Giant Granny Square Afgan Along?

[JulieKay]

Christine

Will you be doing your husband's afghan in this pattern or another one , and what colors are you gonna use for it, do you know yet ?

[kmarcene]

I am sorry if this has already been asked/discussed. But how much yarn is it taking to make one of these? In yards/feet or ounces/grams. I want to buy enough of the same dye lot to finish. Does anyone know? Thanks.

[Christineincali]

JulieKay - Yes I am going to do another big granny. I love this pattern and I can go fairly quickly with it (thank goodness!)

I am using Red Heart in the colors "Aran Fleck", "Burgundy" and "Coffee".

He wanted some sort of gold color in there, but Michaels didn't have anything appealing to me.

 

I have a day off today. My "chores" are done, I have a pot of French onion soup simmering in the slow cooker for dinner, and hopefully I can get in a few good hours of crochet before Hubby gets home today!

 

I think I might even try to work on his afghan a bit when he's here, with my neapolitan granny sitting over the top of it so he thinks I'm working on that one!

[JulieKay]

Kmarcene

I guess it'd depend on how big you want it as to how much yarn it'd take. This is just a guess, but I'd say about 40 ounces would make a lap-sized throw, but it'd maybe take 60 to do a large one big enough for a twin bed maybe ?

I have made 2, but don't even recall how much yarn I ended up buying and using for each of them .

I'd wait til you get more feedback though before making your yarn purchase if you wanna know exact amounts .

Someone else may have more exact totals, as these are just guess-timates .

 

Christine,

It sounds like you have a plan for how to work on your husband's afghan without him seeing it. Good for you ! I hope you can do it .

Keep us informed of the progress. Your colors sound very pretty .

[QueenOfCrochet]

Thank you everyone for the kind compliments.

 

Selanda~Your ghan is pretty, great job!

[JulieKay]

Tabby

Jaden's afghan is cute ! Nice job. Sorry I didn't post about it sooner, but just now saw everyone's comments and thought - HEY -- I MISSED TABBY's AFGHAN PHOTO !

[crocrazy]

Selanda

I already posted about your afghan in the other thread, but will also post here-- it's nice work ! How big did it end up turning out ? It looks pretty big from the photo !

 

Thanks Julie. I am not sure how big it is. I will have to have the people at work measure it and I will let you know but it is pretty large.

[Nessiegirl75]

I have never done a CAL before, and this is my first post. I have already started a star shaped (well it is supposed to be a star anyway) granny afghan for my son, and was wondering if I could join in with the rest of you?

[QueenOfCrochet]

Julie~Thanks a bunch & no problemo.

 

Nessie~Jump right on in, we'de love to have ya. Good luck & welcome.

[JulieKay]

Welcome Nessie

What colors are you gonna use ?

[Aussie]

Welcome Nessie.

 

Hi everyone. Now that I have finished my mums blanket and the mystery cal I can concentrate more on the granny ghan. I know I will be here forever doing this one. The next one I will be using at least a H hook and not a E hook anymore.

[JulieKay]

Yea, Wendy

A bigger hook might make it go a little faster, but yours should maybe be a little warmer since it's a smaller hook, and maybe the holes in it will be smaller, so that's one good thing about using a smaller hook I guess !

[Nessiegirl75]

Welcome Nessie

What colors are you gonna use ?

 

 

Thank you all for the welcome. I am usung 2 strands of red heart super saver in black and blue. (his choice) using an N hook. I am going to try to work on it some more today. Had to take a break. I don't know if it is me, but I get tired of looking at the same thing for too long.

[JulieKay]

Wow, Nessie

That is gonna be one thick and warm afghan ! Post some photos when you get a little of it done so we can see how it looks .

[Lawauna]

I would love to join this CAL (if it is not too late!) . I saw a picture of the afghan that was linked to in the first post of this topic and my dd loves it and wanted on. So here I go!

[JulieKay]

Welcome, Lawauna

I don't guess it's ever too late to join into one of these CAL's, as long as there is anyone else left still working on it, and I think there are still several right now, so you'll have lots of company.

What colors are you going with ?

[Lawauna]

What colors are you going with ?

 

I am going with pinks and purples. My daughters favorite colors.

[Mel2nsluvsCrochet]

:blush :blush :blush

I forgot to post the pic for my finished granny afghan.....I think I am going to work on other projects AFTER I finish unpacking. :blush

[JulieKay]

Sounds pretty Lawauna

[crocrazy]

Lawauna,

That is going to be just beautiful! One of my many WIP is a giant granny it is mostly white w/rounds of RH petal pink and lavender.

[Lawauna]

 

Here is my blanket in the works...

I started it the night before last while I was watching Miracle on 34th Street

[crocrazy]

Ooooooo Pretty................

[JulieKay]

Selanda

That is funny, that is EXACTLY what I was gonna type, but I'll type it again ....

 

Oooohh pretty ! I like it .

[Melibean223]

Lawauna your gahn is very pretty so far i can't wait to see it as it gets bigger

[robynbird]

I saw this thread and followed the original link to Erin's site and started my own. I've not crocheted long but this is wonderful! I'm using leftover Caron Simply Soft that I got for an afghan I knitted for my niece. Here is a pic of my afghan

 

 

I"m going to rip out the last few rows and add more of the white, then I'm going back down, lavender, green, pink, etc.