Finally Finished! Ribbon of Hope Afghan

I finished this Afghan a couple of weeks ago, just never had a chance to get the pictures until now. And I had no idea how to take a decent shot of it.


I had intended to make this afghan for a raffle with all proceeds going to the Weekend to End Breast Cancer. Unfortunately my intention was to finish it last August. But that didn't happen. It's finished now and I'm not sure what to do with it. Should I try to sell it? With all proceeds still going to Breast Cancer? It's a large afghan. I haven't measured it but it's certainly big enough to cuddle up with.




I'm just not sure what to do. I'm happy with how it turned out though and happy to move it from the WIP pile to the completed pile.

Ribbon of Hope Progress

I've slowly been working on my ribbon of hope afghan. It's a slow process since I have so many other things on the go. So this is where I stand right now:

I also had another fundraising idea. I make lip balm cozy key chains. I thought it would be great to make them with a pink ribbon button and sell them. All proceeds to go toward The Weekend To End Breast Cancer.

As I type Gillian from Gillian Beads has a test button in the kiln. Yes! She is making handmade lamp work buttons! I can't wait to see it. I LOVE Gillian's buttons. They're sooo pretty. She mades beautiful beads too, of course I'm partial to her buttons. hehe And I have no doubt the button she's making now will look fantastic on the lip balm cozy! Thank you Gillian!

Labour of Hope Has Started

I've made the commitment to walk 60km and raise $2,000 for Breast Cancer. To help raise the money I thought I'd make a Ribbons of Hope Afghan and sell raffle tickets. Of course if anyone wants to make a donation of $2,000 (cdn) I would gladly make them this afghan AND you'd get a tax receipt! Let me know. I'll send you the link to make the online donation:) I'll even ship the afghan to you for free!



The afghan kit arrived Friday. Yay! I started Friday night. I was tired and wasn't counting properly so I had to rip out quite a bit. As of yesterday morning this was my progress on the afghan. It's coming along. It's going to be big! And it's sooo soft. Made from 100% acrylic.





The first picture shows you the full length of the afghan. Not a great picture, but it gives you an idea. The second picture shows a bit more of the detail. This is half of the pattern length.

The Afghan Kit Arrived

It was in the mail yesterday.

Very happy about that. I even started it last nightl. I had to rip a bunch out. Counting with kids around doesn't always work.

I also managed to finish up two more hats yesterday for my Etsy shop

What's coming up?

I recently signed up to do the Weekend to End Breast Cancer 60km walk in my neighbourhood. It's not just a commitment to do the walk. It's a commitment to raise $2,000 as well. I'm on a team and we'll be doing fundraising together. One thing I thought of was to make an afghan. A breast cancer awareness afghan and me and my team can sell tickets for it. I'm waiting anxiously for my kit to arrive. My goal will be to get it finished before the labour day long weekend so that it can start doing the craft show circuit. I'll take pictures of the progress as I go and post it here. I'm a bit worried it won't get done in time.

I've recently finished these orders:

While waiting for the afghan kit to arrive I've been going beanie crazy.