The House Elf Liberation Front

My current project is an afghan for our recently-redecorated family room. Mom decided that the afghans that date back to the 1980s (or possibly earlier, based on colors) should probably go.

I'm using the Great American Afghan Pattern, originally from Knitters Magazine. I'm three and a half squares in and I like it so far, other than the tiny little charts. GIMP and my scanner fix those nicely. Apart from that, the patterns are clearly written and there are a nice variety of squares to choose from.

Mom picked out two colors of Cascade 220 for me to use. Specifically, these:



The teal/gray is #9450. The plain gray is #8401. Pictures courtesy of Google's image search. In this case, the yarn on the color card on Cascade's own website doesn't look at all like it does in real life.

The current plan is to do ten gray squares, or possibly twelve if I have enough yarn, then use the same patterns to make teal squares and put them together in a checkerboard pattern.



That's my favorite square so far. It matches the nautical theme my parents have going in the room, and it pounded knit/purl combination cables into my head to the point that I can now (finally) do them without a cable needle and without having to consult the written directions. Yay fishie.