John's Birthday Afghan

John's birthday is coming up and I want to make him his very own cozy afghan! I've been working on Gramma's with the Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick and I've decided this is my FAVORITE yarn (and the Hometown). So I'm going to establish a pattern and go with it. I've made a "project starter" sheet for my notebook. I want to write the pattern in crochet speak and sell patterns on Etsy. I also want to do this for the Hometown, I love the silky sheen of the acrylic!

YARN: Lion Brand Thick & Quick Wool-Ease-Super Bulky 6-80% acrylic 20% wool
SKEIN: 6oz/108yards-18 skeins
COLORS: Grass (6 skeins), Lemongrass (4 skeins+2 skeins border), Cranberry (6 skeins)
HOOK: purple plastic 10.5??
STITCH: double-crochet
BORDER: border with 2 skeins Lemongrass
RECIPIENT: john

BUY: On Sale-Joann regular price $6.99/25% off $4.46 per skein=ended up with 18 skeins at $5.60 each with tax, ship and sale price and extra 15% off=$100.80
WASH: Machine wash. Initial water temperature should not exceed 40C or 105F. Dry Clean, any solvent. No bleach product may be used.
DRY: A machine dryer may be regularly used at the hottest available temperature setting. Item may not be smoothed or finished with an iron.
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THINGS I LEARNED MAKING THIS PROJECT:
-1st time doing fringe, do I like it? prefer border?
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