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1sunblond
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I gave up crocheting for a long time but have taken it up again recently and am surprised at how much information there is online now, so many free patterns and sites! When I first learned to crochet from my mammaw, as a teenager years ago, I had to go to the library and photocopy patterns, many of which I have saved and used through the years. I did not have money to buy leaflets, much less whole books back then. I was lucky to afford the occasional afghan or crochet magazine with my allowance!
Now that I am crocheting again, I have been trying to find those books from the library that I copied and have discovered that they are available online at discount prices, albeit slightly used. I found two of my favorites books so far, "Weekend Afghans" and "The Great Crochet Book". I was so thrilled to see the Afghans in color after all these years of looking at the B&W photocopies! If any of you like to crochet afghans like I do, I can recommend these books, a lot of the patterns like "Corn On The Cob" are available free online now. I just love actually owning the books I could only borrow from the library before.
There are a few copied patterns that I could not figure out what book I had originally copied them from, and I am hoping some of you collect older books and can give me the titles. Here are the patterns:
Berry Afghan--This is done in squares, it took forever and was very complicated but the afghan turned out beautiful.
Paneled Afghan-Filet Crochet Afghan in five strips
Puff Pattern Afghan-worked with 4 strands of yarn and a "Q" hook
"Stained Glass" Afghan-Five strips done with 2 strands and a "Q" hook using 6 colors. there were a couple online but are not this one.
Thanks to any of you who takes the time to look, even if you don't find anything!!!!!!!!
I gave up crocheting for a long time but have taken it up again recently and am surprised at how much information there is online now, so many free patterns and sites! When I first learned to crochet from my mammaw, as a teenager years ago, I had to go to the library and photocopy patterns, many of which I have saved and used through the years. I did not have money to buy leaflets, much less whole books back then. I was lucky to afford the occasional afghan or crochet magazine with my allowance!
Now that I am crocheting again, I have been trying to find those books from the library that I copied and have discovered that they are available online at discount prices, albeit slightly used. I found two of my favorites books so far, "Weekend Afghans" and "The Great Crochet Book". I was so thrilled to see the Afghans in color after all these years of looking at the B&W photocopies! If any of you like to crochet afghans like I do, I can recommend these books, a lot of the patterns like "Corn On The Cob" are available free online now. I just love actually owning the books I could only borrow from the library before.
There are a few copied patterns that I could not figure out what book I had originally copied them from, and I am hoping some of you collect older books and can give me the titles. Here are the patterns:
Berry Afghan--This is done in squares, it took forever and was very complicated but the afghan turned out beautiful.
Paneled Afghan-Filet Crochet Afghan in five strips
Puff Pattern Afghan-worked with 4 strands of yarn and a "Q" hook
"Stained Glass" Afghan-Five strips done with 2 strands and a "Q" hook using 6 colors. there were a couple online but are not this one.
Thanks to any of you who takes the time to look, even if you don't find anything!!!!!!!!
2SkipStitch
Can you give us a ballpark idea how old these books might be. 50's, 70's, 90's...etc.? Am guessing if it involves a "Q" hook, it's fairly recent. But if you know about when, that would help narrow the search. And...if you haven't already, you might consider joining 'Ravelry', the online Knit/Crochet community. Those folks are a wealth of info on all things yarn related. Good luck!
