Shaded Diamond Afghan

[Whitney 'Kat-nip' Hughlett]

Hello,

 

I have been trying to make this afghan:

http://freevintagecrochet.com/crochet-afghan-patterns/bernhard327/shaded-diamond-afghan

 

But I just can't seem to get it down. Everything that I have made so far just looks like clumps of yarn. Would anyone one be able to show me how to get things started?

 

Thanks

Whitney

[mattenylou]

This video show how to do

, this should help get you started.

 

What a pretty afghan! Be sure to post a pic of your progress.

[wheat]

Couple of things that may be causing confusion.

 

First, if we "described" the stitch as a variation on Puff Stitch, would it help you to visualize?

 

Next, older nomenclature can often cause unhappy results - what size in millimeter are you using. 

 - it may be that you need to go up a hook size so the work relaxes a bit instead of creating "clumps"  -

 

It may also be that you just need to "trust" the instructions, often times a highly textured stitch pattern will not look right until you get a few inches into the work.

 

Let us know how it goes

[Whitney 'Kat-nip' Hughlett]

Thank you both for your help!! I have things moving along and it seems to be working out so far. Ill post a picture when I get a little bit further on the diamond. I do think it came down to being looser with my yarn and just keeping at it. the first few rows look like a mess, but now they are looking better. You two are awesome!

[Michiganirish]

Please do post your progress.  I too would like to see it - and have bookmarked the page for future.  Have fun

[Whitney 'Kat-nip' Hughlett]

Hey everyone! Just though I would show you what I have done so far. Took me a few tries but finally finished my first diamond. Now just about 70 more to go!

[mattenylou]

Looks nice! I like that bean stitch, I've never seen it before, so I learned something new with your question, too!

 

This looks like it is working up to be really thick, should end up to be nice and warm. You are going to have a  snuggly, warm afghan when you are finished!

[wheat]

Job well started - glad we were able to help you "trust" the pattern (gee now I sound like a Robert Jordan character.)