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Large Granny Square

August 11, 2016 By: Deena Pricecomment

Yellow and Green 2

I bought the yellow and green variegated yarn at Hobby Lobby last week during a fun shopping excursion with some friends of ours for date night! My plan at the time was to make a lap sized blanket for my daughter Kiana for Christmas.  The quilt on her bed is the same colors so I was going to make a lap afghan to match it…but plans changed! I found a pattern that I loved for her and I decided to make it in pink so I have 4 skeins of the yellow and green variegated yarn and I had to come up with a new plan.

I had not made a large granny square afghan in quite some time so I dug through my stash and found the yellow, green and white yarn that coordinated well with the variegated yarn.  I used the granny square pattern found here.  I used one row white yarn to separate each of the colors. I used 2 rows of white yarn at the end of the pattern (after the green) and again for the edging.  I also added a basic shell stitch to the edge.

Green and Yellow 1

Sparkly Baby Blanket!

July 25, 2016 By: Deena Pricecomment

I tend to work on 5-10 crochet projects at a time…sometimes that means that a project can get pushed to the side and not completed very quickly.  This last weekend I decided to dig an old project out and complete it since I am caught up on my temperature blanket finally!

I went digging through my pile of UFO’s (Un-Finished Objects) and found this cute baby blanket that just needed an edging finished on it.  The yarn is a beautiful shade of burgundy with a silver thread running through it.  I found a white yarn with a silver thread running through it in my stash and decided it was perfect for the border!

Sparkly baby blanket

Close up of blanket and stitches:

sparkly baby blanket - close up

The pattern for this blanket is free and available at – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/clusters-and-crosses-blankets

I chose to do a simpler border because my thread already has a lot going on!

For the border:

Row 1 – With white yarn, SC around whole blanket, join with SS

Row 2 – Chain 2, 2DC in each SC around, join with SS

Row 3 – Chain 2, 1DC in same stitch, *1DC in next stitch, 2DC in next stitch around*, join with SS, Tie off white thread

Row 4 – Switch to burgundy yarn, Chain 1, SC in each DC around, join with SS and tie off.

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I am a stay-at-home-mom of 12 wonderful kids! My two oldest sons live on their own. And my 10 youngest (ages, 3, 4, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 17 & 18) live at home! We have been fortunate enough to be foster parents for the last 5 years. We have adopted 7 kiddos out of foster care and currently have one foster daughter - life is crazy and busy, but we LOVE it! I have been crafting for about 20 years. I started with stamping and crocheting and my hobby has grown from there! I always say, "I haven't met a craft I didn't like!" At this time, I spend the majority of my craft time crocheting because I can crochet in the family room while the kids play! Although I am an extremely busy mom, I spend my evenings creating! I love to make gifts for my family and friends. Feel free to leave a comment and tell me what you like or what you don't like or what you would like to see more of!

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