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.

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

April 2017- Argyle afghan



I made this afghan for a family friend who's birthday is in April. I didn't get it finished for his birthday though! This afghan took me forever to finish! I mean forever! It was time consuming. This is how I gauged the time:

I watched 8 seasons of M*A*S*H
8 episodes of Agatha Christie movies
At least 3 other types of movies, but I'm sure more
And countless other TV shows that kept my mind occupied while my fingers kept busy with this afghan.

Another way I counted time was that it took me a whole day of pretty much non-stop crocheting to finish a diamond and a half!

I love the finished project! Another time consuming part of this afghan was that I had to have 5 different skeins of yarn going at once so I had to constantly stop and untangle the whole mess every now and then. ha!

Onto my next project...some lighter colors and a bit more feminine!

The pattern was out of this book:


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