Brown and Ivory afghan

My boss bought this afghan for her daughter through our yearly United Way drive. We have an auction to raise money. I donated my time and my boss donated the yarn and the cash.

It is made with double thread so it is really heavy and very warm. Just what you need on cold Texas night. It works up pretty fast, it took me about 3 weeks to make. I didn't work on it every day so it could have been finished in about a week.

Red and White Afghan

I made this red and white afghan a couple of weeks ago.

Palm Tree Afghan

I know you thought I hadn't done anything crafty in a long time, but this actually took me a long time to make.

 I fell in love with this pattern when I saw it online. Amazingly enough it really looks like the pattern picture! See for yourself @ freepatterns.com, you have to register but it's free.
My next crochet piece is a cute little vest. You may or may not see it, depends on how it looks. I'm not very good at crocheting clothes.
Wish me luck!

Christmas gift

This is the afghan I made for my son for Christmas. I can't remember where I got the pattern, it's too late and I'm sleepy.

If you are interested let me know and I will dig it up. The colors are perfect for his new apartment. I made it longer than the original pattern so he can pull it all the way up to his chin and still have his feet covered.

Teal and yellow lap afghan

Well back from vacation, its back to work and back to crafting. This is my latest lap afghan. It is made with the same basket weave that I used on the last baby afghan. I really like this pattern, it's fast and easy. I used a size K crochet hook so it is soft and squishy.

Multi color afghan

This is another afghan I made for the seniors.

It is all half double crochet stitches.

Just finished this purple afghan for the seniors.

Half are granny squares and half are double crochet squares, with a shell border around the whole blanket. It looks like I used different kinds of thread but they are all the same. I think some of the skeins were tighter wound than the others.

In response to the comment from vettech. Thank you.

Its just the basic granny square. With 6 double stitches in the corners and 3 double stitches in the other spaces.

Chain 5 and join with a slip stitch in first stitch.Row 1: Chain 3(counts as a dbl st) 2 dbl st ch 2 3 dbl st ch 2 3 more times.Row 2: Slip stitch in next 2 dbl st and in next ch 2 sp, ch 3 2 dbl st ch 2 3 dbl st in ch2 sp. ch 2( 3 dbl st ch 2 3 dbl st ch 2 in each ch 2 sp around). Join with a slip stitch.Row 3: Slip stitch in next 2 dbl st and in ch 2 sp. Ch 3 2 dbl st ch 2 3 dbl st in corners space *ch 2 3 dbl st in next ch 2 sp. 3 dbl st ch 2 3 dbl st in corner* Repeat from *to* around.Just keep repeating pattern until you get to the size you want.This is the first time I have written the instructions for someone. I hope it is not too confusing. This pattern can be found just about anywhere.

This is my latest lap afghan for the Seniors.

Three more lap afghans for the seniors.

This one is my Purple Stripes afghan.

This one I got the pattern from "Crochet" magazine.

This one I decided to see what it would look like if I just took the bits and pieces of left over yarn and sewed them all together. Turned out pretty cool I think.

These are 2 of the 3 afghans I made for our United Way Campaign last year. Different people donate items and then we have a not so silent, silent auction. The one with the trees I got out of one of Vanna White's pattern books. It is crocheted using 2 strands of yarn.

The snowflake afghan I got the pattern online at http://www.artoftangle.com/snowflake.htm

Very quick and easy.

Another afghan for the Fellowship Center. My DH loves this one. I may have to make him one like it.

afghan and shawl

This shawl is partially my own design, it is a shell crochet with a collar and pockets. The pockets are mine I decided to make them because I made it too long. The rest of the shawl I got from a knitted picture.

The lap afghan is from an unfinished full size afghan I had started years ago. I took it apart because I didn't have the yarn to finish it. I make lap afghans throughout the year to give to the seniors at a fellowship center in my county for Christmas gifts.

Finally Finished

Finally finished this afghan. I have been working on it for the last few months. Christmas took up a lot of time and my Dad had a stroke just before Thanksgiving. He is recovering slowly. We have all our family and friends praying for him. Anyway on to the next project.