FINISHED!!! My Best EVER Afghan!! - Updated Pic Page 9 post #87

[happy stitcher]

GORGEOUS!

What a fabulous Christmas gift! :cheer

It will be treasured!

[Isabel]

That's so awesome! I can't believe you did it that fast! And it looks absolutely great. No wonder your mom didn't want to give it back to you to finish.

 

I wish I was half as talented as you! :jumpyay

[kel]

Its absolutely gorgeous!!

[fthrem]

I am in awe! That is amazing!

[MaryPat]

I am open-mouthed at the beauty of this afghan!

[wiz3283]

This is a true treasure that will be a heirloom to be forever enjoyed. Truely amazing.

[Cliffnote]

That is absolutely fantastic!!!!!! You did a superb job!

[CrochetinClara]

May I ask you a question...did it take only three weeks because you wanted it done before Christmas or does it just work up that fast? Oh, and I watched the free video on his site, and saw how he pulls the tied yarn ends through the afghan....how does the back look then?

[Debbi-a1]

Just add my "amazing!" You did a GREAT job. That is absolutely beautiful.

[Miss Crochet]

oh my goodness me! What a fantastic accomplishment! That's really yarn ART: well done. You have every right to be proud of yourself.

 

Wow!

[mama24boyz]

May I ask you a question...did it take only three weeks because you wanted it done before Christmas or does it just work up that fast? Oh, and I watched the free video on his site, and saw how he pulls the tied yarn ends through the afghan....how does the back look then?

Well, I think I crochet fast. I did stay up laste some nights thoug, so if I just worked on it when I did initially, it would have been longer. One row would sometimes take me 10 - 20 minutes, depending on the number of colour changes. But the first few and last few rows each had only a few colour changes so they were very quick.I didn't watch his video, so i just did mine like a normal graphgan, but in the end I did have a lot of ends to weave in! I hate weaving in ends. And I didn't tie any either, just normal colour changes and most of the ends I crocheted over, depending on the next colour, like from one shade of brown to another I could carry the end, but from black to white, I couldn't cuz you would see it through.

[mama24boyz]

Well, I'm finished! I guess it was good that I didn't get it done in time, because I was going to do a brown border, but my Mom wanted black, and I also wasn't sure if I should make it a full size afghan or just add a small border and Mom picked a small border and she wanted to hang it, but easily be able to take it down and cuddle it when she needs to.

 

So, I did a border of 5 rows of sc, then a hanging loop all across the top. I also had about 12 rows left to do one the one side.

 

So here it is, all finished!!

 

 

And I have to say thanks to everyone for all your kind comments. I love this blanket!!

[~Elise~]

It brings tears to my eyes...

[elki]

Beautiful! I can't believe you did that in such a short space of time O-o

[rddugan]

Absolutely beautiful.

[wiz3283]

I love this. I am goingto have to contact Todd because I have a pic of my great grand parents and I would love to make one of these for an heirloom. It is truely magnificant.

[champygirl]

Awesome and your very talented.

[onfire4Jesus]

Beautiful! Nothing short of amazing!

[garke930]

That is amazing. I'm sure you are proud of your achievement.

 

Pam

[Peggy85225]

Still an amazing afghan.

[badrhinogillett]

stunning!

[warmfuzzies]

I'm speechless............absolutely amazing work. A true heirloom.

 

Juli from Texas

[may]

WOW I AM SPEECHLESS :cheer:cheer BRILLIANT:clap

[CrochetinClara]

Thanks Melanie, I'm not keen on the idea of cutting and then tying the ends to change colors. I will do my color changes the "old" way...lol. Your finished masterpiece looks GREAT!

[Michiganirish]

:cheerWhat's left to say - absolutely stunning- what a special person you are for for making so many people happy. Thank you so much for sharing:clap