Parfait Granny Square Blanket

I donated this crochet afghan blanket to the New York City Crochet Guild Annual Luncheon raffle event.

This blanket used  100% acrylic yarn in black, pink, gray and white and mulit colors. The middle portion of the blanket of 11 squares came from the Better Homes and Gardens Crocheting and Knitting Book, a 1977 book.    The design was called Granny Square Sampler Afghan created by Jackie H. Curry.
The other squares are created by me.

Vogue Knitting Crochet Magazine

I love the special Crochet edition of Vogue Knitting.  All of the ads in the magazine relate to crochet  and there are no knitting ads. The articles told stories about artists and their crochet.  The fashion designs detailed a variety of styles and stitches. Also, I liked that they included a a couple of granny squares patterns.  Granny Squares seem to be a staple in crochet and  aspecial edition magazine would not be complete without them.

This is the 2nd Crochet Magazine by Vogue Knitting.  The first one was introduced in 1994.  Over the years Vogue Knitting has  included a crochet pattern but it was sporadic.

 I enjoy crochet magazines that give you more than just patterns.  I like reading about the new tools and supplies.  Vogue did an excellent job with the Crochet magazine.  Hopefully, one day I will have a design published in this wonderful crochet magazine.


I loved Melody Ossola's clutch bag on page 48,  Shiri Mor's lacy knee socks on page 50, by Mari Lynn Patrick's Circle top on page  60 and Granny Square Tunic on page 61, and  Jenny King's Motif Laden Coat on  page 64.

Scarves turned into dolls

For the New York City Crochet Guild 10th Anniversary Luncheon last year, I created some yarn dolls made from scarves.

Here are the scarves and the dolls.  The heads and bodies use one skein of yarn.  The dress is stuffed with various skeins of yarn.  The hat and arms are made with the same color scheme.  Each doll holds a crocheted button flower.







This  design except for the bottom diagonals is from Fearless Fair Isle Knitting by Kathleen Taylor.

Special Olympics

I enjoy creating scarves for the Special Olympics.  Each year I look forward to making scarves for them.  Red Heart yarns are used and the colors change every year.  This year was Red and Navy Blue.  I shipped them to Louisana this year.  These are the 3 scarves that I made.  This helps me relax after creating all of the Christmas gifts for various family members.

My squares went to London

This past spring I made squares to assist the Sunshine International Blankets of Love (SIBOL). I responded to their request for squares to make a blanket to raise money for Alzheimers Society in the UK.  The request was for squares relating to the London Olympics.   Here are some of the squares that I made and they were included in the blanket. 

  

  

  

Welcome

Hello

Welcome.  I am so excited about this blog.  I enjoy crocheting and using various techniques to create beautiful  designs.  One technique that I really love using is tapestry crochet because of the various yarns and colors I can use to make a graphed design and /or picture.   I create beautiful sweaters, dresses, blankets and home decor.  I will share with you my love and passion for crochet. 



Yarn Doll



Enjoy,
Willena