Afghan to be raffled for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness

Anne, a wonderful and spirited knitter that I met at knitting night, lost her husband, Michael, less than a year ago to pancreatic cancer. We all know what a swift killer PC is. Michael was only 57. Recently she asked me to photograph and also knit some squares for an afghan she is creating to offset costs incurred placing an ad in the Oregonian last November for Pancreatic Awareness Month. You can learn more about the project here. I will keep you apprised of the progress on the afghan, which will be comprised entirely  of purple squares, and where and when you can buy raffle tickets.

I have to confess that the heart motif comes from Wendy Johnson’s new book Socks from the Toe Up. It took me three tries to get the placement in the center of the square just right. In the center square, I missed a yarn over on the right top of the heart so being the anal knitter that I am, I had to knit a third square to be perfect (or as close to perfect as I can get). It was like knitting three swatches so good practice for this knitter who is a reluctant swatcher.

Anne, who goes by BubblesAnne on Ravelry (and if you met her, you would know why) will be staffing the Afghans for Afghans booth at TKCA (The Knit and Crochet Show) on Sunday from 1-3 so if you happen to see her there, be sure and say hello. Even better, say “sock artist” and we’ll know that you heard it here first (or you could say “alicethelma sent me”). I might make a special guest appearance myself.

I leave you with a shot of Layla who chewed happily as I photographed squares.