an afghan pillow.

I had just finished making an afghan for my sister and had just a little bit of yarn left.

I decided that I'd go ahead and whip up a baby size afghan with the left over yarn. 

However.

This happened. 

Another sister asked if I'd mind making a pillow size afghan and using it as the front for a pillow.

Very clever, Sister!

That got my wheels to turning.

Then I ran out of yarn and the baby afghan was too much of a baby size even for a baby.

So. I swallowed. 

And cut into my tiny finished afghan to fit a pillow form. 

I actually love how it turned out!

I sewed tassels in each corner and put in my first ever zipper-like-this. 

It matches the sister's afghan and she likes it. 

Yay! 

Now another sister wants one.

I think I'll be doing this a lot.

xo Abi

A Finished Afghan + How-To Fringe/Tassels

 I finished my afghan and love it!  The only problem now is that I don't want to stop! 

I am already thinking about what I want to crochet next....

I finished off my afghan with super easy and fun fringe. Or tassels. Whichever you prefer! 

I thought I'd share with you today how I made them.

 1. 4 strands of yarn approximately 15" long. Or however long you want it to be. Keep in mind that your cut measurement will be divided in half.

 2. Fold your four strands of yarn in half. Pull through two loops 

(in this case, at the top and bottom of each ripple).

 3. Tuck your yarn "tails" through your loops.

 4. Pull at your "tails" evenly until it's nice and tight up against your afghan.

There you have it!  xox Abi

Poncho!

I have the sweetest Nanny in the whole entire world.

You'd think she could make anything she puts her mind to.

And she can! 

She offered to make me a poncho when she was here. 

I've never had a poncho before, but I was super excited about it! 

We picked out the yarn together, just me and her.

 It was really fabulous.

While she was working on my poncho, I was working on my afghan. 

It worked out quite nicely!

For the first time in my life, I'm wanting a couple more cool spring days

so I can wear my new poncho out and about!!!  

I love you, Nan!!!!  xoxoxo Abs

Learning to Crochet Something New

My Nanny taught me to crochet a loooooooong time ago. I only did a simple stitch and only tackled the simplest things like washcloths and scarves. When our Nan came down for her last visit, I warned her ahead of time that I realllllllly wanted to crochet an afghan. Of course, I knew this would more work than the washcloths or scarves had been, but I thought it would be worth it.

Now that I'm this far (and a whole lot further!), I know it's completely worth my time!  I'm doing a basic ripple pattern and absolutely love it!!!!

Thanks for teaching me, Nanny!!!  I love you!!!
xoxoxo Abi