~~~Tadahh ~~~ :)

Hello and welcome back to Manda's challenge's :)

Yay!!!! pure and simple Yay!!  haha

Oh boy have i been waiting for this day for a long long time :)
My First ever completed ~ ends nowhere to be seen ~ large mahoosive Afghan for Me!!!! yay!!
And with a little help from my Friends :) i present to you my My haha Friendship Afghan :)
                                        Rainbow Kisses

Isn't it BeAutiFul :)


I can't help but feel happy happy every time i look at it and i have looked at it often hehe 
I've had it spread out on the floor more time's than not haha just staring at it looking at everyone's fabulous squares :) 

I've fell blissfully asleep on the sofa several times with it draped over me since Friday hehe :)
And worked on it quite happily completing the border (i hope I've made you all proud with my choice of bordering ) :)

The bordering a simple chain 3 sc :) it matched with the joining technique :)
I promised a colourful border hehe what better than a rainbow :)
The story behind it :) 
Way back in June 2010 i joined a granny square swap over on Ravelry. It meant exchanging 4 squares a month following a short description of favorite colours etc  mine was a love of rainbow colours and flowers hehe
Unfortunately in May of this year unknown to me at the time as i wasn't actively online The group closed :(
Due to parcels not being received etc I at the time was missing 3 swaps worth :(  so it was quite understandable as to why it had to come to a close .
August of this year i spread my received squares out and asked for help from my online friends to help me complete it :)
The response was absolutely fabulous!! It meant i could add an extra row onto the afghan :)
I played with all the squares as they arrived photographing them placing them into the design several times hehe I settled on a design of granny/pattern Flower it was perfect, the mix was spot on and no one realized it not even me until it came to playing with them on the floor :)
Worsted weight and Dk were used happily together i do love the American Worsted weight it comes in so many gorgeous colours compared to uk aran equivalent.
I simply can't thank you all enough for making this afghan a reality  xxx
Who'd have thought my first big afghan would be sooo special mwah xxxx

This is my 3 seater sofa  so you can see it's plenty big enough for me to snuggle up with :)

Wrapped up in Rainbow kisses from  my friends mwah xxxxx 


Thank you to all involved it's been a fantastic journey and i love it!!
And guess what i'm going to do it all again hehe with the Sibolette's (a sibolette is a person who has made charity squares for Sibol see the direct link pic above on the right ;) and is a member on Ravelry where the Sibol swap is taking place :)

Thank you until next time take good care of yourselves xxxxxx much love Amanda xxxxxx