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 BlocksThe 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!
