Scrap-ghan-Along, anyone?

[CrisKad]

I started this scrapghan in May 2007 and put it down for a long time. I pulled out the loads of scraps I have and added a few inches to it this weekend.

 

Wouldn't you know, I ran out of the Caron pounder in black I was using for the in between rows.

 

Now it needs to sit unloved again until I can another black pounder.

 

[HollyzHobbyz]

I've got so much yarn stashed in the corner, I've got about 5 feet high by 5 feet wide. My husband is about to build another room.

 

I need to think of a new project to eat up some yarn.

 

Donna

 

Let him build the room first!

[Tia]

I am finally finished with my scrapghan :cheer:cheer just need to tie in some ends.

 

I'll post a pic later.

[Colleenka]

That is beautiful Christina. I love how you alternated with the white.

[Carousel]

Everyones scrapghans look great! I need to take some pictures of mine. Hopefully tonight.

[Julie B in WA]

Christina, that is so awesome with the white!

[CrisKad]

Thanks guys! I'm hoping to get to a craft store sometime in September to buy the Caron pounder I need to continue. Without a car, it makes getting there a chore.

[jessicagil]

I need to get started on mine again. I have a lot of squares I need to put togehter then add rounds to it. If I get it done before Dec 1st I'll more then likely send it off to sissie.

[dragonpuck]

here is my finished "ghan

use three singleton skeins and two unmatched balls:clap

(clickable)

 

 

now to begin work on another!

[Colleenka]

Very nice ghan Lynn! I love the colours and how it is so graphic. How big is it?

[Tia]

Beautiful afghans Christina and Lynn!

 

Here is the one I just finished last night. I didn't measure it, but it is draped across our king size bed.

 

 

A close up of the border.........

 

[dragonpuck]

Very nice ghan Lynn! I love the colours and how it is so graphic. How big is it?

 

its appx 36x 48 12" squares plus a border

my favorite size to make- usable but not so big that it takes forever and ever to join and finish

[CrisKad]

Tia, I love your scrapghan!

[Tia]

Thanks all for your kind compliments!

 

I started another scrapghan . I'll post a pic of it tomorrow, it's already about 2 ft. along.

[MissRach]

I am in process of deciding which granny square pattern to use.

[Tia]

 

It's going to be basically one big Granny Square, but I don't know if you can tell from the pic....the off white rnd is all dc's, then the navy rnd is 3 dc's, ch one, 3 dc's etc., which simulates the Granny Square st. Then the light blue is back to regular Granny Square sts worked into the ch sps from the navy rnd. Every several rnds I intend to duplicate that method.

[andrea2006]

All of the pics look great way to go ladies.

[_Stacy_]

All of the afghans posted look fabulous, ladies!

Ok, here is what I am working on...

I have 2 rows of my yoyo-ghan completed. LoL I have about 150 more yoyo's ready to be added though. I've figured that I need 25 per row for it to be the width I like, haven't yet figured out how many rows. So I'll be here awhile.

This is the 3-strand one I started last week- I have 12 squares so far. I think I will need about 4 more. I am going to join them with white Softee Chunky.

 

This is one I just found in my bedroom tv stand. I started it when pregnant with my youngest, I just finished it on the 30th, which was her first birthday!

 

 

 

I also had the idea last night to start Dot's scrumptious scraps with the Caron Brites as well, with white as the sc's in between (yes, I have a ton of this yarn! LoL) At first it looked pretty cute, but the more I looked at it, I thought this is going to turn into one of those projects that I look at 3 years from now and wonder why in the world I actually made it?? So I will probably frog it and use it for my yoyo's if I need more yarn.

 

 

[Julie B in WA]

Hey Stacy- have faith in the S. Scraps. It looks better and better the more rows you add. Just think, you could make it up and stash it away for an emergency gift for a little girl's bday or something.

[Tia]

I agree with Julie....I wasn't very pleased with that scrapghan I just posted pics of, but I kept at it and it wasn't until I started adding a border that it came alive. I finished it, went into the bedroom and laid it flat on the bed, then left the room to get my camera. When I went back into the bedroom and saw it all spread out, I thought, "Wow, it actually looks great!".

[_Stacy_]

Thanks, ladies. I've been looking at it and have decided that, if finished, it will just be blindingly ugly! LoL So maybe I will try to do white rows in between all of the brite colors, instead of just the sc's. Unless I do the sc's in the brites, and the rest white? That might be kinda cute. Anyway...I don't know what has gotten into me, but I am addicted to afghans now! I started a round ripple this morning and am about a quarter of the way finished. I am using chunky yarn though, so maybe that is why it is going quicker? No idea. But I swear before I joined this board I had maybe 2 projects going, now the ideas don't stop. :crocheting

[eyrthmother1]

LOL, Stacy,

 

I used to be real good about finishing one project before starting another until I joined c'ville. Now i have a comfortghan going, along w/ 8 other ghans (7 of which are scrappies),and have am working on a color scheme idea for yet another 1 from inherited scraps. (hmmm, did i just hear my hands do a small scream??:think )

 

Sandy

[Colleenka]

'Ghans are looking good everyone! Stacy, I'm with you. Since starting this CAL I'm going through an afghan obsession. A few months ago I would have told you I probably would never make another afghan again and now I've got two scrapghans on the go and ideas for 2 or 3 others (I've been pretty good though, I'm not starting them...yet).

 

I've only got about 25 rows left of my scrap baby ripple. I love it and it is fun to work on. I'll post pics when it's done.

[HollyzHobbyz]

Okay ladies....my daughter thinks I'm nuts! But, I would like your opinion too!

 

I have a granny's daughter afghan that I finished in 2003. It has 937 motifs in it. Since then, I have continued making granny's daughters whenever I finish a skein of yarn. I have a little over 650 new motifs. I am actually considering taking apart the finished afghan, mixing up "all" of the motifs together, and making a new afghan that's big enough to lay across my king-size bed. I know....I could just add new strips to the existing afghan, but I want to mix in all the new colors I've got in the new motifs. What would you do?

[andrea2006]

oh my I would probably just leave the one how it is and just make a new one out of the ones you have. I need to go back and read a few posts to see what a grannys daughter is again. I am still searching all over for a free scrap ghan pattern that i want to make I am itching to start crocheting again. I dont want to do granny squares cuz i hate the thought of doing anything that requires me to sew it toether, but yet that is what ill end up doing a pattern for in the long run cuz i dont want anything laying on me at the moment cuz its to hot lol.