I figured out around Christmas Eve/Christmas Day that my 2 rubbermaid totes containing my yarn stash were hiding in the back of my bedroom closet. 'Course I couldn't just shove them aside to forget again. I had to take every last skein and ball and remnent out and sort the darn things. Found an afghan that's about 90 % finished that I had started out of my scraps. I couldn't figure out as I stared at the darn thing what crochet hook size I had used, so I set it aside. So, there I was looking at this pile of yarn surrounding me in the living room floor thinking to myself, "You haven't made an Afghan in like forever! You're not doing anything right now other than watching tv." Then I thought Christmas is over there's no one to make one for, when I realized I have 2 friends with birthdays on the same day, Dec.30th. I knew that my new buddy, Kristy would appreciate a handmade afghan so I started putting colors together and balling up half started projects: chocolate brown and a purple, blue and green variagated, and the granny square commenced... I love to make big granny square afghans because they can be made quickly and are not complicated... you just have to remember what size hook you're using or you end up with something ruffly, which could be cute if that's what you're going for. I ended up needing additional skiens and I knew that I wouldn't be able to find these two specific colors so I went looking for a good solid color that would blend nicely with the purples of the variagated yarn. The varigation has a slight blue color as its changes from purple to green and I discovered Caron's Simply soft in Ocean. Its a dark green blue teal color that doesn't come across in the photos, I so wish it did, because it is gorgeous when crocheted. It turned out to be perfect with the other colors! I also wanted to do a fringe, 'cause I love fringe on blankets, but Kristy has a small boy and I didn't want him to get caught up in it so I found a pattern for crocheted bobble trim, which I think is super fun.
Here's a good site for basic granny square instructions:
Instructions for the bobble edge trim:
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| Close up of my bobble stitch edge trim |
Here is the finish afghan. I'm happy to say that she loved it. Especially the Caron Ocean it's her favorite color. It was even kitty tested and approved for napping.
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