My Quip - On Day 10 31/32 - Our Quilts and Afghans Status

Good Day,

Just a quick status update of our progress.

Been working on Sea Foam afghan, Tampa Kaleidoscope quilt, Warhol's Marilyn wall hanging, Blumish Two quilt/wall hanging.

Our Blue Diamonds, Civil War Re-Enactment I, and Tampa Lightning have all safely arrived in Newark, Delaware for the Diamond State Quilt Show 2013, August 8-10.

Cosmo's Moon is now en route to the World Quilt Show - New England in Manchester, New Hampshire for August 15-19.
Our EssbeeCon and Who Did Desi Adore? have been accepted to the QuiltFest 2013 of Jacksonville, Florida, September 26-28.

Check Afghans SB and Quilts SB for updates. I will be posting progress shortly.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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My AIP – Double Entendre – Afghan To Date

Good Day,

And as soon as I bring out the camera, Radar, aka Ready, must zone in with his detector ears and comes scurrying to check out what I am doing.

Progress continues on Double Entendre, afghan.

The interior top now measures approximately 48” (122 cms) wide and 60” (153 cms) long. Including the perimeter border it should be about 52” (132 cms) wide and 64” (163 cms) long. To date I have used four pounds of Coran yarn and I’ve broken open the fifth one.

Here are a couple of additional images of Double Entendre.

Check out our first posting – My AIP – Double Entendre – Afghan in Progress.

I guess the grey-matter cells stored in the cob-webbed alleys of my cerebrum are beginning to kick in. Even the way I hold the yarn, in my left hand must be imprinted somewhere in my temporal lobes.

Stay tuned for the development of our new site, Afghans SB. Keep posted.

Enjoy,

Jim and Andy

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My AIP – Double Entendre – Afghan In Progress

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And this story starts about 42 years ago… but you’ll have to tune in again for the details. I’ll fill you in with those details in an ensuing posting at Quilts SB.

What happens when we combine two yarns: Country Rose and Off White?

The result is Double Entendre.

My inspiration is Layer of Luxury Comfort Afghan designed by Jacqueline Stetter. I have six one-pound skeins of yarn, a total of 4,956 yard. I thought that this may be a good challenge for me while Andy is manning the sewing machines and working on our quilts. I have to be doing something and therefore I thought I would re-start my once thriving crochet challenges.

The yarn is an acrylic yarn provided by Caron. I am using a 9.00 mm crochet hook. To date I have completed about half of the inner construction of Double Entendre. The eventual dimensions of the Double Entendre, without the borders, will be approximately Width – 48” (122 cms) and Length – 60” (152 cms). You’ll have to check back to see the final size and production.

It is great having a partner who has the education and degree in Textile Sciences. He understands the makings and composition of yarns. And my hands are getting a very good work-out as I try to recall the knotting process of crochet that I learned so many years ago, in a faraway place.

For the short time I will be keeping my updates and posts on our Quilts SB site. All-things-being-equal there may be a new site, Afghans SB.

Enjoy,

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