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Progress on the Rowan Yarns Mystery Afghan has stalled a bit.....but with the addition of a new shade..... And a slightly modified layout plan..... But I should be back on track in time for the week 5 clue! Anyone else out there participating? How are you doing? You have to come as close to the stated gauge as possible. If you are close, usually judicious blocking does the final tweaking. But, if you are wildly off size, an adjustment in needle size will be required. Is your square way too wide....go down a needle size.....think of a block as a swatch. Are your squares a little too wide and not tall enough? Blocking can fix that! Wash your block, give it a little tug up...pin it down to a 20 cm square....pat down gently to tame any unruliness, let it dry...you will be amazed! Until next time, Happy Knitting! Anne Daisy says....This one is mine! (Yes, it is the new shade - 117 Raspberry that has been added to the mix!)

Let the knitting commence! The hardest part about any colourful project...is deciding on what shades to use. With the choice of 50 shades in the Rowan Pure Wool Worsted line, there are enough shades to make it interesting, but not difficult.... because they all are lovely... I love the shades of Autumn, so it wasn't hard for me to choose 5.... I loved the idea of the original 16 shades + border shade  (thinking it was obviously going to be a multi-hued extravaganza....) but my inner reserved self came out at the last moment to pick shades that were strictly my style... laughing....one of these days I really must just let go!!! I am actually using all 5 shades in the body of the afghan.... and will decide on the border once I see how that all works... see...I just can't leave anything alone! Inspired by my favourite Scottish woollen blanket, I decided to mimic tartan in the layout of my afghan squares.... A little bit of p...

RowanYarns  has uploaded  Intro - Pure Wool Worsted Mystery Afghan Knit-a-long with Martin Storey Intro - Pure Wool Worsted Mystery Afghan Knit-a-long with Martin St... RowanYarns We're excited to launch the first video from Martin Storey for the Pure Wool Worsted Mystery Afghan Knit-a-long. Here Martin explains the concept behind the first ever, global Rowan knit-a-long. He discussed the techniques used, and support you'll get during this 10 week extravaganza. Get your needles ready, and Pure Wool Worsted purchased and come and join the fun. For more information, shopping list and to join: Knitrowan -  http://www.knitrowan.com/ Ravelry -  www.ravelry.com/discuss/rowan-yarns/2893168 Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rowan-Yarns/114826272423?ref=hl I've got my yarn!  Have you?   +RowanYarns  #RowanYarns #RowanPWWKAL #RowanAmbassador #PureWoolWorsted