Announcing the Art Deco Afghan CAL

Enjoy a staycation this summer and join Cascade Yarns and myself for a CAL using Cascade Yarns Anthem. The Art Deco Afghan is an 8 part CAL running from July 7^th – August 25^th.  Every Wednesday for eight weeks, a new part will be published. You will make the specified sections each week until you have created your own beautiful piece of art. Finished measurements after blocking will be 42″ x 58″. The lovely Tania Leis – Hooked by TJ – will be providing her wonderful video tutorials for this CAL. 

Art Deco is a style of visual arts, architecture and design that first appeared in France just before World War I.  Art Deco influenced the design of buildings, furniture, jewelry, fashion, cars, movie theatres, trains, ocean liners, and everyday objects such as radios and vacuum cleaners.  It combined modern styles with fine craftsmanship and rich materials. Art Deco works are symmetrical, geometric, streamlined, often simple, and pleasing to the eye. With this in mind, I was inspired by many of the art pieces selected for the yarn kits. The result is a striking afghan ready for display in your own home, or to be proudly gifted to another.

The Art Deco Afghan will require:

 I (5.5 mm) crochet hook

Tapestry needle

Stitch Markers

Scissors

YARN (Cascade Anthem is suggested, but any worsted weight yarn will do.)

Color A – 1,488 yds.

Color B – 372 yds.

Color C – 558 yds. 

Color D – 372 yds.

Color E – 372 yds.

Color F – 372 yds.

Total – 3,534 yds.

3 WAYS TO PARTICIPATE

1. Sign up for the Cascade Yarns Newsletter – free.

2. Follow my Blog – free.

3. Automatic Ravelry LibraryUpdates – small fee.

LINKS TO PATTERN

07/07    Week 1 – Section 1
07/14    Week 2 – Section 1
07/21    Week 3 – Section 1
07/28    Week 4 – Section 2
08/04    Week 5 – Section 3
08/11    Week 6 – Section 3
08/18    Week 7 – Section 4
08/25    Week 8 – Border

YARN KITS

The Art Deco Afghan is designed in nine colorways of Cascade Anthem: Bast, Chevron, Delauney, Dunand, Lempicka, Lepape, Movie Star, Erte, and Seattle.

The following Local Yarn Shops have the kits available:

Angelika’s Yarn Store – Independence, MO

Aranea Craft Studio – Haywood, CA (Opening July 1, 2021)

Knit Knot & Natter – Pompton Plains, NJ

The Knitting Cottage – Waynesboro, PA

Simply Yarn – Norwood, NY

Webs – America’s Yarn Store – Northampton, MA

Yarnify – Chicago, IL

Here is my completed sample using the Lempicka kit, as well as two tester samples. Aren’t they just lovely? Which kit will you choose????