I decided to make the step in my knitting and try to make an afghan! It was a success! I am a collector of pattern books of any type, knitting, crocheting, and quilting, so I looked and sure enough I had a book for quick and easy afghans. I would never buy something that is difficult and that took forever, although it seems to take me forever to complete anything! I received some great advice from my sister in-law about what kind of yarn to buy and I used 5 one pound skeins and super big circular needles, size 17. I wanted to make it bigger so I added stitches on the needle and made it longer. It is a big afghan!
The amazing thing is that it took only 3 months to knit and I knitted mostly in the evenings. I love when it gets big enough to keep me warm when I work on it in the cold winter evenings! I used two strands of yarn and it did give me a frustrating issue. The two strands just kept getting twisted. If anyone has a solution to this, let me know, because it would probably take a week off the project.
I had a deadline and that is always a motivator for me. The afghan was to be a surprise gift for my daughter on her birthday! I got it done and she loved it! Here are a few pictures of it in her home!
Apparently, her cat likes it as well!
Hannah on her birthday with her boyfriend and her afghan!
Makes my heart happy!
flowerswheatandfabric 
Beautiful afghan and beautiful daughter!!
Thank you!