Mission Knitting: Afghan Progress

Here is the central medallion of the afghan completed, viewed from the back so you can see all the yarn ends needing to be woven in.  The next part of the project is to use the leftover yarn to garter stitch bands along both end to lengthen the afghan.  It is a great size for me just sitting in the chair, but since this is really for Dear One for when he naps on the couch, this size is not as good! 

There are parts of seven skeins left to knit on since I finished knitting on the 8th skein since I took this photo. I weighed each of the skeins then put them in two bags with as close to the same weights as possible so each end would be more or less the same length.  We shall see.

The plan, after the lengthening, is to use up some more yarn...a nice soft gray yarn...to make a border around the whole thing.  I think maybe five garter ridges will be enough.  Well, I will definitely be ready for it to be enough.  If I was not putting on the lengthening strips the border would be 540 stitches.  Adding the extra stitches for those garter rows will probably be another 160 stitches or more, so 700 stitches around, times ten round. 

This is planned to be a use-up-the-yarn project.  It amazes me that I could have acquired as much yarn as we have here in the workroom.  Unbelievable, actually.  Some we brought with us.  Unwise.  Will I ever learn?!  Maybe.