Crocheting Afghans

When I was little, my mom taught me many different kinds of arts and crafts, one of which was crocheting. I remember crocheting a long strand of single stitch before learning double stitch. A single stitch of crochet isn't good for much besides practice. Once she showed me how to put it all together the real fun began.

For my first project, she showed me how to do a wave pattern for an afghan. I was about 12 years old when I started, but lost interest and didn't pick it back up until I was in my 20s. Since it had been so long, I definitely needed a refresher! But several months later, I finished!

I now have it in my apartment, here's what it looks like:

A couple years after completing this, I decided to try making another afghan, but using a different design. For my second afghan, I did a sort of checkered, Scottish-themed pattern. Since I already had one afghan under my belt, I felt more confident trying something new.

I worked on it for several months over the winter, which worked out well because the bigger it got the warmer it kept me!

I also have this afghan in my apartment on one of my chairs, and it still helps keep me warm:)

It's been several years since I've tried my hand at crocheting because I've been busy checking out many other types of crafts, which I look forward to sharing with you soon! Maybe someday I'll try another crochet project, we shall see:)

If you are interested in learning how to crochet, there are now many instructional videos on youtube, like this one here, much easier to learn things these days!