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. . .from the handiwork journal

  I had a bit of Red Heart's Bright Stripe leftover from a blanket I made for a daughter, so I wanted to use it up somehow.  I decided to incorporate it into another lap afghan, using up other scrap yarns in bright colors.  The blue is from the last lap afghan I made (using up almost all of that blue). Here is an update on how it's going.  I'm not sure if the seniors will like the bright colors, so it may end up a gift to another person.   Finished!   It's probably the most "scrapy" of all my scrap lap afghans so far. This is all that remains from that one skein of bright stripe yarn.  Saving that small scrap for the local art teacher (if they still use them). I used about 3 balls of soft violet cotton yarn to make two night stand doilies for one of the kids.  I just used the traditional granny square, but with a solid look.  I had to use a slightly different shade (same name, but color lot was different) to finish the edge.  There ...