Blankets

A great stashbuster pattern by Joan Hamer. This afghan has a lot of nice features. It uses all the odds and ends of yarn we all accumulate after awhile. It only requires a knit stitch, and when finished it has no wrong side as you are knitting a tube like a circular sweater. Also, there is no need to darn in the yarn ends because they are all hidden inside. It is a soft, warm and cuddly afghan that is one of a kind each time you make it. Afghans tend to become monotonous after about a foot is knitted and this one employs one trick that keeps you from running out of steam. First, you gather all your odds and ends and place them in a black garbage bag. No see-through ones allowed. The rule is: whatever color you reach in and grab, without looking, you MUST use. Believe it or not this produces a prettier afghan than you might imagine, but more important, it keeps your interest. Why? When you are nearing the end of a color, you can't wait to see what comes next. Really! It works and no cheating because I know these things :-)

Mosaic Bordered Baby Blanket

We have a dish in our family called MUSTGO SOUP. Anything in the fridge more than a few days, must go. So I plop them all together in a soup pot with some V-8, which makes great soup stock, and VOILA! "Must Go" soup. A few years ago, I took the idea into my studio and now make MUSTGO Afghans. If you are like me, you may have similar or complementary colors in your stash, so try this idea. This is what I do with my left overs.

This Afghan when done resembles strawberrys. Very beautiful and a flat fabric.