Butterfly Garden Square Pillowghan

[mason204]

I've always loved the butterfly garden square so, when my 25 year old couch afghan needed replacing, I thought I'd make an afghan using this 12" square pattern.

 

The folks at the Pillowghan crochetalong gave me the inspiration to try this. I've always wanted to make a pillowghan but was intimidated by the idea of making 28 squares. This one was made with 12 - 12" squares. Very manageable, I thought!

 

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and the resulting pillow...

 

 

The details:

Yarn: Red Heart Comfort

Hook: 5.5 mm (I)

Pattern: Butterfly Garden Square

[shella85222]

That is very pretty, what a wonderful job you have done. I also love the colors.

[crochetmama]

It looks very pretty. Could you tell me what the dark color is? I love the sage and what looks like a light cream on my monitor. Is the dark color a dark blue or black? The squares are a pretty pattern. I bet it looks great on your couch.

[Ramburn]

Very pretty.

[Roli]

That's lovely!

[KellyA]

I love the pattern square also:c9

Your afghan is beautiful:manyheart

[Julie]

Very nice Cheryl, I love that!

[cupcake]

Wacky do that turned out well. I must try that. Does it all fold up into the pillow so you need an extra square??

[mason204]

Thanks, all for your comments:

 

Cupcake: Yup, I actually made 13 - 12" squares (the extra square was the pillow cover). Gee, I forgot about that.

 

Crochetmama: It's navy. It was funny because the store where I bought the yarn had all these huge balls of yarn in a big bin. At one point, to get to the bottom, I literally had to hold my 6 year old upside down so she could squirm to the bottom of the bin. All very safe, of coure, and lots of giggles involved. As a result, I couldn't be too picky and ended up with one 12oz ball of navy.

 

What a crocheter will do for yarn!

[Lollie2639]

That's PURDY!!!!

[wildthing1058]

Nice colors love the squares:manyheart

Deborah

[christinascrochethaven]

That's so awesome! I've also wanted to a pillowgram. That's such a cool idea to do 12 inch squares. Thanks for showing the picture!

[crochetlady100]

Just love it

[Sahahne]

What a beautiful afgan! I love the pattern and the colours. It looks just lovely.

[cupcake]

Thanks for that. It certainly turned out well. I read through every post on the CAL for this and got confused cos the link says to make 28 X 12 inch squares with 4 for the cover. Seemed quite huge to me.

[DesertCrocheter]

Love it! The colors are great, and I really like that square pattern. Patty