My Planned Winter Project...

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

This is the afghan I hope to get done this Fall/Winter - it's a new design I haven't done yet, so getting into the routine of working the pattern may take a few day - I've already purchased the yarn - in the same colors as the pic - wish me luck.

If/when I get started, I'll post progress pics - Hopefully it will only take a month or two to complete:

[mmhmm]

That's pretty, SL. I did one similar to that years ago, but it didn't have the lacy dividers between the swirled patterns. Mine was a deep red. That thing lasted for years. In fact, I think my daughter still has it!

[Blonde Granny]

That looks like a wonderful project SL. I love how delicate it looks. I quilt, and I love doing the hand sewing on them during the winter.

[Artemis Windsong]

Lovely.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

So true - that's what I did when I was making a large one a few years ago - it wasn't done in panels like that one, which you do separately then join together - but was continual rows of a repeated pattern design.

As the afghan started getting longer, I could drape it over my legs as I was working on it. Makes for a dual-purpose winter hobby.

[Jaguar]

Is this the same pattern ?

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

Yes - that's an enlargement (close-up) of the same pic - showing the detail of the design.

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[Jaguar]

Yeah that's a very pretty one.

[MarleyKeezy78]

I need someone to sit with me and show me how to do more than just basic crochet   I try to watch youtube to learn but I find it hard.

[MarleyKeezy78]

This is one of the throws I made for our living room though and I am quite proud of the thing

[NoNamePerson]

I'm just plain impressed with anyone having the patience to do this. They are both really pretty. My EX SIL made us afghans back when I was married and I still have one of them.

[mmhmm]

Very pretty throw, MarleyKeezy78.  Crochet can be very relaxing and you come out with something usable in the end.

[NoNamePerson]

Sept 27, 2014 8:39:04 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

Very pretty throw, MarleyKeezy78.  Crochet can be very relaxing and you come out with something usable in the end.

For some folks. I have tried it and believe me it brings out the worst in me    But turn me loose on stripping, staining and anything to do with refinishing and I am in heaven!!

[MarleyKeezy78]

Thanks mmhmm  It can be relaxing, unless I am trying to learn something new then it can be   Lol!

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

I posted this pic quite some time ago, but this is one that I made a couple of years ago -

[Opti]

Pretty SL. Probably great for those nights where you don't want

a full afghan. I don't expect I'll have the patience to make an

afghan until I am in my 80s or so, but I do appreciate the ones

people have made me.

I still have my pink and blue one made for me as a child, possibly

a congratulations on your first Optimist baby, gift and  a nice off-white

one I think made by my XH's Mom. Use it all the time. And a Blue

one made in panels. Some of the panel to panel stitching is fraying

so I don't use it as often, but it often lives in the LR during fall, winter

and spring.

[mmhmm]

This is the red one I made years ago (back in the 80s, I think). It's still going strong despite many, many washings and many, many cats. I used a heavier yarn, though, and made some adjustments to minimize the lace effects:

[NoNamePerson]

Sept 27, 2014 11:04:21 GMT -5 @anne81 said:

I'm just plain impressed with anyone having the patience to do this.

It helps me have patience.  I get really bored watching tv or waiting anywhere.  A knitting project helps keep my hands busy so my mind can settle.

And I read while watching TV 

[mmhmm]

Grrrr! Got me interested and curious, so I went lookin'. Found my winter project, dammit! I didn't need a winter project! I'll use different colors (greens, beiges, rusts), though.

[Jaguar]

Oh my THAT is just GORGEOUS mmhmm.

[mmhmm]

Kinda reminds me of a mandala, Jaguar. It's big, so it'll give me plenty to do when it's cold outside. 

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

I absoluletly LOVE both of those, mmhmm - the colors for Cathedral Rose stained glass one are perfect!

The design of the red one is really pretty too - I'd probably do that in a pastel - like a baby blue or lavender.

Opti, that peach colored one I did is actually quite large - it can cover a double bed. I just took a new pic of it - which also shows the color a bit better - the other pic was a bit washed-out:

[Jaguar]

Sept 27, 2014 12:21:11 GMT -5 mmhmm said:

Kinda reminds me of a mandala, Jaguar. It's big, so it'll give me plenty to do when it's cold outside. 

That's what I thought it looked like as well. I think the colors you chose are gorgeous, add a wee bit of blue somewhere and ya got a hit.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

mmhmm , I was able to purchase that Cathedral Rose stained-glass pattern/instructions through Annie's crochet - (the download/print PDF version) for $6.95.

I just finished printing out the pattern. Thank you SO MUCH for showing that one. (As if I don't have enough projects on the go now or waiting in the wings to get started on).

The pattern will go into my "To Do" file.

[Jaguar]

This one ?

www.anniescatalog.com/detail.html?prod_id=21741&cat_id=902

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

Yes - that's the one.

[mmhmm]

Sept 27, 2014 16:04:00 GMT -5 ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ said:

mmhmm , I was able to purchase that Cathedral Rose stained-glass pattern/instructions through Annie's crochet - (the download/print PDF version) for $6.95.

I just finished printing out the pattern. Thank you SO MUCH for showing that one. (As if I don't have enough projects on the go now or waiting in the wings to get started on).

The pattern will go into my "To Do" file.

I've purchased it, as well, SL, including the yarns I'll need. 

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

The yarns for this one will have to wait for me - I just recently bought all the yarn for the blue & white one in the OP.

[Jaguar]

I'm looking online for an outfit, I have a Franklin Mint Littlest Gibson Girl porcelain doll, named Victoria, she's 17 or 18 inches tall depending what site you look on. I washed her very fine outfit, it's still nice, but it's sheer off white/cream color. I think she needs a new outfit.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

Put a thin, colored satin ribbon around her waist to give the outfit a bit of color - like a purple or lavender or pink or blue. If her outfit is "Victorian", you want to keep her vintage looking as possible.