Michael’s Afghan 2021
This is an afghan knitted on the Sentro 48 circular knitting machine. There are nine tubes, sized to fit a 60” x 72” piece of magenta polar fleece that I picked up at the local Idea Store. The tubes are sewn together using mattress stitch, then tacked ‘stitch in the ditch’ to the backing. Finally, all four edges are turned over and whipstitched to make the borders.
Do experiment with colors, yarns, and every other part of this pattern! For example, my next one will be in shades of teal, turquoise, and deep rich blues, with teal backing, made on the Addi 46 with slightly longer tubes to fit a larger piece of polar fleece.
Materials: I used acrylic yarns because I had them; of course you can use whatever you like!
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Big Twist Value yarns from JoAnn.com: each ball is 6 oz / 170g, 380 yards / 347meters
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Brava 500 from Knitpicks.com: each ball is 17.6oz / 500g, 1,090 yards / 997 meters