Hi everyone it’s Cindy here. Today I’m joining the Hookin on Hump Day blog hop to tell you about a new afghan I made.
This is a project that I’ve worked on, off and on, for the past couple of years and I decided at the beginning of the summer that it was time to finish it. The design is from a collection from Priscilla’s Crochet. She can be found on her website or on Ravelry. This afghan is from her Matelassè collection and is the same collection that I used for the baby blanket I made last year.
The pattern is called Grenoble and consists of octagon motifs that are joined together using a flat braid join. In between the octagons the spaces are filled in with square motifs.
I wanted this afghan to be big enough to cover Charlie so I finished it using 9 x 6 octagon motifs. The final size is about 72″ x 50″. I used Caron Simply Soft in Dark Sage and it took 14 skeins to complete it at this size.
One of the things I like about this pattern is that the back looks nice too. The textured style uses a lot of front post and back post stitches which creates a very dense fabric. It makes an afghan that is very warm and cozy to lay under.
The pattern is well done and easy to follow but I found reading the words to remind me what to do for each round became tedious. To make it easier I made a chart of the pattern for the octagon. It was much easier to figure out where I left off if I put the project down for a little while after I created the chart.
After all the octagons and squares were put together the edge is finished with a simple stitch pattern that mimics the style of the flat braid join used to put all the blocks together. I’m happy with the way the afghan turned out and like all the Matelasse patterns I’ve done so far. I wish you could see the color in real life because the pictures don’t really do it justice.
I love the finished project!!! Nice work.
Love,
Mom
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It’s beautiful, you are so very talented.
it is like a wonder how such beautiful things grow and become a big art piece… the mama is sad that her 10 black thumbs can not create such beautiful things, but her projects are funny, that is good too LOL
How pretty!
Wow, Lovely! What a lot of hard work.
Petcretary has done some afghans in the Aran style, which has similar raised stitches.
That is just gorgeous!
Hari Om
Oh, my word… I love to crochet (when I don’t have broken wrists) and have bookmarked that link for the patterns!!! This gorgeous! YAM xx
Wow! That is absolutely gorgeous!
Beautiful! Even the color in the pictures is lovely. I’m a bit jealous that this is not one of my talents!
That looks very nice, and a fun pattern to make. I used to make blankets like that years ago. Too much arthritis on my hands now. Thanks for showing us!
Cindy what a MASTERPIECE!! Truly!! Gorgeous. I love the Caron Simply Soft too. Bravo bravo bravo
Hugs Cecilia
Such amazing detail! It is really beautiful.
KZK
That is just beautiful, Cindy. I need a project for the winter – once I get through Lightning’s ordeal. I don’t have good luck with joining pieces, but I would love to try something like this. Your work is so incredibly perfect and gorgeous.
WOW…that is absolutely gorgeous!
I love this!
my goodness that is so beautiful!!
hugs
Hazel & Mabel
Wow..this is gorgeous!
That is absolutely incredibly beautiful. You are SO talented 🙂
Wow, that is super impressive. Beautiful too.
hello millie and walters mama its dennis the vizsla dog oh hay wow wot an afghan that is!!! sutch a pritty and komplikayted pattern!!! verry nicely dun!!! ok bye
Hello my friends…
I’m running late I had Jury duty today thankfully I did not get on a trial woohoo.
I thought about taking crocheting but I knew I’d have to go through a detector in the Justice Center so I just took books…adding to that the gal who sat down way to close to me was coughing her fool head off. I got up when to the outer Lobby and just walked around for 2 hours. She shoulda stayed home
Hugs Cecilia
That is so delicate and the color is perfect! ♥
Wow. That is REALLY amazing! I’m impressed with your talent and patience to make such a beautiful piece.I admire people who can make such beautiful things with their hands, like you have done.
Lovely work! And the color is beautiful. I am currently working on this afghan in a deep mulberry purple color…but I to am struggling with the “wordiness” of the pattern. Would you mind sharing how you created your chart—did you draw it freehand or did you use a program (and which one)…i have been struggling for some time to find a suitable crochet chart creator…
Hi Angie, The chart is created using an open source freeware called Stitchworks Software that can be found at http://stitchworkssoftware.com/. You can find the charts I’ve created for the Kaleidoscope Blanket on the Ravelry page along with the other parts of the patterns.