Both blankets are made from my "Loaves & Fishes" stash....no matter how many blankets I knit from it, the quantity seems to stay the same! =)
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Let's work together on our projects for afghans for Afghans.
It's a knit-along; it's a crochet-along!
Current Campaign
Our 2016 campaign was completed the first week of August 2016. Our wool gifts were successfully transported and distributed by NGO Trust in Education.
Please check our website or join our email list for announcements and updates.
Update August 2017:
Unfortunately, we do not have plans for a new campaign at this time because of hurdles with logistics. We'll do our best to solve, but nothing promising yet. Thank you for participating while we had the opportunity!
THE BASICS
afghans for Afghans is a people-to-people project that knits and crochets wool garments as a practical gesture of friendship and respect for the people of Afghanistan. In partnership with the San Francisco office of the American Friends Service Committee, our project started in late 2001 in response to the war that unfolded after 9/11. This follows a long-time tradition of knitting for others at times of war and crisis. Afghan families still need to know that we care. Join us here for camaraderie, inspiration, and mutual support with projects.
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9 comments:
Both are gorgeous! On the bottom one, I see that it's a corner to corner design but how did you get those great color combinations?
LOL...I just did the best i could with what I had! It's knit with 2 strands of yarn, so I'd drop one and try to blend the next so it didn't clash with the first....just kind of went on & on like that! Really a mixed up color pallet!
Hi Esjay,
You have created art. What beautiful blankets.
Reed
Wow - love love love the bottom one!
Love the rainbow one. I'll have to try one of those corner to corner blankets. Both of them are beautiful!
WOW! The bottom one really is eye-catching! My corner-to-corner will be so mundane next to yours. Warm, but mundane.
I like the 'loaves & fishes' analogy, too.
Whoever imagined loaves and fishes would be so beautiful! Thank you for that little allusive reminder of how very blessed we are.
Becky
Beautiful blankets. And I love your "loaves and fishes" stash! I'm reminded of the "fish afghan" designs you can see on ravelry. (I've wanted to do one, but dislike sewing and weaving in ends!)
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