Granny Square Afghan

I've been crocheting forever, well it seems like forever. I started when I was little, my Grandma Kate taught me how. She taught me to read a pattern and how to make a pattern from looking at something that was already crocheted.

I have a basket I keep some of the left yarn pieces in.  All different colors, types, weights, pieces wound into balls, left over skeins, you name it it is probably in there (I have a ceramic planter for the thread).  It's a collection from my mom, both grandmothers and some of mine.  As the basket gets empty I pull out another tote (plastic storage box) and add to it. I have totes in all sizes with yarn in it from shoe box size to 30+ gallon size.  I've only made two yarn purchases in the last couple of years and that was a charcoal gray to put the squares together and finish the edges.  The other purchase was for an afghan for a birthday present.  I started a new pattern and didn't have the same type of yarn so I started it with Red Heart yarn to see how it would turn out.  It turned into a nice circular piece for my pub top.  I'll show you them another post.

For now I want to show you how I've been using up some of pieces in the basket.  I've been crocheting Granny Square Afghans with the scraps.  I use three strands at a time and trying to stay with a color combination of light, main color 1 and main color 2. For example my light is with a white, tan, off white; main color 1 is in the pink and red color family; and main color 2 is in the green family.    

Here is a couple of little afghans I did.  I've already given this pink and red one away for a little girl's birthday. The blue one is waiting for the next birthday to come around. 

Izzy tends to think that anything I make is for her.  She always want to stake her claim on it.  It doesn't matter the size or what it is out of.  She has taken a square or two and tried to  hide them in her bed. 

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Flowery Square - block 7

Pattern: Flowery Square by Adaiha Covington.

Hook Used: H

Colors Used: Red Heart: Lt Yellow, Lt Raspberry, Skipper Blue, Cornmeal, Lt Plum, White, and Medium Sage

11th square for the Square a Day in May - this is my 7th.

Framed Flower Square - block 6

Pattern: Framed Flower Square by Sally Ives.

Hook used: H

Colors Used: Red Heart: Cornmeal, White, Lt Raspberry, Lt Blue

10th Square for the Square a Day in May - this is my 6th block.

Victorian Dream - block 5

 

Pattern: Victorian Dream by Cindy Arman.

Hook Used: H Colors Used: Skipper Blue, Cornmeal and White.

6th Square for the Square a Day in May - My 5th Block.

Starfire - block 4

Pattern: Starfire by Melinda Miller

Hook Used: H

Colors Used: Cornmeal, Lt Plum, White, and Skipper Blue

5th square for the Square A Day In May but it is my 4th.

On the Huh - Block 3

Pattern: On the Huh Crochet Square by Jacqui Goulboum.

 

Hook used: H

Colors used: Red Heart: Lt Blue and Frosty Green

8th square for the Square A Day in May - 3rd block for me.

Blooming Granny - Block 2

Blooming Granny is actually the 4th square for the Square A Day In May but it is my second block.

Pattern: Blooming Granny by Melinda Miller.

Hook Used: H
Colors used: Red Heart: Pale Yellow, Lt Raspberry, Lt Sage, and Skipper Blue

Kata - Block 1

Back in May Hooked on Handmade hosted the Square A Day In May, well I wasn't able to participate in it at the time so I book marked the site to visit later. I have started to work on the blocks they have listed as their 31 blocks to crochet, I am not doing them in this order.


So here is my first block Kata:

Pattern: Kata by Penny Davidson

Hood Used: H

Colors Used: Red Hart: Lt Blue, Cornmeal, Country Blue, and White

Coffee Cup Cozy

Michelle from life made creations posted a bunch of crocheted coffee cozies and I made one up for a couple of DH's coworkers.

I used two strands of yarn for this and the small size pony beads. I just grabbed yarn from my scrap pile for this project.

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Crochet Blocks

I've been doing a little bit of crochet. The yarn is from my Mom's and Grandmothers' stash. I thought these colors would look good in a Granny Square Afghan. To keep me motivated I joined Ravelry as they have a Block a Month Crochet A longs. Since I now have a large yarn stash I decided to do all four of the Crochet A Longs: Crafters 12", Raveley's 12", Charity 8" and Ravelry's 6".

January's 12 inch block - Cute as a Button

January 8 inch block - Circle of Friends

January's 6 in block - Little Dahlia

February's Ravelry's 12 inch block -n Violet

February's Crafters 12 in block - Sun Daze

Ravelry is a free site for knitters and crocheters and has a lot of free patterns. You can check them out here.

Here is the yarn I'm using that have labels on them.

Rhapsody 100% Acrylic 4 ply Knitting Worsted Weight Yarn - Bright Yellow

LeeWards 100% Acrylic 4 ply Knitting Worsted Weight Yarn - Tawny White

Red Heart Wintuck 100 % Acrylic 4 ply Knitting Yarn - Tangerine

I've used several spools of off white without labels.

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Scrunchies

Here's a few scrunchies I made for a birthday. Just crochet around an elastic. Most of it is single crochet or double crochet. They are really quick to make. For the one with the pony beads I added the beads as I was crocheting, so you have to have a hook that will go through the center of the pony bead.

CD Jewel Case Case Calendar

Here is January's CD Calendar. I enjoy doing these as they go quick. I make my calendars in Publisher depending on the size of the page I am doing that way I can have a custom size. I cut the black paper to 4 3/4" square, the blue paper to 4 1/2 square and the snowflake paper to 4" square. The book plate is cut from scraps of red, and the punched flower is from the same scrap. I stamped in blue in the month. The only paper on the CD Jewel Case Calendar's that is not scrap paper is the black paper, and I have used black for all twelve months.

Recipe: Paper: black, blue, red and snowflake paper scrap Ink: blue Cricut: Fabulous Finds Other: flower punch, brads, flower center, glue, pop up dots.

Crochet Afghan patterns

Here is a couple of afghans I am currently working on. Both of them are crocheted.



The first is called the Fisherman's Ring and I found the pattern on this site by Priscilla Hewitt, here. I am acutally using up some scrap yarn so I have a couple different colors of tan yarn.





This one is also from scrap yarn the constant is the red, white, and blue. As you can see I keep changing them around. This pattern is by Edith Smith and I found it on this website.