My Other Pastime: August 2014

My Crochet Journey So Far

I learned to crochet when I was 16. My Great Grandmother was living with us at the time. She was a prolific crocheter. I had broken up with a boyfriend and was moping around the house. My Grandmother couldn't stand it so she sat me down and taught me how to crochet. She taught me how to crochet the granny square and let me tell you that that was the HUGEST granny square afghan that anyone has ever made! I just kept going and going and going! I slowly branched out from making afghans to making sweaters and other things. I don't intend to post patterns because these are not my original designs. I just thought it would be fun to have some sort of record of what I have made and who it went to.

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Flower afghan-August 2014

Made this for a friends daughter. Not very practical, but pretty and girlie. I got the flower pattern out of this book:

Then I wanted a blank square but couldn't find one in the book that I wanted to match with this so I just did this one. Then I alternated flower and plain squares to make the afghan. I thought it turned out pretty.

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Avengers afghan August 2014

This is an afghan for a friends son. I messed up on it but am hoping nobody can tell :) The top of the A should line up all the way to the top but I didn't notice that until I was already finished and had tied off and tucked in ends. I wasn't going to tear it all out and if you aren't too picky I think it will be okay. I also miscounted in a couple of places so it ended sooner than it was meant to, but again I didn't figure anyone else would notice. Once again I got this chart off of the Happy Hooker Blog. The rest of the pattern is my own making and mistakes.