Wednesday, April 25, 2012

From the Archives

Time sure is speeding by quickly. We took a little trip home so the kids could go to prom. A promise kept. We had promised that we would take them to prom when we moved. We are looking forward to a graduation and another little trip. It seems just yesterday that I completed these beauties, well I thought they were pretty at the time. They are all crocheted out of acrylic yarn.

Here are a few photos of vintage crochet I completed back when I was in 9th grade or so.

That is the second granny square that I had made. The first had the bright yellow as the outside border and looked awful as the squares were all different sizes. I hadn't figured out that different size hooks would make different size squares by the time I made this one, I had figured it out.



I completed this one the same year. I am sure that you can tell that the stripes use the same yarn as the granny square afghan. This was my original pattern and each corner had a red tassel.  We were travelling a lot that year and I was able to bring my projects along in the car. These were well used afghans and the stripey one was a favorite for naps as it wasn't too heavy.

Here is a bit of what I have been working on this year. I have one afghan close to being finished and it is calling to me. I am doing the finish work on the border and I can't wait to get done. I have another in the starting and it still isn't bigger than a napkin. The starting stages are fun because it can travel with me. The bigger sizes take a whole lot of movie watching.



Talk to you later,

Karen

 

5 comments:

  1. Love your blankets. I hope to one day learn to do pretty patterns like that. The new blankets you are working on looks beautiful. ^_^ Wonderful work on everything. ^_^

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  2. Thanks so much. I need to photograph and list the new one after I finish it up today! I can't wait.

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  3. Love seeing some of your early works Karen! I'm amazed at the variety of yarns that are available today as well as the color palettes. The older ones are like a trip down memory lane colorwise. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Beautiful Karen, thanks for sharing.

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