Vintage Rainbow Afghan | Upcycle for Grandaughter

Many, many moons ago

(that reminds me, did any of you see the "Flower Moon" last night? Incredible!)

I made this little baby afghan for one of our granddaughters.

Her eighth birthday is this month and she asked if the blanket could be 

enlarged beyond the baby blanket size.

Talk about warming my heart!

Her mom thoughtfully mailed the blanket to me for adjustments.

This is the original:

It's the Vintage Crocheted Blanket Pattern

purchased from

Churchmouse Yarns and Tea.

Click here for the pattern.

Since I've been crocheting with the same yarn for the past ten years, 

I had nearly every color of either Scheepjes Colour Crafter or Stylecraft Special DK

 needed in my stash.

(You can only imagine my delight!)

A variety of stitches were used to extend the length and width,

like this:

Sometimes when one free-forms it some strange things can happen...

The first six rows were double v-stitches from the pattern then all of a sudden

the rows turned into shells (5 dc)....hmmmmm.....

 Here's the beginning of the first shell (double v-stitch) row after each end was extended.

The finished "Upcycle":

I'm so excited to send this off in time for the big day!

This has definitely been a

project!

and I hope you are enjoying one too!

Warmly,

Astri

Apple Blossom Dreams Afghan Banner | Lazy Sunday Activity

This is the Apple Blossom Dreams "Flagship" Afghan:

On this lazy Sunday afternoon, I've been fiddling around with this afghan

 as I figured it should be included in the banner for the 

Apple Blossom Dreams Etsy Shop, 

being that it's the flagship afghan and all. 

🌸😉🌸

I could not decide which banner to use:

Which one do you like?

And the "flagship" pattern, of course, is available on Etsy

and can be found by clicking here.

Thank you for joining me and

Warmly,

Astri

Granny Rose Pom-Pom Pillows | Crochet Pattern | Listed

Yay!

Finally, after nearly three months of working on the

Granny Rose Pom-Pom Pillows

Crochet Pattern

it has been listed,

and the pattern can be found by clicking on the following

Apple Blossom Dreams Shops

Etsy

Ravelry

LoveCrafts

The pattern includes information to make two different pom-pom borders... 

and two different color schemes are outlined:

     

The backs are a large granny square:

 

This has been an awesome opportunity to use up some of that Stylecraft Special DK and 

Scheepjes Colour Crafter yarn I resolved to reduce as a part of a 2020 New Year resolution: 

This super-duper yarn,

can be found at Wool Warehouse by clicking here.

This pattern definitely fell in the category of 

and I hope it will for you as well!

Warmly,

Astri

Puffy NOLA Sunset Afghan | Refreshed Crochet Pattern

The Puffy NOLA Sunset Afghan
Crochet Pattern

has been revisited, reorganized and refreshed!

Oh my sweet goodness, I have learned so much in the last ten years of pattern writing;
 mostly from the lovely testers, and I'm still learning!

One of the testers kindly offered to translate the pattern to Arabic:

It's so exciting to think that this pattern could possibly reach someone 

whose first language is not English (just like me).

Thank you, Sabah, from the bottom of my heart!

The pattern can be found at the following 

Apple Blossom Dreams Shops:

Etsy

Ravelry

LoveCrafts

At Etsy and Ravelry the download includes the Arabic version, as well.

2025 UPDATE:

This pattern is still available and a brand new version has been added to the pattern with

Yarnsmiths Create DK Yarn in a slightly different colour order.

This pattern is available at the new Apple Blossom Dreamz (yes, with a z) 

Etsy shop by clicking here.

Additionally, the pattern is available at Wool Warehouse by clicking here.

AND a Yarnsmiths Create DK yarn pack is available at Wool Warehouse by clicking here.

 

Included with the pattern are many different project and color ideas:

A Jeweled Toned "Mermaid" version:
  

A Neon Pillow:

Infinity Scarves:

A scarf with Stylecraft Special DK and Scheepjes Colour Crafter
yarn colors listed:

A pillow cover with Stylecraft Special DK and Scheepjes Colour Crafter
yarn colors listed:

Thank you so much for your interest!

Warmly,

Astri

Puffy NOLA Sunset Afghan | Crochet Pattern Tests

The test samples for

The Puffy NOLA Sunset Crochet Patten have been coming in

and they are fabulous:

 This is Melanie's test.

This is Sabah's test.

(She is going to translate it into Arabic - I am so excited!)

This is Shelley's test.

And here I have been experimenting with a warm and soft infinity scarf

crocheted with Scheepjes Chunky Monkey Yarn.

I love this yarn; it would make a delightfully soft and warm afghan too.

You can find the pattern by clicking on the following sites:

Etsy

Ravelry

LoveCrafts

You can find links to purchase this yarn

by clicking here.

2025 UPDATE:

This pattern is still available and a brand new version has been added to the pattern with

Yarnsmiths Create DK Yarn in a slightly different colour order.

This pattern is available at the new Apple Blossom Dreamz (yes, with a z) 

Etsy shop by clicking here.

Additionally, the pattern is available at Wool Warehouse by clicking here.

AND a Yarnsmiths Create DK yarn pack is available at Wool Warehouse by clicking here.

I hope you make this happy afghan and that it results in lots of 

Warmly,

Astri