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Lily's Christmas/Birthday blanket (Original Post)
MissMillie
Feb 2022
OP
wonderful!! I hope she loves it as much as you loved making it for her.
yellowdogintexas
Mar 2022
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redwitch
(15,087 posts)1. Pretty!
Im sure she will love it!
SheltieLover
(60,354 posts)2. Beautiful! 😍
fierywoman
(8,137 posts)3. GORGEOUS! So different from the usual crocheted afgans.
Phoenix61
(17,725 posts)4. That is beautiful! nt
MLAA
(18,678 posts)5. Beautiful use of color. 💗
MissMillie
(39,012 posts)6. I was told her favorite color was pink.
Where the dark pink is, that's supposed to be a pink ombre (where the shades of pink change every now and then). Well, I did multiple rows of that skein of yarn without it changing much at all.
KarenS
(4,698 posts)7. very pretty and sweet. I am a crocheter, too.
I love looking at other folk's ideas & work.
Did you make each segment separately then sew them together?
MissMillie
(39,012 posts)8. yes, that's exactly how that pattern worked (n/t)
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NJCher
(38,253 posts)9. I, too, love the pattern
I have a few afghans made by my grandmother. Have used and treasured them all my life.
yellowdogintexas
(22,819 posts)10. that turned out quite nicely
I had been looking forward to seeing it
MissMillie
(39,012 posts)11. I just wrapped it.
She gets to open it today.
And I get to see her!!!!!!!!
yellowdogintexas
(22,819 posts)12. wonderful!! I hope she loves it as much as you loved making it for her.
We are taking the niece's blanket to her today.
Ilsa
(62,284 posts)13. So. Very. Lovely! I bet she loves it! nt