See my manly afghan!

[texasredhead]

I made this afghan for my son for Christmas to put on his leather couch. It was made with yarn from Mary Maxim that was given to me. I think it was a kit, but no instructions were there. It was skeins of tan, beige, and rust. I added a multicolored round with Caron natural colors, and edged everything with Bernat Satin in brown with a single crochet around all of the squares and the edge. The squares were 6 inch rows of sedge stitch on some and some were tiffany block. Then a round of multi. I really like how it turned out, and I want to thank my friend Suzanne (Lavender Bear) for showing me how to join all the squares by crocheting them together instead of whip stitching like a usually do. I know my son will love it!!

 

 

 

closeup of blocks:

 

[walker1021]

This is the coolest square afghan I have ever seen! He is going to treasure this forever (and snuggle in it every night). Great job!

[ArielManx]

Gorgeous!

[cher49]

very nice

[Momcrochets]

Striking! great work. I'm sure he'll love it.

[catheryn]

That is gorgeous...and perfect for a man!!!

[Julz]

very nice and manly!!

[stitchgirl]

It's very masculine - I really like it. I love the different patterns in the blocks.

[umme yusuf]

It's wonderful!

[alibra]

Very nice...different take on the granny afghan, I like it!!

[SHERYL]

Fantastic ~ love the colors.

[froggy]

Nice job! Your son will LOVE it!

[cshort]

It looks great!

[StarStrong]

It's beautiful! And very manly. I'm sure he'll love it!!!

[isserlie]

The colors are wonderful, and I liked the added edging.

[Crochet Smooches]

FANTASTIC!!!!!

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[dubbee]

Beautiful!! When I first looked at it I thought you had mistakenly posted a pic of a Rag Quilt. (Squares of fabric[flannel, cotton, denim] sewn together with the seams exposed so that when washed, the edges fray, wonderful technique!) I love your manghan! The colors give great illusion.

You know, you have inspired me to crochet a manghan of my own!

Thank you and great work!!

[Pyroteca]

This is a great afghan! I am sure you son will love it. The colors are perfect for a man.

[Lil Nana]

Very nice!! But, what's a tiffany square?

[laurah4200]

I like the pattern stitch - textured but not lacy. Also, I like how you put a white square border around the blanket. Great job!

[texasredhead]

Very nice!! But, what's a tiffany square?

Here is a link to the Tiffany Block pattern that I used on this afghan. I also used the sedge stitch which is also on the website for

Halfknits.com

 

http://www.halfknits.com/crochet-tiffany-pattern.htm

[texasredhead]

I like the pattern stitch - textured but not lacy. Also, I like how you put a white square border around the blanket. Great job!

 

The squares around the edge are actually biege. The colors of the yarn that I had given to me free were beige, med brown, and rust. I had to make the amount of squares for the colors that I had. It just happened that I had more of the beige so the outside was that color because it had the most blocks.