63 Squares Afghan
I was browsing around different blogs and actually found some crochet blogs!
I noticed that several people had decided to have a crochet
along on the 63 Easy-To-Crochet Pattern Stitches Combine To Make an
Heirloom Afghan.
As you can see from the photo, the original pattern calls for ecru, green, and pink (rose) yarn. And though those colors are pretty, they're just not my style. When I went to buy my yarn, I was thinking that either more jewel-tones or autumn colors would work better for me. Well, I couldn't choose just 3. I picked up the dark plum and gold first, and loved that combination. When I added just one other color, the palette just fell flat though. So I picked up the claret and windsor blue. And then I thought that a green would probably round out the palette nicely, but it had to be the right shade of green. Sage would not work, and I thought that hunter green was too dark. I found some 3 oz. skeins of the green that complemented best, and so picked up artichoke. Here they all are, just waiting to be started!
Yarn purchased March 30, 2004
Left to right, gold, artichoke, claret, dark plum, and windsor blue
Block thumbnails
- #1
- #2
- #3
- #4
- #5
- #6
- #7
- #8
- #9
- #10
- #11
- #12
- #13
- #14
- #15
- #16
- #17
- #18
- #19
- #20
- #21
- #22
- #23
- #24
- #25
- #26
- #27
- #28
- #29
- #30
- #31
- #32
- #33
- #34
- #35
- #36
- #37
- #39
- #38
- #40
- #41
- #42
- #43
- #44
- #45
- #46
- #47
- #48
- #49
- #50
- #51
- #52
- #53
- #54
- #55
- #56
- #57
- #58
- #59
- #60
- #61
- #62
- #63
Putting the squares together
Row 1 (top) - joined March 5, 2006; Row 2 (bottom) joined March 12, 2006
On the left are the stacks of squares that I have joined (1, 2, 3, 6, 8, and
9)
and on the right are the stacks of squares waiting to be joined into rows (4,
5, and 7)
Rows 1-7 joined together in the photo above
My finished afghan! I got the rest of the joining done July 4, 2006.
And a detail of the edging - which went very quickly, all things considered.