Netties Afghan

[nettie]

So the afghan starts I finally have the alphabet and fabric sorted after a two week headache! I had originally decided to do the Beatrix Potter alphabet but I haven't been able to find afghan material that it will fit onto except for one place which I am really struggling to contact. So now I am going to do this

http://www.country-designs.co.uk/Produc ... 05749.aspx

on this fabric

http://www.wimblebees.com/pd_F[f]Z01[f] ... _White.htm

it says the squares ar 8" x 8" but it is more like 6" x 6"

This evening I will gather my threads together and make a start although I cannot get the chart copied until next weekend as my office doesn't have a colour copier!

[agi]

It's going to be lovely!

[Cecilia]

This is a really cute and colourful design and will be a great one to follow.

[Rose]

That is going to be incredible!!!!!!

[pamelam]

Nettie this afghan will be so cute. I love the soft colors also. Happy stitching

[Catwoman]

What a beautiful design. I really like that and look forward to seeing your progress.

[Ceitidh]

beautiful colours !! look forward to seeing this one being stitched up

[carolynbb]

Oooh, awesome! I like the foxes the best. Can't wait to see it unfold!

[mags]

Gorgeous design

[sammy_v]

This is going to be wonderful hun!! I cant wait to see this progress.

[Lessa54]

What a lovely design. I've found doing an afghan to be great fun and hope you enjoy this one. Look forward to updates.

[SusanF]

Great design, this will be fun to stitch I think.

[Nachstenliebe]

My eye caught the fox as well! The images for each letter are so detailed. This is going to be gorgeous!
Faith

[Lizzy]

I'm really looking forward to this one being stitched as its gorgeous

[Charmed]

Ohhh it's a lovely design!! can't wait to see pic's

[meerkat]

That is a lovely choice of design for an Afghan.

[nettie]

Well the afghan nearly went in the bin yesterday evening. I logged off here to get it started and an hour later I stil had only managed one stitch. I had sorted all th threads out and worked out my starting point and threaded my needle. The material is actually more like evenweave than aida and as the the squares are twice as big as I needed for that chart I thought I would try and do it over two. Well the coverage was terrible even with my needle threaded with four strands. so I tried three over one square as normal and after 4 stitches realised the designs will be dwarfed by the squares.

So back to the Beatrix Potter ABC which I do prefer really. It means I am going to have to play with the W to make it fit as the squares are 96w x 96h and the W is 102 stitches wide but I think I can shave a couple off each section of the W either that or overlap it over the character with it. If anyone has the chart could you have a look and see if you can help me shave it down????

Rose - I have put the has in bold and underlined so that it shows I am only asking those who own the chart to look and help so there is no copyright query is that ok?!

I'll try and take a picture of the start later!

[Rose]

I think you should be ok with what you have done Nettie.

[meerkat]

Hope you get the W sorted out Nettie. The other design is pretty, but I am a Beatrix Potter fan as far as the illustrations go, so looking forward to to more BP updates.

[pamelam]

Sorry about the trouble you had with the afghan, but wishing you good luck with the Beatrix Potter project