A while back my guild had decided to start an Afghan project. The idea was that each individual member of the guild would look through their mighty stashes and use fibre that would be rejected for larger projects to knit 15 inch squares, which then would be pooled in order to find common themes among the squares. then one brave person would put a number together to make a lap afghan. After a number of these were made we would have a supply to give to members of the guild who might find themselves in distress due to a loss of a loved one or for deteriorating health... sort of like a prayer shawl ministry only not so religious but with heart and feeling.
The project went forward and at first there was great enthusiasm, with many 15" blocks being supplied. But over time it died a natural death... We were starting out the project with acrylic yarn and then moving forward and using wool or other natural fibres. I, myself, am not an acrylic person because for some strange reason I can't bring myself to purchase the stuff. But I went home with good intentions of spinning fibre or at least making some interesting striped concoction that could be used for the project. Months went by and this did not happen so when the decision to put them together came, I volunteered out of guilt about not having contributed one square.... well in my eyes, putting them together was just as good a contribution because without sewing/crocheting them together we just had a bunch of squares and no afghan at all... besides, nobody wanted to sew them.
I put one together and after that, I didn't have enough in a similar colour scheme to put another one together so I put out the call for more squares.
Meanwhile while all this was happening I was attending knit night regularly and all the knitters were ooohing and ahhhing over a scarf that my mother had given me for Christmas. The scarf was fuchsia which is not a favorite colour but it was cannily made up. So we all decided that we would go home and try making one up even though we did not have the pattern... how hard could it be?! Now the reason why this scarf was so interesting was because it was knit and woven at the same time. I can't show you all a picture of it because I loaned it to one of the Daughters and it was never returned. However, I and one of the other knitters did knock one together developing a pattern of sorts.
Now to bring both subjects together...
It was while I was sitting on the couch trying to put together the last of the squares that I had for the afghan project that I suddenly got a visit from Brilliance. (And I wasn't even on the toilet.) I would be able to make a 15" square quite easily using the method of knitting and weaving that was in the scarf...
I started in right away.
First I went digging through my stash... I would need a fibre that was somewhat hairy and had a lovely halo.... mmmm.... mohair would be perfect. I had several cones of mohair from a weaving project that I had completed a few years ago... I had bought a lovely dark forest green, and a lovely navy blue with flecks of other colour throughout.... I had also bought pink.... (we all know my feelings on pink so I won't bore you on that front). Perfect! I could use up the pink and have it out of my life once and for all! (I love killing two birds with one stone.) In combination with the Navy Blue it would be awesome.
Da da da da... da da da da da..... drum roll please....
To hell with making a few for the guild.... I'm off to knit some more so that I can make a whole afghan and donate it to the guild.
Who knows what attracts Brilliance to your life.... I'm just glad she comes to mine....!
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