yay!

June

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gannka Newbie

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This is my current progress on this afghan. I made 28 squares. I skipped about a half of the squares published in the book because I did not find those to be right for me. I think I will make couple more squares and then move to the 63 more squares book. There is going to be 9 colors in this afghan.

http://gannka.blogspot.com/2006/11/63-crochet-squares-crochet-along.html

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June. I love how you have organized your squares so the colours will be in order. One challenge I find with samplers is when there is just a jumble of patterns and colours with no apparent (to me) plan to it all.

 

Your colours are really nice for this. excellent work on your squares too.

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It's looking really great!:cheer

This is my current progress on this afghan. I made 28 squares. I skipped about a half of the squares published in the book because I did not find those to be right for me. I think I will make couple more squares and then move to the 63 more squares book. There is going to be 9 colors in this afghan.

http://gannka.blogspot.com/2006/11/63-crochet-squares-crochet-along.html

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June, congrats on finishing earlier than planned. :lol I know it's going to feel great! And that black edging is lovely, btw.

 

Anna, I like your color transitions. Very nice, reminds me of desert tones. :)

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gannka Newbie

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Thank you for your nice comments about my afghan in progress. Yesterday I made the last square from the 63 book, and moved on to the 63 more book. When I finish with it I will have to think about the border for the afghan, but I don't really know what kind do I want. There will be 9 colors in the afghan, and I made the square borders the same color as the square itself, so all colors are represented equally. Hmm, which one to choose for border? I don't know yet.

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mslilypond Newbie

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I've been working on this afghan since October,

I've reached square #29 now is it me or does this one seem slow going,

it's not a hard stitch, but it just sooooo slow growing. I'm thinking of subsituting it with something that works up quicker, I bought the 63 more squares book, so maybe I'll steal a pattern out of that.

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forines13 and darski: thank you! :)

clocke: actually my edging is very dark blue, not black. I thought it would be a little less "harsh" against the other colours.

JulieKay: I'm using Bernat Berella 4 in Medium Country Blue, Soft Teal and True Mauve, and edging in Navy.

 

*EDITED* I was having trouble with square #63 (parallel cables) but I've figured it out now. I was doing the cables right but adding 3dc between each cable instead of 2dc :lol Halfway through now... this is my last square - woohoo!:yay

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Mslilypond, some of the squares to take a bit longer to work up than the others. But at least some of them are worth the wait. :)

 

 

unfortunately I'm on a deadline, this is a christmas present for my Grandmother and do to convenience for quite a few members of the family, we celebrate christmas the weekend before (the 16th).

I think this would be a great stitch if i had more time. I ended up using

the Carousel square from priscillascrochet.com, I like this square so much, I might end up doing a whole blanket of them for my hubby.

 

Happy Hooking!:hook

 

p.s. this is the carousel square, that I finished on lunch: http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o130/mslilypond/carouselsquare-1.jpg

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Michelle

Thanks for posting a photo of the carousel square . That is absolutely stunning ! VERY PRETTY and PERFECT work .:c9

 

I may have to add it to my list floating around in my brain..... the list is so long at this point, I have to roll it up just to store it in there ! :lol

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I have finished my afghan! :yay Woohoo! I got there in the end and I'm very pleased with the result. I modified a couple of the squares (especially #53 - I thought it looked too crowded with the puffs so close together, so I did every other puff) but I've essentially stuck to the pattern and I placed all the squares in the same order as in the book.

 

I was going to do a scalloped edging, but ran out of yarn 2/3 around the edge so I went with a simple reverse sc border. I like it - it keeps the corners square and gives a bit more support to the floppier squares.

 

To everyone who is still going with this - keep at it! It's a fantastic feeling when it finally all comes together and you can look at this amazing afghan and say "I made this" :)

 

Please take a look at my finished afghan and let me know what you think: http://www.planetjune.com/blog/?p=33

 

Thanks!

June

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