Back in January of this year I finally taught myself to crochet. I have always crocheted a little, just to finish a knit project or something simple but didn't know how to follow a pattern to complete a project all crocheted. At a craft store I had picked up a book Teach Yourself to Crochet and it was for 18" doll cloths. Perfect! It was total Greek to me lol. But I persevered and now I really enjoy it as much as knitting.
One of the projects had me really confused and I contacted my sister-in-law for help. She said "Oh, that's just a Granny Square stitch". Good to know, but how do you do it? After a few texts back and forth and watching a video or two I learned to really like it and decided when we got home I'd make an afghan with all the colorful yarns I have in my stash. Have to say I love the finished project. I made one for myself and my daughter liked it so I made one for her.
My sister-in-law said that you can use any similar weight yarn but to do the outer row and connecting row in the same color. Traditionally it's done in black but I like the chocolate brown I used. It's still a dark color and but a little softer than black.
The first one just had a double crochet shell around the outside edge to finish it all. The second one I made I used all the different colors to make the border.
I like to do small knit or crochet projects during the winter and for this winter I found a book using a lot of different knit stitches to make an afghan. All one color but different squares using different patterns. I'll post when finished...hopefully next Spring.
