Update for Jordan

[MommaChelle]

Sounds good! I havent seen teal yarn except for the small yarn picture on the caron website - do the country green and sage yarns fit into that category of a shaded teal?

 

I just went back to the caron site: here's the teal, juniper, and soft sage

 

 

Or are blues a better shade of teal? Here's teal and slate blue

 

[Julie]

I always think of teal as a kind of blueish-green color. The second row looks like it more to me. I like the teal and slate blue together, that looks good. And I'm already re-thinking my choice of RH Ocean... When I ran into Michaels yesterday they had pulled almost all the yarn into shopping carts and were rearranging. I know Caron has great teals, unfortunately I wasn't "allowed" to see any. :irked

[RebeccaVelasquez]

well, crum.... looks like someone needs to step in and make some decisions here.

anyone.... anyone.... bueller?

 

 

julie - this is your baby - ) (whew-glad i could pass that off )

[Guest crochetis4fun]

WOW, You all posted a lot today! And I agree with Rebecca, we need to decide. I live 45 miles away from the nearest town with yarn in it. so Monday will be the soonest that I can get there. We have a Ben Franklin and Michaels so I figure that I would probably be able to get what everyone or someone decides on. Are you all going to do one of your 63 squares? I would need to get that book also, if we decided on that. I do have a book that has different squares in it. Wow so many decisions!

Joy

[Julie]

heheehehehe... Buellar... !!

 

Okay, this is what I think and you all can stomp your feet and tell me no if you want to. I promise I'm easily swayed to any opinion.

 

1) Make any 12" square you want, it doesn't have to be one of the ones I listed above. Just make sure when it is done that it is 12".

 

2) The colors will be teal and purple. You can do all teal, all purple, or teal and purple. Just make sure the colors are teal and purple.

 

3) Try to stick to worsted weight yarn if you can, but it doesn't matter which one. Red Heart, Caron, Walmart brand, Patons, whatever. If the colors are good, go for it.

 

4) Since nobody has complained about doing three squares each, let's plan on that. Three squares each. If this is a hardship for someone time-wise, speak up and maybe one of the others can do more squares. :thumbsup If somebody new comes in and reads the thread and would like to join in, I'm sure we can figure out a way to include either more squares or other items.

 

5) Chelle and I both have volunteered to join the squares. I whipstitch my squares together, and Chelle does a really pretty openwork to join hers. Obviously only one of us can join them, so maybe we can flip a coin or tell a joke or something to decide. (And Chelle, if you really want to do it, you certainly can. I just feel bad about making you since I'm the one that suggested the whole afghan thing. I love the way you join your squares!)

 

6) I probably should set a deadline for getting all the squares completed and turned in. Right now, let's all try to get our yarn by this coming Friday, the 20th. I think we could have the squares easily done by the end of this month, but then I don't have kids and am not working right now so you can all kick me at will.

 

7) Most importantly of all, this is a good thing. Pour all kinds of good thoughts and prayers into your squares, and hopefully we can help Christie and Jordan get through this trying time.

[HollyM]

Good decision Julie <img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/cheerleader.gif" />

 

As people get their yarn, please do post what brand/color name you'll be using so anyone who wants to match can.

 

3 squares is certainly doable by me & I think an end of the month deadline is good too.

 

If for some reason we end up with extra squares, maybe a lapghan could be made out of them? If the joiner doesn't mind, of course!!! I'm sure there will be times Jordan is in a wheelchair so a lapghan could be a nice little something to have.

 

Ladies, you all rock!!!! <img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/yay.gif" />

 

Holly

[MommaChelle]

Very nice Julie! Does purple mean any purple color? And for those who can get teal, please do because I cant get that here.

 

I totally and completely volunteer to put the ghan together, I love joining squares You can mail them to me when they are completed. I think it costs about $1.18 to mail three squares in a manilla envelope (I just finished a square swap where we did 3 squares each). My email is crocheter [at] verizon.net for my mailing address. I will ask for opinions on edging colors, joining colors, and border colors when I receive all the squares - will take a picture of it in place (to post) before being edged and joined to make the color decisions easier. We could do a poll or something on it.

