Sunday, April 25, 2010

Crochet Challenge

I've picked my challenge. Drum roll please... "63 Easy-To-Crochet Pattern Stitches Combine To Make An Heirloom Afghan", designed by Darla Sims, Leisure Arts.

You may ask, "Why would easy to crochet be a challenge?"

The challenge for me is that I cannot stand to crochet squares then sew them together. Therefore, I am going to make this a join-as-you-go afghan.

Here is how the challenge is set up.

Beginning May 1 and for the following 63 weeks, I will crochet one square a week. One square should take me no more than a few hours and I will still have time to work on other projects like this vest.


Yarn for this project will come from my stash, which consists of a hodge podge of colors and yarn contents. There will be no color pattern for the border.

After the last round of each square, another round will be added and that square will be joined to the surrounding squares. I may need to block the square to keep the size of the squares consistent.

The first blog on the first square should be next Sunday.

Have a good week!