The Hearts Have It! I Think I Can, I Think I Can...

I've been practicing and practicing and I think finally I have it down!!!

This is my third attempt at a knit fair isle heart square

with embroidery trim using only two yarn colors for background! And the back strands of yarn are loose enough but not too loose.

They are fairly neat! Here you can see how it looks knit according to the chart before the embroidery is added.

This was my second attempt using three colors shown right after blocking it with the steam iron.

I was still knitting and pulling too tensely.

And of course you remember my first attempt also with three colors with the very wonky outcome!

and the very messy and too tense back strands!

So that done, I am now feeling ready to make this

"Many Hearts Baby Afghan"

design by Kristin Nicholas

for our baby to be.

My daughter in law said they like "earth tones"

NO PINK PLEASE

so I did my best to choose yarn colors that

would fill their wishes

but still make a

colorful

blanket any baby would be

attracted to.

I got brights and lights and darks in greens, browns, gold, sienna, wheat,

bright and darker blues,

red, purple, and a skein of lime green for fun.

21 skeins of Lion Brand Woolese on sale with a savings of $26 total!

Way to go Lynn!

;-)

Can't wait to get started!