About a year and a half ago, I started making an afghan. I chose to make small squares, and I thought that this would be a quick process.
(insert the sound of a buzzer). As it turns out, I couldn’t have been more wrong.
This afghan requires more than 200 small squares, and I am still in the process of making those squares.
The squares are put together in groups of nine. In each group, I use four colors and then, in the center square, I add a fifth, which is chosen at random.
I have crocheted close to 200 little squares and more than twenty groups of nine.
Once I finish making my big squares (groups of nine), I will piece them together with black yarn and then make a border. There are no big squares that are identical. They have the same pattern, but not the same color combination. My goal was to create a crochet version of a patchwork quilt.
Crocheting this afghan has been an adventure. I’ve really enjoyed creating different color combinations. Crochet is unique because it is both an art and a craft. It’s a craft because it involves the technical skills of creating the stitches. It’s also art because it’s all about color combination.
What sort of creative projects do you like to do?
I always found this very cool. Yet somehow I am too scared to try lol. I stick with photography and video. I did used to sew on my sewing machine. I’ve been thinking about getting back into it.
Photography, video, and sewing are great ways to express your creativity!
Alice, I’m also on a crochet kick. I shouldn’t say on as I haven’t started except collecting yarn and thread. Now I need some patterns as I gave away my one book I had because I thought my crochet days were over.
Oh yay!!! There are patterns on line depending on what you want to crochet!
What a project! I love the idea of crocheting. I love all the different color combinations. I can only imagine how much patience it takes to make! There’s so much satisfaction having something come together over time.
It’s been an incredible project. The colors have brought me so much happiness.