Monday 8 June 2015

Turning Quilts into Crochet Afghans

Lately I have been inspired to take a quilt pattern and make it as blanket with crochet. My inspiration comes from some of the quilts I have seen and pinned on Pinterest. Ah yes, Pinterest - a time waster but very inspiring.

The first one I made introduced me to two colour traditional Granny Squares. You can find a great tutorial video on how to make these at the Crochet Crowd http://thecrochetcrowd.com/two-toned-granny-square/ 



The last row of the border I also found on Pinterest which linked me to a blog called Bunny Mummy. 

This is Bunny Mummy's Double V Edging. I think it gives a finish to the edge without being distracting from the border itself or just abrutly finishing on the last row of three clusters.

The next quilt idea I crocheted is this one. However, I chose to do just six hearts. Which turned out to be a nice size for a single bed. 


This blanket also turned out to be excellent for using up little bits of left over yarn.


Yellow...

Green...

Pink...

Red...

Purple...

and Blue.

I am now searching for more ideas to turn the good old Granny Square into interesting patterns and blankets from quilting, cross stitch and Hamma Bead patterns.