75th Birthday Graph Ghan

[Tampa Doll]

My BIL is going to be 75 this year and I wanted to make something special for him.  I started out to make a dog, then decided to make a graph ghan.

 

He is an avid hunter and he likes to hunt with dogs.  The first one I remember is a German Short Haired Pointer named Sally.  She was not only a great hunter, but a great family dog.  She use to sing Happy Birthday with us.  It use to crack me up.

 

Sally, as my BIL says, was a great hunter.  She did not flinch when the gun went off and she was great at retrieving.

 

The only thing she was afraid of was my Sister's Persian Cat, but he was mean.  They would not see him for a week, but when I showed up, he would sit on the table in front of me and hiss.  We had a mutual understanding, I did not like him and he did not like me.

 

Anyway,  I decided to try and make an afghan with Sally's picture on it.  I could not get her picture, but I got something very close.

 

Here is the result.

 

 

Here I am checking it out.

 

 

 

[lynnf2012]

Gorgeous

[redrosesdz]

Another WOW!! I love your graph gans. Your BIL is going to be thrilled!

[yarnscrapper]

That is unbelievably beautiful!!!! 

[beckyb]

That is really cool!!! I'm sure he will love it!

[imanurse55]

this is amazing. What a treasure for your BIL!!!!!

[Real Deal]

That is beautiful! I'll bet you're going to make him cry!

[USpolishgirl]

It is beautiful!!. I like the colors. I love that dog:).

 

Krys

[richsgirl]

OH my gosh...How...Just....How

I am blown away. May be the coolest crocheted thing I've ever seen...

I agree that he will probably cry.

[Bailey4]

That is a work of art.

[Tampa Doll]

Thank you all. It is now sitting it it's box, ready to go.  I may knit a dog to go with it, I am not sure.

 

This one was fun to do.

[richsgirl]

How long did it take?

[Granny Square]

That is awesome!  

[Tampa Doll]

How long did it take?

 

It is all single crochet and I say it took me about a month once I got the yarn I needed.  I thought I would need a lot of time, after I had a hard time with the last one.  Go figure.

 

My only problem is I want to send it now.

[cshort]

That is a great afghan!

[richsgirl]

Send it! Haha. I'm sure he wont mind getting it early. It really is like the coolest thing I have ever seen. I sure wish you could see his face when he opens it!

[howieann]

Beautiful!

[Startigerlily]

Amazing job! He's going to be thrilled.

[segi1974]

it is beautiful and what a great gift to receive.  I am sure he is going to love it. 

[Charis]

Oh wow! That turned out amazing! Well done!!

[#1Crochetfan]

What a gorgeous afghan!!! I started doing a 'ghan based off a character and never finished it. It was too annoyed, dealing with the skeins of the different colors everywhere, making it tricky to work up. Finally I gave up!

[Tampa Doll]

What a gorgeous afghan!!! I started doing a 'ghan based off a character and never finished it. It was too annoyed, dealing with the skeins of the different colors everywhere, making it tricky to work up. Finally I gave up!

Thank you all.  Actually I do not use full skeins, except for the back ground. I use bobbins for the other colors, as it is easier to use and they do not get as tangled as when you use full skeins.

[rashidah]

I am so jealous.I wish I could change colors like that. Is that hard to do?

[pat54]

WOW what a wonderful job you did.  I'm sure he will love it.

[katyallen815]

wow what a gift of love and so many sweet memories! he will treasure it forever more....75 and strong!!