 

How nice this will be for Jordans mom - a ghan full of love! BTW, what is her moms name?

[Julie]

Rebecca said her name was Christie. ) Chelle, I will happily bow to your wishes to join the squares. I really DO like the way you join them.

 

Any purple color, shades of, whatever. Probably more of a blue-purple though, so it will blend with whatever teal we can find.

 

Holly! Excellent idea for doing a lapghan for Jordan! Let's hope for extra squares, and if we don't get any this time, maybe we can do one for her soon.

[MommaChelle]

[Deb]

Alrighty then... I'll go Sunday to find some RH (or similar weighted) teal/purple/lavendar (did we decide to include a green in this?) yarn... enough to make 3 twelve inch squares.

 

<img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/rocking.gif" /> Do I have this right?

 

There are some awesome 12" square patterns online! I can't wait to start!

[RebeccaVelasquez]

okie dokie artichokie!

 

i'll return the jiffy yarn i got (or maybe exchage it for something more my style :evil ) on monday-- HL is closed on sundays.....

and i'll run to JA or WM tomorrow and get the wweight--brings my only choice to RH, though

 

just being clear - ONLY shades of teals and purples

---or did we decide to add cream as well?---

 

i'm glad we're doing this, girls :grouphug

[RebeccaVelasquez]

Rebecca said her name was Christie. Chelle, I will...

 

i just have to add this in because it is funny to me:

 

my older sister is christi

oh course me, rebecca

my younger sister is rachelle (chelle is what we call her and how we spell it and everything.......)

 

okay.. just funny

[Tiffany]

I'm going to check out my yarn stores tomorrow and see what I can find in the way of purple or teal. I think I have a 40% off coupon lying around somewhere....

[HollyM]

Woohooo!

Yarn shopping for me today!!!

 

I told DH the whole story about this, he told me get whatever I need <img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/cheerleader.gif" />

 

Since it looks like the majority of us will be using RH, I'll plan to get that as well.

 

Rebecca, I think we should stick to the purples & teals only for main colors if that's ok. If you were using cream as an accent in a square I'm sure that would look fine <img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/bounce012.gif" />

 

Hey Chelle, Julie keeps raving about your joining technique...is there a post about that somewhere??? I'd love to see what you do. I've never done a joined afghan before!!

 

Holly

[Julie]

my hubby just spoke with jordan's dad and he said that teals and purples are Christie's (mom) favorite colors.....

 

That's all I know to say about adding cream or green to the squares. If you want to for accent colors, go for it. I'm going to stick with teal and purple. I kind of like the idea of tone on tone, sort of, so I'm looking forward to using the two darker colors.

[Julie]

Yay Holly! You've got a good hubby!

[Guest crochetis4fun]

ok girls...we're set and lets go. I found in my stash...RH Amethyst which is a deep purple, so I'll use that for sure. Then I also found a RH varigated called Monet. It has different shades of purple, greens, blues, a tad of yellow, gray, pink. What do you think? I've made an afghan with these two colors together, and it turned out good. But my question is do you all think that it would go ok with what we want to do. I'm so excited to be a part of this for her. You all come up with the best ideas. Off to Michaels tomorrow. My hubby told me to get what I need also. We have pretty cool guys huh!

Joy

[Julie]

I think Monet is fine, Joy. In fact, when I made Jordan her afghan, I used it for accent. It would be nice to have some of it in her mom's afghan too!

[Deb]

Glad I checked back before heading out to yarn shop. Now I have some idea of what color families ya'll are using.

 

Off to shop I go. <img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/woohoo2.gif" /> I'll check back again later.

[Guest crochetis4fun]

I wanted to make sure of one thing before I get to far on my square. It is 12" square without a border. We will decide on border and joining colors when we've all finished?

