I made this little afghan for practice before I move onto making a larger one (which I've already started)
I'm giving the little afghan to my aunt's dog. Pudge (a pug) needed a new blanket that goes with my aunt's furniture. I also didnt have a lot of the two colors I used, so I couldnt really make it much bigger than it is.
I'm giving Pudge her new blankie tonight or tomorrow.
I'm so excited about figuring out the whipstitch. I'd tried it before, but it never quite looked like what the pictures in the instructions always look like. For some reason last week, I was playing with some squares that I had crocheted on my last attempt to sew squares together, and suddenly I was able to whipstitch and not have things fall apart on me or get all tangled up because I couldnt get the yarn needle in the correct spots on the squares.
I'm starting another granny afghan. This one is being made in red, white, and blue, and I'm making what I think are 9 Patch blocks (9 squares of 3 colors sewn together into one big square), and I think I'll make 9 of these 9 Patches to be sewn together into an afghan. (finally, I can make something resembling a quilt...)
I might also attempt this in knitting also. I was thinking about making squares on my straight knitting needles and sewing them together into an afghan. Which I think would look cool if I ever try learning how to knit cables. I think I'll have to take lessons on making cables. (tried it, looked good for a few rows till I made a mistake that I couldnt fix)
I'll be taking pictures tonight of my attempt at a patriotic granny afghan. I have my first block finished, and it doesnt look too bad. I need to go buy some new yarn to finish that one, but I'm kind of excited about this now. I love patriotic afghans, and making one out of a bunch of squares sounds like fun. Plus, if it goes as fast as my first block did yesterday, I should be finished fairly quickly. (I join the squares as I go...seems to go faster than making all the squares before joining)
2 comments:
Have you tried doing the one in knitting yet? I have started one in different stitches if you ever need any diff stitches or motifs / cables to do just ask i have a great stitch library. I think i have put my logo picture up which shows a few of the many stitches i have done :). i have to admit though that doing one in knitting takes an absolute age. I do have a 4 month old son though so he consumes a lot of my time.
Have you tried doing the one in knitting yet? I have started one in different stitches if you ever need any diff stitches or motifs / cables to do just ask i have a great stitch library. I think i have put my logo picture up which shows a few of the many stitches i have done :). i have to admit though that doing one in knitting takes an absolute age. I do have a 4 month old son though so he consumes a lot of my time. x
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