FO Fridays Waffle Stitch Blanket

Finally finished the waffle stitch blanket. I decided to name it Letgo My Waffle Stitch Blanket. I just love it! The texture is great and it is so warm.

Granny Square Baby Afghan

Granny Square Baby Afghan

Whenever you feel as though you are not getting any projects done. The granny square is always there to give you a jump start. I have certainly been neglecting my crochet lately so I decided I needed to finish something. This granny square afghan is orange, a multi color yarn, and a lime green (even though in the picture it looks blueish it is very much a loud lime green). I have left over yarn so I am going to do a completely different baby blanket. I really like this blanket though...maybe I should've made it bigger for myself.

Basket Weave Stitch Baby Blanket

In December I mention the basket weave stitch. I haven't done many projects of late or should I say I haven't completed any. Then someone requested a baby blanket. I decided on the basket weave stitch and is quite happy that I did. I love the stitch it is simple but look complicated and well...it's just plain good looking. I have been working on a throw using this stitch but I don't see myself finishing that any time soon.

Solas Caomh Blanket - Autumn Day

Solas Caomh Blanket

Ok I have not finished the first Solas Caomh blanket and I'm on to another one. This time I am using two different colors both from Red Heart brand (Carrot & Peruvian Print). I'm calling this one Autumn Day Solas Caomh. :-D

The pattern is color coded for the cable stitches. This helped me from being confused about just where I am on the pattern.

Solas Caomh pattern by Jodi Euchner
You can purchase this pattern from here for $5.50. This is a beautiful pattern of crochet cables. That's right, crochet cables. This is achieved by a series of front and back post stitches. It is not a difficult pattern but you must pay attention to what you are doing.

Here are my notes so far:
05/20/2011 - Chain 363

Solas Caomh Blanket

Solas Caomh pattern by Jodi Euchner

You can purchase this pattern from here for $5.50. This is a beautiful pattern of crochet cables. That's right, crochet cables. This is achieved by a series of front and back post stitches. It is not a difficult pattern but you must pay attention to what you are doing. It took me awhile to understand my mistakes. I had to frog it a couple of times.

Here are my notes so far:

I’m making this blanket for myself. I like to cuddle up on the sofa so a throw size just won’t do for me.

01/06/11 I’m tripling the pattern chained 373 (lost count and did an extra 10)

01/07/11 I can’t believe it I got to row 4 and then realized that I skipped stitches starting in row 1. I have to start all over.

01/08/11 color coded the pattern hopefully that will help. I got the second row done and turns out that I only chained one extra not ten. YAY

01/09/11 working on row 3 turns out I didn’t do an extra stitch I missed a FTR stitch.

01/16/11 U ahd to frog back to row 2 and start it over. Now it looks better. For some reason it has taken me some time to wrap my head around this pattern which is why I haven’t worked on it since the 9th.

02/08/11 I finally got this pattern figured out. I was back posting wrong. Duh! LOL. I walked away from this project for a few weeks. Now making pretty good progress. On row 6.

Basketweave Stitch

Basketweave Stitch (Crochet)

I am now working on a basketweave stitch throw. The look of the basketweave stitch is very nice. It is a wool eater. I like Red Heart, my absolute favorite brand of yarn to use. Red Heart, or at least the super saver line, does not have any dye lot numbers so running out of yarn is not a big deal. However, you use a yarn that has dye lots you need to buy at least double or triple the amount you have used on a previous afghan you have done that has many double crochet (DC) stitches.

The basketweave stitch is very simple. You will be a pro at front and back post stitches by the end of making your project. The basketweave stitch is just that...front and back post stitches. A simple patter is to alternate sets of 3 front post stitches and back post stitches. So you chain will be a mutiple of 3 plus 2. DC in 3rd chain from hook and continue to DC in every chain til the end. Turn your work, chain 2, front post in the next 3 stitches, then back post in the next 3, continue in this fashion until you come to the chain 2, you want to go into the chain and do a half DC. Turn work and ch 2 and repeat what is in front of you. So if you turn your work and you have front post stitches on the previous row this is the stitch you need to start with. Turn work and repeat one more time. On your fourth row you want to reverse the stitches. So now if front post DC was on the previous row you want to start with back post stitches, then front, then back and so on. Therefore you alternate stitch pattern every fourth row.

I will post picture of my throw along with how much yarn it took and how long it took to complete. And maybe even a better pattern to follow.

Navajo Blanket

Navajo Blanket/Southwest Afghan

$160 60"x60"

Easy pattern. This afghan was easy to understand. You do it line by line, that's how you get the fringe. It took me a long time to complete this as it can be a tedious project. However, I love the finished blanket. I used 5 colors of Red Heart Super Saver yarn. The afghan is heavy and pretty warm. I name my blanket Southwest Afghan as it is not a Navajo design.

Popcorn stitch baby blanket

 Popcorn Stitch Blanket

I made this blanket for my nephew. This is the blanket where I learned the important lesson of counting stitches. It is made up of sc, hdc, dc, tc and popcorn stitches. I like how it looks and the next time I make one like it I will keep track of what I am doing pattern wise and post it.

Granny Square blanket

Granny Square Blanket

This is a granny square blanket I have made for my niece. Colors blue, yellow and grean. I'm making another one for my other niece in colors pink, yellow and green.