Filet Crochet Afghan

[badrhinogillett]

This is for my father's birthday. He's a pharmacist. It isn't as large as I wanted, but I still think he'll like it.

[DesertCrocheter]

LOL! I think he'll love it--very clever! Patty

[LolitaChase]

if you want it larger you could crochet a plain double crochet edge around it. i think it'd help keep the shape a little. I like it. very personal.

[faithpa76]

That's really neat!

[123mama]

Your dad will love it.

 

sondra

[Julie]

Very cool!

[xmaystarx]

Looks great!

[yarncat]

Neat afghan!

[cabanird]

what a fabulous idea!

did you get the pattern from somewhere? or did you make the pattern yourself?

 

if you did make the pattern yourself, can you tell us how you put the pattern together? graphs? drawing stuff out... did you wing it?

 

thanks!

[badrhinogillett]

I'm not nearly talented enough to figure out a pattern myself. There was a site, that I can't find anymore: www.filetcrochet.com. And she sold graph patterns. I bought the graph a few years ago, and just got around to making it a couple of months ago.

 

I've found a website: www.crochetdesigns.com where she sells a computer program to create your own graphs. However, I have to figure out if I'm computer savy enough to do that too! I'd like to try it, because I really enjoy the end result. It's a rather easy kind of afghan, but it looks like it was difficult.

 

I've done one other filet afghan from a pattern of cherubs, I actually won first prize at the fair with it. I ended up using it to bring my daughter home from the hospital when she was born.

 

If you can draw, (which I can't -- even my stick people don't look believeable) then you could create your own graphs. Each solid square on a graph is equal to 4 double crochets, with the last DC also being the first DC of the next square. Each open square is equal to: dc, 2 sc, dc.

[melectric]

That is awesome, I think an edge would be nice just to add more size to it, granted I am a little addicted to borders right now.

[badrhinogillett]

I was originally going to boarder it to try to make it longer, but it's already fairly wide, and I was afraid that in order to make it long enough, it would end up being too wide. Then I thought of just adding rows to the top and bottom, but was afraid since there was no boarder on the side it would look silly.

 

 

Problem is, there was no dimensions given in the pattern, and either it was smaller than I realized, or (more likely) I crochet very tightly, and it ended up too small.

[auntbubbels]

wow- that is fabulous

[Kimberly]

Great job on it!!

[Lynn]

Very pretty! I'm sure your dad will love it! I agree about the edging - a row of plain crochet around it will help keep its shape.

 

Lynn

[cazmc]

you could add a wide border to make it big enough, plain dc finishing with a round of slip stitch?

[gretelgrrl]

wow! It's both beautiful and funny - I really like it And it has given me some ideas...

 

You know, you are the first person who ever explained stitching graphs in a logical way to me! I get it now... I'm good at drawing, just never knew how to stitch it!

 

thanks

 

And wonderful work + great color! Your Dad is a very lucky father

[badrhinogillett]

Thanks so much!

[monael]

Very cool!

[smokeyp81]

That's a great afghan!

[crochetcrazy]

Wow!! That is so neat!! I love the color too. I like to do Filet patterns.

[Rosesandtea]

What a great idea - and you did a great job on the afghan too.

[Colyak Crocheter]

Very nice work! He'll love it, I'm sure!

[Katie45694]

That's terriffic! My husband is a Paramedic, I'd like to (one day! LOL!) make one with the star of life on it

 

Katie