Harriet, I looked on-line, about the differences between blankets, afghans and throws. I'd never given it any thought before, for some reason. I always assumed any blanket or afghan or quilt was a throw, if you threw it over you, when in a chair or sofa, cuddling up with a book to read or to watch TV. I never realized a throw was smaller than an afghan, but found out blankets or quilts CAN be throws, too, if made smaller, like a lap robe or lapghan. I learned a lot. They talked about bedspreads for display on beds, too. I enjoyed looking at TV afghans on sofas, too. I loved how some afghans have no matching main color round. They just make colors of Grannies at random, then join. I like to frame my afghan squares with the MC I join and edge with. It also was interesting to read various sizes listed for various throws, spreads, etc... I learned a lot!
I've finished the origami potholder for a holiday gift for a dfriend, now have 1 pair for her. A matching red & white snowflake hot pad complete the set. I'm glad I finished it tonight.
I found a yellow hot pad unfinished 2 sides in my office, which used to be the craft room. I had crocheted the 2 sides, had sewn a fiberfill for potholders & hot pads, to 1 side, had the other side pinned & ready to sew. I just did it! Like the Nike commercial. I SC the 2 sides together, added a loop, and it'll be the hot pad to match my SC friend's yellow kitchen. It turned out so thick & nice. I know she'll love it!
Now, since that filler makes a potholder or hot pad, so thick, and nice-looking, I'm trying to figure out if I want to make our dneighbor-friend the same style, for potholders w/hot pad. Or just do a completely different potholder altogether. I'm tiring of the origami potholder, where I go around & around & AROUND forever- it seems- - so I'm at a cross-roads tonight. I just don't know what I want to do. My mind is like sludge right now, not functioning right, because I'm very, very tired, it's been a long day, and I'm puzzled now, as to what my Dneighbor-friend would prefer. She's a very feminine person, she loves pretty things, she's stylish, "hip", modern, with savvy. I'll see if I can find my potholders file folder, then will take it from there. The origami potholders are no-brainers, I don't need to count rows or stitches, just go around. Like a brain-dead potholder. So I might do with her, what I did for my other 2 friends: Make 1 pair of origami potholders and then pull out all the stops with a mighty nice matching hot pad, to round out the set. THAT'S an idea!