Two more I made – one for my Dad and one for my StepDad. The blue one is for my Dad, and I made it out of a homespun big, giant rectangular granny square. The burgundy one was for Jerry, and is a chenille ‘ghan in rows of dc with a few rounds of dc as a border.
Afghan for Corinne, originally uploaded by jezmynne.
Made this afghan for my sis for xmas. It’s essentially one big, giant square made out of this funky yarn I knew she’d love.
Afghan for Red, originally uploaded by jezmynne.
Made this for my nephew, Red. I did a ripple stitch using a worsted weight and a strand of some fuzzy yarn I got off freecycle. It turned out really nice, snuggly and warm. I made it twin size so he’ll have it for years.
Yaaay! The Dafghan! 120 six inch squares, 40% of which came from CL granny square exchange members. I edged each of the squares with a round of sc. I stitched them together with slip stitches through the back loops on the wrong side, which gave the front an interesting ridge effect. I finished it by edging it with 2 rounds of dc. D loves it. : )
this turned out really cute, for having started as a poorly stitched square. i was just messing around with a variation of PFH1’s square for HMB, but it turned out warped. so, i just kept going and made this lovely blankie. : )
Introducing… PFH! Yes, this is my #1 Project From Hell. Dunno why, really… the squares aren’t hard to make and it joins up just fine, but for some reason I just hate it. So what did I do? Decide to make it bigger to fit my bed (it began Life as a baby blanket for Lila. Lila is five.). Why? I have no idea. It’ll be pretty when it’s done, tho.
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So I’ve figured out the biggest problem with this pattern, but there’s little I can do about it now. I worked the pattern over and over, making potholders, dishcloths, exchange squares, and I learned a thing or two. I decided that the pattern I had was wrong, and with every row I was working three dc in a place where I should’ve been working with two. All this was corroborated when I checked out the book “200 Crochet Blocks” and saw that the same square, called Wisteria, had 2dc where I’d been doing 3dc. The extra stitches cause the square to be off and the ends somewhat bunched together; it’s not very noticeable as the squares are only 4 rounds, but I find the squares unpleasant to make with the error. However, I’m halfway done so I can’t really do the squares differently or the ‘ghan will look off. At least I now have comfort in knowing why I hate to make these squares, and that does make it easier.
On an upside, I did find a lovely edging in a library book the other day; it is very elaborate with pinapples and shells, and I think it will be absolutely smashing on PFH when it’s done.
will… finish… ‘ghan…..
I’ve had enough requests for PFH’s corrected square pattern, so here it is old school style -
ch 10, form ring
*dcl, ch3* 8 times
*dcl, ch 3, dcl, ch 2, 3 dc, ch2* 4 corners made
*dcl, ch 3, dcl, ch 2, 2dc, dc across, 2dc, ch 2* repeat until you reach the size desired. : )
