Patent ID: 7065987
Filing Date: 2006-06-27
Classification: D05B

Abstract:
1. A method of fabricating an afghan incorporating personalized or commemorative indicia at the point of fabrication and being of a type composed of a plurality of individual pieces that are fabricated separately and then joined together to form a cohesive whole, said method comprising the steps of: selecting a person or event which the afghan will commemorate; selecting the specific indicia to form a message of the afghan; choosing characters that make up the specific indicia so as to express the message to be incorporated into the afghan, said characters selected from the group consisting of letters, numerals and symbols; anticipating the use for the completed afghan; determining the size of the completed afghan; selecting the size of the individual pieces of the afghan; choosing the shape of the individual pieces of the afghan; using the size of the completed afghan and the size of the individual pieces to calculate the number of individual pieces that will make up the completed afghan; determining an arrangement of the individual pieces of the afghan with regard to the number of pieces in the horizontal direction and the number of pieces in the vertical direction; formulating a first grid pattern wherein each unit of the first grid pattern represents one individual piece of the afghan and setting forth the same number of units in the horizontal direction and in the vertical direction so as to conform to the arrangement of the individual pieces in the completed afghan; trying different arrangements of the characters within the first grid pattern until a desired arrangement is attained; placing the chosen characters into the first grid pattern to represent the desired arrangement of the characters in the completed afghan; selecting a method of fabrication of the afghan; choosing specific stitches to be used to fabricate the afghan; selecting a type of yarn to be used; determining the size of fabricating implement needed; selecting colors of the yarn to be used with consideration given to overall appearance, purpose, event commemorated, personal taste of the recipient, and contrast of the indicia; determining the quantity of yarn of each color that will be required; obtaining the necessary quantity of yarn and the fabricating implement needed; obtaining a second grid pattern setting forth the positioning of each of the characters within one of the individual pieces of the afghan for use as a stitch by stitch guide in fabricating the individual pieces containing those characters; fabricating the individual pieces that will make up the completed afghan using the second grid pattern for the incorporation of the chosen characters as the stitches are formed and using the first grid pattern to determine the number and nature of each of the individual pieces fabricated; arranging the completed individual pieces according to the first grid pattern; and connecting the individual pieces together as indicated in the first grid pattern to form the completed afghan; whereby the completed afghan contains the selected commemorative or personalized indicia arranged to form a cohesive, comprehensive and aesthetic whole.