New Book in the Library

Hot off the presses, the library received a copy of Crocheted Afghans: 25 Throws, Wraps, and Blankets to Crochet by Melody Griffiths. 

Many of the blankets shown can be made of odd balls of yarn.  However, almost any of them can be made with your chosen color scheme, so these would be great ideas for gifts, home, sale, or charity. 

I found several patterns that I would like to try -  once the heat breaks.  One of my favorites was a yo-yo afghan pattern.  It's called Puffs Baby Blanket in the table of contents. 

Some other eye-catching patterns were  -  well, they all were eye-catching!  You'll have to pick up this book and see which ones suit your tastes.

Happy crafting,

Kathi

Yo-Yo Crochet

I was curious about yo-yo crochet after I ran across it on the internet. The library purchased a book on the subject called Learn to Do Yo-Yo Crochet by Wendy Harbaugh.

The process is a bit different than plain crochet. Let's say you want to make an afghan. Each row of yo-yos starts with a chain. Then you work half-circles along one side of the chain, turn and work the half-circles along the other side of the chain. As you work the second side, you attach the middle of each yo-yo to a matching yo-yo on the rest of the afghan that you've already completed. Since this is a join-as-you-go stitch, there is no sewing motifs together at the end of the project.

For pattern ideas, clearer instructions, and photos to go with them, please check out the book. For the time being, it's in the New Books section.

Happy crafting,

Kathi