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1133: 1042: 290:. These motifs may be all of the same design or of different designs. However, to make it easier to join the motifs into an afghan, the blocks are typically the same size. Some favor the motif style because of its portability and versatility of design. The motif style is still a very popular and a complex design for making blankets, scarves, etc. Although not a requirement, an edge or border is most often added to nicely finish off the blanket. 1076: 36: 140: 1052: 250:
There is a fashion, I observe, in these things; and her work was a sort I perceive to have become very fashionable of late—the netting of soft wools into various articles for women's heads and shoulders, and even into cloaks and large shawls or blankets—Afghans, Lilly says they call them—to be worn
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is an afghan made by following a flat chart. This method uses a grid of colored squares to create a visual design. There are three main methods to making a graphghan: pixel crochet, corner-to-corner crochet, and tapestry
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is a blanket or shawl, usually knitted or crocheted. It is sometimes also called a "throw" of indeterminate size. Afghans are often used as bedspreads, or as a decoration on the back of couches or chairs.
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as a noun, not an adjective, denoted a type of handicrafted object shown at state fairs and other exhibitions, along with patchwork and knitted
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afghans are usually made in a number of separate strips, with a minimum of stitches per strip, and then the strips are joined.
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Single-piece afghans are the simplest style to make and are especially popular with beginners.
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afghans are made up of many different pieces, one of which begins where the last leaves off.
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in the English language for a textile object goes back to at least 1831, when
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Transactions of the Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden Agricultural Society
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An afghan blanket made using the ripple crochet stitch
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