This is the afghan I found online that made me decide to try making one for the oldest child. Something for him to cover up and snuggle under while watching TV.
When I was looking around the online world for ideas for afghans, I really should have read the articles closer for the amount of time it took to make it.
There are times in my life when I sit back and ask "wwwwhhhhhyyyyyyy did I start that?!?" Yeah, this might end up being one of those times.
I suppose knitting an afghan on a loom wouldn't be such a big deal if I actually knew what I was doing, or what I was getting myself into. But, if I did know either of those things, I might not have tried this. And as big of a project as it is becoming, I do like how it is turning out.
It's about half finished. The stripes actually look better in person than in this picture. The idea is for the multi color yarn to be the main yarn and the cream to be an accent.
So far, I have learned-it takes a heck of a lot of yarn for a large afghan, afghan knitting is truly a fall/winter project because it covers you as it gets bigger, the yarn causes a light fuzz coating around where I work (not a lot but enough for me to think- what is this dusty stuff and then realize its yarn fuzz), cats really do like to play with yarn, Cesar can cut yarn with his teeth in one second flat (his new trick).
My goal is to have this finished for the oldest kid for Christmas. I am not sure I will meet that goal since it will have to be shipped.
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