WIP: Valiant Afghan in Blues

5 rows and then repeat 2-5

A good friend of mine surprised me this week with a quilt. I do not have words  to describe how I feel about that and may dedicate a blog to it in the future. Included in the package, however, were two crochet books! One of them was 50 Ripple Stitches by Darla Sims. 

I of course wanted to start trying all of the patterns right away. I was already one ball into a challenge of crocheting using my left hand. What was I to do? Well, I had already proven to myself that I could do it. Anyone who knows me can see this coming...I ripped the entire thing out. After all it was just practice.

Valiant WIP

It was difficult for me to choose one pattern to start with, but I narrowed it down to the Valiant or Gentle Swells. Since I had a variety of blues I opted for the pattern calling for three colors, the Valiant. After two days I have the base rows done and am ready to get busy with it. I will keep you posted on the progress.

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Rebecca

My First Afghan

Mike Eddings Christmas 1985

I thought that I would start with some of my beginning crochet projects.  This is the very first afghan that I ever made.  It was done in a single crochet chevron stitch with variegated blue and trimmed in white.   Not sure of the exact size, but it was made to be a throw blanket. I started the project as just something to work on with no end purpose in mind.  That was good, since I actually took three years to complete it!  I was a teenager and found many other things to do besides crochet.  I happen to finish the afghan just before Christmas.  I had drawn my Uncle Mike's name in our family gift exchange and had no idea what to get for him. I discussed with my mom about giving him the afghan. I wasn't sure that he would appreciate the significance of my gift. Mom said that it would be a great gift for him.  You can see from the picture above that I had no cause to worry. The experience instilled me a joy of sharing my crochet and I have been doing it ever since.