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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

 

Piles of Blankets

 

Here is what I have been up to, besides dealing with a rotten cold.....

A new camera, which is a birthday gift and then also these wonderful afghans that have kept me warm while I worked on them! I have fallen back in love with yarn again and I am going to be listing these in the shop when I get to feeling a bit better. I am not sure of the size of the brown one and it might need to be a bit bigger than the lap size it is now. The others vary between lap size and throw sized.

 



 



Three are huge granny squares, the other is the one shown above. It is crocheted on the diagonal.

 



I have crocheted four since Christmas and I am have two more in process.

 



 

Finally this one in shades of brown and green. It reminds me of the Autumn leaves. They are all crocheted by me since Christmas!

Talk to you later!

 

Karen