I finished my afghan

Wow! Congratulations on finishing your afghan! It's lovely. I've done both, crocheted and knitted afghans. I've recently finished a knitted baby blanket and am currently working on a crocheted one. As soon as I get them blocked, I'll take photos and post them for you. These two are for my granddaughter who should be born around August 1st. I made a double bed sized afghan in a pineapple pattern years ago. I have it put away for now since my dogs love sleeping with me and their claws tend to get stuck in anything crocheted. I'll pull that out and take a photo for you also. I love both crocheting and knitting, although I don't really like using circular knitting needles. When knitting in the round, I prefer using several double pointed needles. Crocheting is my favorite, though. If you drop a stitch, you drop only one stitch and it's easy to pick up again but, if you drop stitches in knitting, you can end up with a huge mess and have to start over from scratch. But, since they each give you such a different look, I still like doing both. After I finish the baby blanket I'm currently working on, I plan to work on a lace shawl or wrap to wear when I wear any of several sleeveless dresses I own. I like wearing dresses in the summer because they're much cooler than pants but don't like my shoulders exposed anymore (that age thing ) so I'll wear the lace wrap which won't make me hot. You can make lacy projects in crochet but it's much more delicate when knitted so I'm not giving up my knitting needles... yet. Thanks so much for posting your beautiful afghan and keep crocheting! Have you thought about making pillow covers to match?

I do knit and crochet, cross stitch and do some latch hook rugs as well. I haven't done anything for quite a while though. One year I made 3 or 4 afghans as Christmas presents for people. I love a nice cosy afghan to cuddle up in especially on cold winter nights. I made one last year and started another one, although this other one has sort of fallen by the wayside. I find when I work evening shift all the time I don't have much time to work on it. I had to teach myself the stitch by watching videos on You Tube. I think it's called Tunisian crochet if I remember correctly. It's kind of a cross between knitting and crocheting. Very nice though. If I ever get it finished I'll post a picture.

I may try that, you explained it so well. I have been forever on just a little baby afghan in single crochet done in baby yarn. I got a lot faster when I got my new glasses. I like doing various blocks, like granny squares and then putting them together. I have a friend that signed up for "a granny a day" through a blog and will have a good sized afghan and use up a lot of her scraps this year.

I've done so many afghans that are just stored away that I don't dare start another. I use almost any stitch. I've got one that was done with a kind of brick stitch on the diagonal. Shell stitch, FB/BP w/doubles and singles in between. I have a book of washcloth/dishcloth patterns that I just extend to make afghans. I was fortunate in that it has 100 patterns in it so I don't have to go searching for patterns anymore. There is also a website that has tons of crochet patterns for anything you might need or want. Crochet Pattern Central. Have you seen it?

wow, that looks great!! I'm sure you put in a lot of time and hard work into it. It looks very cozy to snuggle up into :) I don't know how to crochet or make afghans, but I think it would be cool to learn. As much as I love to make things, I don't have a lot of patience when it comes to repetition lol. But, it would be good for me this summer to learn and then have something to do. Maybe I could even make one for my boyfriend to keep on base with him while we're apart. It would be nice knowing he's snuggling up into something that I made :)

Congratulations on completing your new brick-stitched afghan, PointlessQuestions. It looks really nice and I can see that you put a lot of work into it. I haven't tried my hand making afghans. Just today Mrs. Turner and I were discussing getting into quilt making, but that is altogether different. I once tried to join a quilt-making group, but they said that no men were allowed.

That afghan looks so cuddly and warm! I don't crochet, but I've knitted quite a few afghans. I guess you don't call them afghans if they're knitted? Anyway, throws or bed covers or whatever you want to call them. The last one I made was the old fashioned ripple stitch, but I've made them with a lot of different stitches. I could never quite get the hang of crochet, but keep thinking I'm going to try it again one of these days.

This is very pretty. Love the colors. I Love to crochet and even sell my items from time to time at shows, etc. I really need to start doing more of it again as it is quite relaxing. Need to learn how to do some of the different types of stitches out there besides what I already know.

I so envy your ability to be able to finish your craft projects. I rarely finish anything and I would so love to be able to do so.

Hi your afghan is pretty. I know how to basic knit. I have made 5 afghans for my grandbabies. they seem to take forever though. I think knitting is slower than crocheting. I am presently making a doll blanket for a little girl I call my granddaughter. She would not have a grandmother otherwise and I have been blessed to be allowed to be in her life. So mom asked me to make her 2 for her little webkinz plushies she loves to play with. Making one now out of verigated peach color.

I didn't realize this was your post until I was near the end. Something just dawned on me. I recognized the afghan...and thought I saw this one before but couldn't recall where. They I looked up and saw your screen name and knew. You emailed me the photo when you completed it. I love crocheting too and do various patterns. There is one I play around with a lot that I watched someone do ages ago and tried to tell my Mom. Well Mom took my notes and came up with something that was close to what I saw and we have made many baby blankets that way. It is similar to a shell stitch. I made a double king size blanket for the back of our sectional in the living room. The thing weights a ton and then some. Looks great. I did a lot of crocheting while I was alone before we moved. It gave me something to do while there wasn't anyone to talk to. Now when I crochet something I have a cat helping me pull the yarn from the skein. She is a help and then a pain. Not so bad when she pulls with her foot (no claws) but she likes to grab at it with her teeth and there isn't anything worse than trying to crochet with wet yarn. Yuck! I have one started but every time I think of finishing it there is another cat sitting upon my bag and I say I'll get to it later...but lately, never doesn't come.