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.

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Captain America afghan-July 2014







This is for my grandson Timothy for his birthday in December. I have to start in the summer getting all of my Christmas and Birthday gifts made if I want to make everyone something homemade. I got the pattern for the shield for Captain America from The Happy Hooker Blog. She has patterns for all of the superhero symbols. My next project is going to be an Avengers afghan for a friends son. The shield pattern for Captain America was not my own design, but the rest of the afghan was. It turned out a bit more narrow than I would have liked, but this was my first time trying to free-style something. To add more width to it I added the red, white and blue stripes on both sides. I tried braiding the yarn and weaving it through the gaps, but didn't like that. I also tried red, white and blue tassels but I didn't like those either. I really like what I finally came up with and I think my grandson will also like it.

UPDATE: I think he likes it! It goes perfect in his room as well.
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