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[Rosesandtea]

Hi,

I'm making an afghan for a friend with cancer. I am hoping to get it done before the 18th when he starts radio and chemo. He has already undergone an ileostomy.

 

It is a ripple afghan, with chunky yarn - bright colors with white inbetween each color. It goes, Dark navy, white, bt green, white, royal blue, white, red, white, gold, white , and a medium blue. After the med blue I will be working back the other way with the colors. Each color is five rows.

 

My question is, I've done the 5 rows of medium blue, and wonder as it is the only row of that color, and is in the middle, should I make it a bit wider - say 7 rows? Doubling it, making 10 would be too much but I was wondering about making it slightly wider than the other rows just to give the afghan a look of having a definite center.

 

Please if you read this could you post your opinion? I am hoping to get going on the next band of white later this evening - or do a couple more rows of medium blue. I am just not sure what is best.

 

thanks

 

Karen

[MiCountess]

I'm making a ripple and I made the middle row wider than the rest just because I liked the way it looked. Gave it a balance- if you understand what I'm saying. Just do what you think is best. I'm sure your friend will appreciate it, however you make it.

 

Michelle

[AidanM]

Definitely make it a little wider than the rest.

[RebeccaVelasquez]

i'd go wider too:clap

[smyz64]

Yes, wider. 7 or 8 rows.

[Rosesandtea]

Thank you all! It is helpful to have confirmation. I don't feel like my sense of color is always real good.

 

thanks again.

[Aggie May]

What about doing your 5 blue, then one white, then 5 blue again, then reverse your colours.

 

I have just done a similar afghan but used black as a contrast every 6th row. My other colours were random so I just did one or two rows of colours trying to balance light and dark. It came out great.

Because I went into only the back loop of the stitch on alternate rows, I was able to work some feather type yarn on the ridges, 4 stripes at each end, and then around the edges. I gave it to my elderly mum yesterday and she was thrilled.

Have fun.

Colleen.

[Rosesandtea]

Aggie May, the afghan with the black sounds really nice. I thought, as I looked at mine, that black might have been nicer but oh well.

 

 

I went with 8 rows of the medium blue and now am almost finished with the next band of white.

 

I think, if I did white in the middle, I would have wanted to do a whole regular band of 5 and I was needing to not put in too many extra rows - both because the length is getting long enough - don't want it much longer than 6 ft, and also because I have only about 7 days now to finish it. I would like to give it to him before he starts his radio and chemo.

 

Thank you all for your opinions! I really appreciate it.