Flower Picture Afghan Lap Blanket

Size: 33 inches x 45 inches

Colors: White, Cranberry, Claret, Dark Safe, Medium Sage, Sage (Red Heart Super Saver)

Pattern: Flower Picture Afghan - Design by Cheryl Lambert

Hook: I

Date: start January 21; finish February 7

This is a simple picture afghan of a single flower, stem, 2 leaves, and 2 fallen petals. The free chart of the flower pattern is to the right.

The squares were crocheted following the Two-row Granny Square Pattern for Patchwork Quilt Picture Afghans I posted a few days ago. The border is something I made up as I went along: almost the same as dc in a standard up-down ripple pattern: 1 row white, 3 rows cranberry, 1 row dark sage.

3 Comments

june pilkey | May 31, 2008 10:39 AM | Reply

i would like to find a pattern that comines both ripple and granny squares. my mother made on in the 60s. it is possible she winged it but i am not as creative as she was. if anyone has the pattern i would apprciate a copy . thanks june

Cheryl | May 31, 2008 3:32 PM | Reply

Hi, June - I have searched Google and haven't found a pattern combining granny squares and ripples. However, I know it can be done!

If you've crocheted a ripple afghan, you know it goes up and down (hills and valleys). Picture granny squares laid out point to point (instead of side to side). The edges of the granny squares form hills and valleys - just like a ripple. The hills and valley of a ripple can be filled with granny squares (whipped stitched to the ripple hills and valleys) and then the ripple continued on the other side of the granny squares.

Fran | July 9, 2010 10:31 AM | Reply

Love your flower picture afghan. I'm desperately looking for one with ballet slipper(s) for my granddaughter. Can you draw one on a graph for me? My status as a mother-in-law will go from OK to Great. Can you help me pleeeeeeeeeeease?
Thank your for your consideration.

Fran
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About Cheryl

Enjoys crocheting, gardening, cats, NASCAR (especially Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch!), reading, photography, snorkeling in Kailua-Kona with sea turtles, Sizzler's Mega Bacon Cheeseburgers, hot and iced decaf coffee, dark chocolate, color (yarn, fabric), playing around with web technologies - not necessarily in that order! Still very much a beginner with quilting, knitting, and sewing. Donates crocheted lap blankets.

List maker, detail-oriented, organized, leans heavily toward perfectionism. ISTJ. Libra.

Late 40s. Married to Bill. Son Greg and daughter-in-law Lauren live in Oregon. Stepson Billy and daughter-in-law Rowena are in Maui, Hawaii. Stepson Bryan lives in the Bay Area.

Web Designer for a college in the Bay Area, California. Strives for web accessibility, web standards, valid XHTML, valid CSS.