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The afghan I am working on now is red. The pattern is from Red Heart that I downloaded from their from their web site. It is super easy - double crochets and treble crochets - and Free.

I crocheted a skirt for one of my granddaughters. It was three colors: hot pink, turquoise, and a multicolor yarn with the pink and turquoise. It turned out really cute - the colors made ruffles,...

I am working on afghans for our new family members. My son married a lady with six children (5 girls, one boy) and he has his son, plus they had a baby girl in December. I visited them last fall and...

Patti, I am also a lefty and I grew up in Oregon in Coos Bay, on the coast. My mother couldn't teach me to crochet because she was a righty and it frustrated her to watch me do it "backwards". I...

I am working on an afghan for one of my "newly acquired" granddaughters. The main color is actually Red Heart's Melonberry, a variegated various pinks, lavendar and gold. I am alternating rows of...

How do I post pictures of my finished projects? I can't find instructions for that. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks in advance.

I take my crocheting with me to doctor's appointment, also. My Rheumatologist always comments that I am doing a good thing, that it helps keep my hands flexible and less painful. She also has...

I usually spend about five to six hours crocheting a day. Sometimes more, sometimes less. My husband was asking me just last night how much time I spend working on projects (he is trying to convince...

It is relaxing and keeps my mind active. It also helps the arthritis in my hands. I find if I don't crochet for a few days my hands start to hurt and ache. So I try to keep a project going all the...

I crochet in the afternoons and evenings while sitting in my recliner with my feet up. Hubby and I are retired, so we spend quiet evenings together. I also keep my current project in my kit and take...

Thank you, Blackie Rose. I haven't been able to find the pattern, yet. Can't find the ponch pattern, either. I know I have them. I usuall print them and put thim in a bider, but I have done so much...

I will find it today and send you the link. There is a hat pattern with it. I made one for my granddaughter last year in red with jingle bells on the end of the ties. I also made one for our...

My 17-year-old granddaughter has three berets that I have made for her. She has white, black and red. For Christmas she wants some more, so I am making a royal blue one and a purple one. The yarn I...

I have the flower petal hat pattern, too! I plan on making it within the next few days and putting butterfly buttons on it. I am also making one that has a ribbon around it that I am making in melon...

I am also a left-handed crocheter. I am self-taught. I bought a beginner book, substituted left for right in the directions and never looked back. My mother crocheted, but was unable to teach me...

I recently saw a pattern for a little girl's hat that was started by crocheting around a ponytail holder and edged with the fake fur yarn. I love the pattern and printed it out, but now I can't find...

I have to find it and scan it into my computer. I may be able to give you the website where I found it - and it is free.

My mother passed away in 1996, and I inherited all her things. Among her things was a train case that was filled with granny squares she had made. My youngest daughter and I talked about them for a...

Thank you. I am mindful of the holes in the afghans. The preemie ones are tighter than the other ones I make. Also have some preemie hat patterns. I love making them. Some of them are so tiny, you...

Filet crochet is worked with the pattern being a chart or a grid. The open spaces on the grid are made with a stitch such as a dc, then chain 2, skip 2 and dc in the next stitch. It is actually...

There is a yarn that is called "camo" and is variegated shades of green and brown. There is also a pink camo for girls that makes really cute hats and such. I crocheted a pink camo hoodie for my...

My son lives in Tulsa. He and his fiancee are expecting a baby girl in December, so a lot of my crocheting lately has been baby things.

A filet angel afhgan, a shrug for my daughter, and some hats for my granddaughter that is due in December. She already has a butterfly afghan and a dragonfly afghan that I have crocheted for her....

My in-laws are all crafters - quilting and crocheting. I am working on a filet angel for my sister-in-law. We draw names because it is a large family. My daughter has made one of her aunts and her...

Patterns that are difficult to read - print too small. This happens with patterns printed from the computer. I have to take them to a copy shop and have them enlarged. I love to do filet crochet, but...