Category Archives: Needlework

Here’s a picture of the pattern I used to make an afghan for my sister, Dee, for Christmas. She got it today and seems to like it….a lot!

The pattern is named “Holiday Hearts Throw” from Red Heart Yarn Free Patterns” and uses Red Heart Holiday Yarn – 4 Green/Green; 3 Red/Red; and 1 White/Silver with a size K hook. (designed by Ann Regis) I didn’t make the corner floral trim pieces…not my taste.

Here’s a picture of an afghan I crocheted for my friend, Sandie.

The pattern is available at Red Heart.com #LW3578. Since Sandie loves pink, I chose to make it in Soft White, Baby Pink, Pretty ‘n pink, Perfect Pink, and Shocking Pink.

It would have been a lot easier to make if I’d remembered that an octagon = 8 sides instead of trying to force the pattern to come out with six sides. Once I realized where I was going wrong, the rest was fairly easy.

It has a lot of white and baby pink and I think if I chose to do another, I’d use a color other than white for the main body, maybe a mid-shade of pink so that the contrasting colors would be more obvious. Anyway, Sandie likes it and I had the fun of making it and that’s all that’s important.

Have several other projects in progress so more pictures will be coming soon.

Here’s some pictures of crocheted afghans I made. I only wish I’d taken pics of all the ones I’ve given away! I went through a phase in my life when I crocheted afghans non-stop. Everyone in my family got at least one and I was finally told “Enough!”. I’ve made other, smaller items from crochet but there is something about making an afghan which is really rewarding. Then, I guess I got burned-out and stopped for several years. In fact, I even gave away all my scraps and most of my patterns.

After years of not crocheting, I saw a pattern for this one and couldn’t resist. The pattern and instructions came from Red Heart. I found the instructions difficult to follow and I think it was only because of years of experience that I could figure it out.

Another favorite: I love the primary colors in this afghan. Sure brightens up a room!

This one I keep at the foot of the bed in the spare bedroom. I’ve used this pattern many times in a variety of colors. I have a brown and ecru that is “my afghan”, and I’ve made it in red, white, and blue at least three times. This one I extended the number of repeats to give it a different look.:

And a couple more that I made of granny squares. They are full size, not throws. I had these in storage and forgot about them. What a nice surprise to find them again!