Crochet Olympics Afghan Complete

I had originally thought I won a bronze medal, but when looking back over my crochet journal, I discovered that I had all but the border done on my afghan by the time of closing ceremonies. YEAH!!!!!! I completed the final round of it last night. Here is the completed afghan, the one I am so proud of and my greatest accomplishment to date (due to the fact that I started it and completed it in the time frame I set myself).

Crochet Olympics Progress

As promised, I have taken pictures of the squares I have done so far for my own personal afghan. There are 9 all together so far with only 3 more to go. I'll post the last squares when I get them done. Here we go!

Baby Afghan

Here is the first baby afghan I've ever made for any relatives. This one went to a cousin that I graduated high school with. He and his wife have been trying forever to have a baby and now they have one!! Woohoo!! I was tickled to make this, especially after I heard that they got almost no blankets at the baby shower. Here's the completed ghan:

Here's also close-ups of the squares I used (See the post "The Baby is Coming, The Baby is Coming") once they were put together as well as close-ups of the border that ended with a final round of reverse single crochet:

"Enchanting" exchange square

This was my next item completed in 2006. It's from an afghan called "Enchanting" in a Leisure Arts book called Absolutely Gorgeous Pineapple Afghans by Patricia Kristoffersen. This lovely square was a bit challenging for me and I learned not to try a new pattern after 8 pm :) It turned out so well that I did another one in different colors for my crochet olympics afghan (more details in future posts LOL).

Pictures--FINALLY!!!

I finally got pictures off my digital camera and onto my computer where I could post them for you guys to see :) I'm going to start with the sweater I made for my mama for her birthday. She was very happy to model for me. The pattern came from a subscription set called (I think) Vanna's Crochet Favorites. It's the same as the one I did for my mother-in-love for Christmas year before last.

Squares needed

Do you knit or crochet? Do you have 12-inch squares lying around or maybe you just have an enormous amount of stash that is preventing you from indulging in new purchases. Here's your chance to put that stash to excellent use and squares a new home. I'm talking about HeartMadeBlessings. I've been making squares for this organization for about a year now and we have recently had a huge wave of requests come in. We can use all the help we can get. If you can help out contact someone at the HeartMadeBlessings site and they can get you going in the right direction. Thanks a bunch!!!

Family Stuff

Stevie is set to start back to karate class today. I'm hoping that the extra physical activity will help with his ADD. The medicine seems to be working, but I really don't want to do this for long term. He's also set up to start grief counseling tomorrow. I'm hoping that will help with his attitude, although at the age of 11, I know that incipient puberty has a lot to do with that :) OOh! Speaking of his karate class, I better go make sure he has a clean uniform LOL

Baby's afghan

I finished the baby afghan just in time! It turned out great :) To recap: I made this afghan with Red Heart Baby in white and mint twinkle. I chose the two granny square patterns and did six of each. When I got all of the squares done and ends woven in, I joined them all using the white with a "sc in first square, ch 1, sc in corresponding st in second square, ch 1, sk 1, sc in next st on first square" and the border matches the green squares, except the border is white with green hearts. I have pictures, but my camera has gone AWOL. As soon as I find it, I will have all kinds of pics to share.

Done! and done!

As you all know, I have a month-by-month plan for getting holiday gifts done this year. Most of them are things I wanted to do last year, but I didn't get started anywhere near early enough. So, I am doing them for this year. For January, I wanted to finish my son's Star Wars afghan and make a baby afghan for my cousin who is having her baby today. Not only did I get both things done as planned, I was also able to do a comfortghan for my best friend, a couple of squares and bookmark all for exchanges. I've been considering starting some a couple of other things that have caught my eye over the last couple of weeks, but I have enough on my plate (hook?) right now to keep me busy.