Joy

[Julie]

I think edging and joining colors will be up to Chelle for the most part, because she has offered to do the edging and joining. We can't really decide what to use now, until all the squares are made and she can lay them out. She said earlier she would take pictures, I think, so we can vote for best choices. Does that sound right to you, Chelle, or do you have another thought? :thinking1

[MommaChelle]

my older sister is christi

oh course me, rebecca

my younger sister is rachelle (chelle is what we call her and how we spell it and everything.......)

 

LOL Rebecca, that is kinda neat

 

Holly, I know there's a post floating around here somewhere showing my joining method but I cant find it What I like to do is take each square and border them all in the same color (preferably a lighter color so the squares really pop/stand out from the other squares), then I edge that in one row of single crochet in the same color that I will be joining it with (a different color than the bordering), then that color would also be used for the first round of the afghan edging...with 1 or 2 other color used in the edging too.

 

Anyhow, to join the squares, when I do my sc edging I count the same number of sc for each side for every square - so they line up evenly when joined. Then I join the squares by doing a sc in first square, ch2, sc in same stitch on second square, ch 2, skip 1 space on first square, sc in next space, ch 2, skip 1 space on second square, sc in next space - etc. I join my squares to make the vertical strips, then I join the strips. I LOVE seeing squares come together in an afghan - ever since I thought up this joining method :thumbsup I put a picture of the joining in my photobucket album chainjoincloseup.jpg the red and blue are the squares, with the white border, with green edging and joining. What the white border also does is lets me make these squares the same size - sometimes the squares are off an inch or so from the other squares, so I make the border accordingly so the squares are the same size. This also makes for a bigger afghan :thumbsup

 

Julie, yes when all the squares are turned in, I will lay them out and take a picture so we can vote on colors to edge, join, and border the afghan with. I dont want to only put my opinion into the joining of the ghan, but for everyone who made squares to also be a part of the joining of the afghan.

 

:read

 

:grouphug

[Deb]

<img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/clap.gif" /> I bought my yarn at WM this morning. I got RH *Monet* [was it Julie that mentioned this?] and Lavendar. Oh so pretty! <img border=0 src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/rowofhearts.gif" /> I'm proud of me too. I left the store with only the yarn I came for. I was in such a hurry to get home and start my squares... that I only petted half the yarns there. haha! <img border=0 src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/laugh.gif" /> [does anyone else pet yarn? or is it just me? ]

 

I have chosen three different 12" squares from <a href="http://www.texasdg.net/daynascrochet/" target="_new">Dayna's Crochet</a>. This site was found, of course, via a link at <a href="http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com" target="_new">Crochet Pattern Central</a>... the best place to find ANY crochet pattern. [what would we do without you Rachel? <img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/shrug.gif" /> ]

 

Now I'm off to the comfy couch, to crochet... and listen (haha) to the Olympics! <img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/cutewink.gif" />

[HollyM]

Me too!

 

I got RH Dark Plum and also Orchid.

 

I didn't see anything in Walmart or AC Moore that said "Hi! I'm Teal!" in any brand. The closest thing IMHO, was RH Spruce. It's a little bluer than their sages. So I bought it of course <img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/cutewink.gif" /> I don't think I'll do a whole square in it but if I do a multi colored square I may include it.

 

Oh, and since I had a coupon burning a hole in my pocket I got Leisure Arts 99 Granny Squares to Crochet.

 

Did you all know there is a "63 MORE Squares" afghan book out?? Somehow that managed to leap into my cart.

 

Chelle, thanks for the joining explanation!! DS wants an afghan and I think I'll do it in squares. He picked out some sages and some dusty yellows (cornmeal was one, and then the next darker shade of that) I did nix the traffic cone orange lol! He's only 9 so his color coordination skills aren't so hot.

 

DH really is a good egg. I mean, it's not like I wouldn't have bought the yarn *anyway* but it's nice that he's supportive of my little obsession <img border=0 src="http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/v84/crochetville/sweat.gif" />

 

Holly

[RebeccaVelasquez]

looks like this might be all purple - my WM had nothing in teal - so i went with pale plum and med. purple.....