I'm making some headway on the Phoenix Afghan. It's a challenging pattern with each round different from the rest--lots of counting of stitches. My daughter and I decided to work on our afghans together.
The pattern is by Hooked on Sunshine. We had started by taking part in their Crochet Along, which was almost over when we started. It was fun seeing everyone's projects as they progressed with their afghans.
I'm using a size H hook and Red Heart with Love and Red Heart Super Saver yarns in lots of different colors.
The pattern has about 11 parts, but I don't want my afghan to be really big. So, I think I will stop after Part 9.
I'm really enjoying working on this afghan! I hope to finish it soon between some other projects!
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Wednesday, February 7, 2018
A Flower Garden Afghan for N, Flower Garden CAL
I really enjoyed crocheting this afghan for my granddaughter. This was a CAL (crochet along) by The Knitting Network, and it's called Flower Garden Afghan, by Lynne Rowe.
I used Michael's yarns, mostly Colorwheel (Loops & Threads) and a size H hook (5.0). For the white, I used the larger balls of Michael’s Loops and Threads yarn in cream color. The colors are these: mid pink, bright gold, deep purple, pool blue, lavender, purple, turquoise, fuchsia, and mid green.
I love the flower blocks in the center. I added 2 extra to make the afghan more rectangular.
Flower Blocks
The other 2 blocks were Circle in a Square and Sunburst Squares.
This was the first afghan I've pieced together from blocks. I joined the squares together with single crochet in the back loops with wrong sides together (center loops). There is a decorative ridge on the front of the afghan. There are 6 flower blocks, 14 circle in squares blocks, and 22 sunburst squares.
I crocheted one round of single crochet in off white before doing the border. 3 single crochets in the corners, and one single crochet in every stitch and one single crochet in the chain 1 spaces. One single crochet in the corners between squares: (one single crochet, chain 1, one single crochet to join over squares. I did 4 rounds of double crochet around the afghan and finished with a shell of 5 double crochets in purple. The corner shell was 5 double crochets (shell) chain 3, 5 double crochets (shell). Finished size was about 42” by 50”.
Note about Sunburst square: (Sunburst Granny) 4th round: Slip stitch in any chain space. Chain 3 (1 hdc) and 1 hdc in that space (2 hdc)
Next space: 3 DC, chain 3, 3 DC in this space for corner. Next space 2 hdc. 1 sc in top of next cluster, 1 sc in next chain space, 1 sc in top of next cluster. 2 hdc in next chain space.
Then next will be the corner again, and repeat around. It ends with the sc in the top of the next cluster and slip stitch into the 2nd chain of the first hdc.
This is more symmetrical than the original pattern directions.
I can't wait to give it to her!
I used Michael's yarns, mostly Colorwheel (Loops & Threads) and a size H hook (5.0). For the white, I used the larger balls of Michael’s Loops and Threads yarn in cream color. The colors are these: mid pink, bright gold, deep purple, pool blue, lavender, purple, turquoise, fuchsia, and mid green.
I love the flower blocks in the center. I added 2 extra to make the afghan more rectangular.

The other 2 blocks were Circle in a Square and Sunburst Squares.
This was the first afghan I've pieced together from blocks. I joined the squares together with single crochet in the back loops with wrong sides together (center loops). There is a decorative ridge on the front of the afghan. There are 6 flower blocks, 14 circle in squares blocks, and 22 sunburst squares.
I crocheted one round of single crochet in off white before doing the border. 3 single crochets in the corners, and one single crochet in every stitch and one single crochet in the chain 1 spaces. One single crochet in the corners between squares: (one single crochet, chain 1, one single crochet to join over squares. I did 4 rounds of double crochet around the afghan and finished with a shell of 5 double crochets in purple. The corner shell was 5 double crochets (shell) chain 3, 5 double crochets (shell). Finished size was about 42” by 50”.
Note about Sunburst square: (Sunburst Granny) 4th round: Slip stitch in any chain space. Chain 3 (1 hdc) and 1 hdc in that space (2 hdc)
Next space: 3 DC, chain 3, 3 DC in this space for corner. Next space 2 hdc. 1 sc in top of next cluster, 1 sc in next chain space, 1 sc in top of next cluster. 2 hdc in next chain space.
Then next will be the corner again, and repeat around. It ends with the sc in the top of the next cluster and slip stitch into the 2nd chain of the first hdc.
This is more symmetrical than the original pattern directions.
I can't wait to give it to her!
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