Since the scarf I made in this simple chevron pattern turned out so nicely, I decided to repeat the pattern on a much larger scale to make this afghan. The original pattern called for 39 stitched for the stripes plus an extra 2 stitches on each side for a garter-stitch border (for a total of 43 stitches.) For my afghan, I increased the pattern portion to include 8 separate repeats of the original 39-stitch pattern, plus a border on both ends of 4 garter stitches (for a grand total of 320 stitches!!!)
I made this afghan on a set of size-7 circular needles, which wasn't a problem initially. However, as the project grew, I discovered that the Phoenix summer wasn't exactly the best time to work on a full-size afghan. I believe that I will be working on several smaller projects before attempting anything this large!
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