Rainbow Afghan Finished

The whole thing is together. Now all I have to do is finish weaving the ends in. I can't believe that I forgot to post a picture. 
In total there are 16 blocks. They're each bordered with white, then stitched together in white.  Then there is one row of a white border done in double crochet and the last bit is dark blue for a border wave design.

Its been so cold we've slept under this for a few nights even without having the ends woven in.

Rainbow Crochet

In honor of my late mother in law,  I've been crocheting. Every stitch I make I think of her. Now, I'm not the best at crochet but I'm trying. 

I love rainbows and figured that I could make some granny squares using rainbow colors.

I'm using red heart yarn in red, pumpkin,  bright yellow, paddy green, royal, soft navy and medium purple.  I'm planning on making 16 blocks, and I'm on the green rounds on 12 before I ran out of the skein. So I moved on to the royal blue.

If you plan on doing this like me you'll need one skein of red, pumpkin and yellow.  You'll need two skeins of paddy green, royal, soft navy and medium purple.  I'm crocheting two rows of each color using a 5.5 mm hook, using US terms double crochet.

I haven't joined the blocks yet (and they still need to be blocked) but I purchased a pound of yarn in white. That should be enough but I'll keep you updated. :)

I've completed one full block so I had an idea of what everything would look like.  The block hasn't been blocked yet and to give you an idea on the size the newsprint pad its shown on is 18"x24". :) nice and big.

First attempt at Ripple Crochet

My Mother In Law taught me to crochet earlier this year, and I like it.  I don't know any fancy stitches yet, but hopefully soon I'll start learning more advanced things.

One of the girls in my quilting group showed us a photo of a crochet afghan she's making and it's a ripple crochet.  Then she posted a link to the awesome tutorial she followed. The tutorial can be found here at The Lazy Hobbyhopper.  It's a great tutorial full of photos that detail each step.

Without further ado, here is my first attempt at ripple crochet. Despite the crappy photo the yarn is really a honeydew green.

 

And further progress:  

4 rows of honeydew green and soon to be 4 rows of camouflage.  After that, I'll do another 4 rows of the honeydew green. 

Fingerless Gloves - Complete!

My mother in law would be so proud. It would have taken me absolute *ages* to crochet anything before she came over, and I'm so proud of myself for making these. Stayed up all night to finish them. So nice and warm. 

Now watch, we won't have any more cold weather.