Make your square blanket pattern a little bit more interesting with Stardust Melodies! This project features an array of beautiful afghan blocks, each of which has a different texture. Making them one by one will be fun and you can use up leftover yarns to make your stash lighter.
Find all of the squares for Stardust Melodies on everytrickonthehook.com and ravelry.com.
Stashaholic’s Brain Dead Afghan
Looking beyond the très amusant name, this is a lovely afghan pattern with a gorgeous, shingled texture. The pattern is designed to use up an existing yarn stash, instead of buying a bunch of new stock. Of course, the reason we would use up the yarn stash is so that we can buy more yarn, which may make the last point a bit self-defeating.
Go to the pattern: Stashaholic’s Brain Dead Afghan
More info also on Ravlery.
Modern Granny Afghan
It’s a granny afghan, but granny’s put on her air pods and has gone to Starbucks for a salt caramel frappucino. This means it’s a modern take on a timeless classic. It uses interwoven blocks instead of squares. As a result, you get a more cohesive and interesting texture without a traditional granny square look.
Likewise, the size is also easily adjustable, and this project can be sized using both yarn weights and rows numbers. It can be a baby blanket, a giant bedspread or anything in between.
Go to the pattern: Modern Granny Afghan
More info also on Ravlery.
Beautiful Shell Afghan
We haven’t looked at a square-based pattern yet, so I’d like to fix this glaring omission now. Thus, here is one such project. Start by crocheting small squares and join them together into a blanket when you have enough of them. You can customize your afghan by choosing different colors and arranging the squares in various patterns.
Elsewise, you can incorporate squares made using a different pattern… or even of a different size – so long as the sizes are even multiples of one another. However, this shell square is still one of my favorites.
Go to the pattern: Beautiful Shell Afghan
More info also on Ravlery.
Mesh and Blocks Shawl
Take a look at the photos – how do you like this beautiful crochet shawl? Designed by Premier Yarns, it not only has an eye-catching texture but also creates a stunning, wavy effect.
Photos by Premier Yarns Design Team / ravelry.com
Find this free pattern on premieryarns.com, or read more about it on Ravelry.
Stripes + Blocks Towel Set
Hello knitters! Are you looking for a project that will freshen up your kitchen or bathroom? If you like simple and geometric designs, you will love this towel set in the pictures below! It’s super soft in touch and very water absorbent, so it’s great for a kitchen towel, or a bathroom towel!
PHOTOS by Purl Soho / Ravelry.com
Find the original free pattern on purlsoho.com, or read more about it on Ravelry.