Monday, April 2, 2012

Warm up America afghan block

A few months back, one of the friends in our "knitting at noon" group at work was collecting squares for Warm up America Afghan.  The idea is to knit or crochet a square (actually a rectangle of 7x9 to be precise) and donate it to "Warm Up America" where volunteers stitch them together to make afghans to give to people in need!  I took this opportunity to try the popular cable stitch in knitting.  Have you seen those Red Sweaters in the stores for little boys that usually have this pattern?  I find those totally adorable.  This happens to be my husband's favorite stitch too.  Have gotten repeated requests for a vest using this pattern!  Someday I shall get to it.  Here is a start . . .

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