The Bates College Moderne Log Cabin Afghan: Done

A mother's work is done. Last night I finished the Moderne Log Cabin afghan I started in January. Tomorrow I drop the boy off at college.

Am I crazy to put so much effort into something that's going into a boy's college dorm room? This was a true labor of love. Hopefully he'll look at it and think of mom knitting during all those episodes of The Sopranos we watched together as a family this year.

Now my tired hands can get a rest. At least I have three years before his younger brother will need a college afghan. (Or, rather, when I want to knit him one.) Unless he decides to go to school in Texas, as he threatens to do, the brat.

Moderne Log Cabin Afghan (Bates College Afghan)

I've started the afghan for my son (mentioned here). Since I took this photo I've finished the second rectangle and started the third one. Pretty soon this won't be a portable project.

Bode my Portuguese Water Dog is always willing to liven up my photos.

Knitting Attention Deficit Disorder

I'm getting hit with Knitting A.D.D. Allie left a comment about the Lion Brand Centerpiece Treasure afghan she made for her son when he went to college. I had to Google the name of the pattern to see what it looked like.

Just my kind of project: lots of colors and no sewing. (At least I don't think there's sewing.)

So now I'm so confused. Should I do the Moderne Log Cabin pattern(photo on the right) or the Centerpiece Treasure (photo on the left)?

Maybe I should let the college-bound boy decide.

The Bates College Afghan

It may be 90 degrees when we drop Jake off for his first year at Bates next August. But he'll still have a hand-knit afghan from mom.

I'm pretty sure I want to do the Moderne Log Cabin pattern from Mason Dixon Knitting. (Yes, that's the actual pattern in the link.)

Although I'm tempted to use up stash yarn, it would come out a lot better if I bite the bullet and buy new yarn, all the same kind. KnitPicks has this Wool of the Andes yarn that is $1.99 - 2.19 a ball - a great deal AND it comes in a lot of colors.

So, to see what colors I wanted, I downloaded their color images and dragged them into template of the overall pattern I made in PhotoShop. I stretched the images to fit the rough sizes of the color blocks in the log cabin design.

Pretty cool, huh? If you squint you can sort of get the idea.

I think I really like this combo of strong colors. They also have some gorgeous heathers, but I wanted really bright and graphical colors.

What do you think? Should I go ahead and order this yarn?