Americana Baby

T his is my Americana Baby Afghan.

I think this is the proudest I have been

for one of my designs

since I designed the baby samplers

for

Allison,

Lauren,

Chris

and Matt.

In all 4 of those

my mind's eye saw what it wanted

and when I finished the samplers

there was the vision

I had imagined.

I achieved the same sense

of pride

and accomplishment

in this afghan.

T hese were the requirements I set for myself:

1. Make an American Flag-ish afghan out of Granny Squares.

2. Connect each one to the previous one in each row as I went along.

3. When on the 2d row and beyond

a. connect to the previous round

b. previous square in the round

4. Have blue squares with 5 pointed stars in their centers.

5. Have a border that complimented the flag.

E verything went GREAT

until I tried to make a

5-pointed white star

in the center of

a blue Granny Square.

5 Points

evenly arranged

inside a 4 sided figure

didn't look the greatest.

So,

back to the drawing board.

What I ended up doing was :

1. make the Granny Squares just like I made all the others

2. attache them in the same manner

3. make 5 pointed stars out of beige yarn and whip-stitch them into place.

WA-LA ! ! ! ! !

or however the magicians say it!

I had now accomplished

my 1st 4 goals.

Now it was onto the border from hell ! ! ! ! !

The border wasn't bad

once I had figured a way to alternate yarn

and not get it so twisted

that it was untwistable.

THAT was achieved easier than I had expected.

All in all, it makes me grin every time I look at it.

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Signed,
Proud Betsy Ross Impersonator