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Holly Afghan
I’d always wanted to make a Christmas afghan and finally got around to it several years ago. The original McCall’s pattern is from the late 70s/early 80s and no longer in print. It’s not
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Jazzy Journey
Wonderfully soft, snuggle-weight afghan in a quick and easy crochet pattern
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Sharon’s Rose
Sharon’s Rose is actually a knitted pattern in Leisure Arts’ Afghan Book 2. I used the Tunisian knit stitch suing the chart provided for the middle section and then made differently styled side panels
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Indian Design
Indian Designs is actually a knit pattern in Leisure Arts’ Afghan Book 2. Using the included graph, I adapted it to Tunisian crochet and used the basic afghan stitch. The gauge is not quite
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Pleasing
Variegated in Vogue has some really nice patterns featuring the use of variegated yarn. My favorite, by far, is Pleasing. It uses the interesting technique of crocheting the length of the afghan leaving an
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Cork
Over the years, I have made every single afghan in this wonderful leaflet. Unfortunately, Fisherman Crochet Afghans is no longer in print. However, Cork is available via digital download from Leisure Arts: Galway& Cork
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Bordered Diamonds
I bought Afghan Book 2 (Leisure Arts 2) when it was first published and fell in love with it. Unfortunately, it’s been out of print for quite a few years. However, by popular request,
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Pinwheel
When I did a review of Quilts to Crochet almost 3 years ago, this pamphlet was no longer being printed. Lo and behold Leisure Arts is now doing so. I found it both Amazon
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Blue Bayou
I thought it would be fun to design and assemble a sampler quilt while crocheting a matching afghan. I’ve chosen simple traditional blocks so that I wouldn’t be too challenged with designing the matching
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