Crochet
My mother-in-law taught me to crochet the first year I was married. I quickly grew to love it particularly afghans. I discovered afghan crochet a couple of years later and haven’t looked back.
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Quilts to Crochet
I have slowed down with my crochet projects the last several years as I have delved into quilting. But there…
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Sampler Quilt to Crochet
The Sampler Quilt to Crochet pattern is now available. I wrestled with the idea of charging for this pattern and…
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Popcorn Pinwheel Afghan
I made a sample of the popcorn pinwheel used in Fran Johnson's popcorn pinwheel bedspread using #10 crochet thread with…
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Jazzy Journey
Wonderfully soft, snuggle-weight afghan in a quick and easy crochet pattern.
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Popcorn Pinwheel Bedspread
Are you looking for the pattern?? After seeing Frances Johnson’s creation,I must admit I was enamored when I saw the…
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31 Vintage Bedspread Patterns to Crochet
Ever since I watched the Popcorn Pinwheel Bedspread video, I’ve been wanting that pattern. This morning while searching for something…
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Sunshine Sampler – Row 3
I took a little recess from this afghan while I updated the design on the site, but am now back…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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,…
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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.…
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Popcorn Pinwheel Bedspread
I stumbled across this YouTube video this morning and just had to share. I’m in awe! You can purchase a…
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Crochenit: Bedspread Technique
I find this technique very interesting. No doubt I’ll use it one day when I next do a single-color afghan.…
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Sunshine Sampler – Row 1
This afghan will be a remake of my quilt sampler afghan. However, this time I will be crocheting the entire…
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Blue Bayou Afghan is Finished!
Well here it is…finally! I fringed the top and bottom sides of the afghan using the three colors in the…
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Blue Bayou: Borders
I’m still plugging away and thought I’d generate an image so you can see what’s been accomplished so far. I’ve…
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Blue Bayou Afghan: Panel 4
Panel 4 is completed and the right sashing strip has been added. In addition to the sashing pattern I used…
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Leisure Arts Quilts to Crochet
I’ve had several requests for pattern information related to the quilt afghan featured in my afghan video. Leisure Arts Quilts…
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Weaving Color change ends on the back
As you may have noticed, I enjoy designing afghans that incorporate color buy pills online without prescription, E Drugstore buy…
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Blue Bayou: Basket Block
This is the first of five blocks for the final panel of my Quilt to Crochet afghan. It’s patterned after…
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Crochet Tidy Away Ends & Colour Changes
I ran across this nice little tidbit while searching for something else on YouTube. [youtube id=”44ahp_jwvAw” width=”600″ height=”350″]
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Blue Bayou: Kansas Star
I’m still plugging away at my Quilt to Crochet Afghan. It’s a slow process since I’m doing the matching quilt…
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Blue Bayou: Panel 2
Panel 2 is done and the next step will be to add the border strip before starting on panel…
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Blue Bayou: Sawtooth 16 Patch
Fourth block of the second panel is done. Because I of my missed rows on the fourth block of the…
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Blue Bayou: Lily
Second block done…Lily involves a lot of color changing so I’ll be spending some time weaving ends on the back…
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Blue Bayou: Friendship Star
I’ve started work on the second sampler panel for the afghan with the Friendship Star …
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Blue Bayou: Panel 1 with Sashing
I’ve finished attaching the sashing strip to Panel 1. Sunny, of course, had to inspect my work…you’ll see him frequently.…
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Blue Bayou: Sashing Strip
I finished weaving the yarn ends on the first panel. ..Now I’m ready to attach the sashing strip. The strip…
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Blue Bayou: Panel 1
The first panel is done! One of the unfortunate side effects of constant color changes is the need to weave…
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