How to crochet a picture afghan Part 1

This is the introduction to how to crochet a picture afghan. The instructions will follow, so stay tuned!

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Howto & Style

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• picture
• afghan
• fiber
• arts
• crafts
• quilting

[amandanicole624]

did you ever show the tutorial? can you put up a link to it?

[groundhogpeggy]

@amandanicole624 Yes, there's parts two and three explaining the basics of getting started with this technique...I can't link them, but if you get on my Groundhogpeggy channel you should be able to find them. I plan to also put up a part four, but haven't had the chance to get to it yet.

[groundhogpeggy]

Hi phaythful, just switched to an iPad and can't seem to reply directly to a comment... Just remember any sized chart you use will be several times larger because each square of the graph consists of 6 stitches. I usually just find free graphs online to work from.

[1988precious1]

that is really good, i love the teddy bear blanket you crochet, was is it hard? and do you have a tutorial on how you made it. it's just lovely

[groundhogpeggy]

@1988precious1 Hi. Sorry, I cannot find the page where i got the chart for that one! I usually just poke around the net a little bit and find free graphs I think I'll be able to use... print them off, and then make the project. I'm afraid I'm not very organized with all of this and move from project to project so quickly a lot get lots in the dust. There are lots of free graph patterns of bears out there for the finding, though. Thanks for watching! Peggy

[littlelove75]

i found a rose graph i want to do how would i make it bigger the make the afghan??

[incandescent62]

EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT - AND- THE EDGES OF YOUR

BLANKET ARE "EVEN".....AGAIN, EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT!!!

[Phaythful]

@groundhogpeggy can you tell me some of the sites you go to, to find your graphs? i dont want to just search and find viruses for my computer. LOL

[Phaythful]

How do you use a chart to make a large item? i mean...just by reading the chart...how do you make it large enough to be an afghan???

[Phaythful]

OMG! i would love to learn how you did your teddy bear blanket! i was wanting to make an afghan for my mom...but didnt know how. Would you do a tutorial on how you did that or something similar to that teddy bear blanket you showed on here?

[groundhogpeggy]

@wgflman Glad you were able to find it. I used a very small portion of their snowflake graph, because the technique I use to make the afghans enlarges everything quite a bit. If my graphs print up off the computer too small to work from, i usually take them to the library and enlarge them on one of their xerox machines so I can have something big enough to comfortably work from. Good luck with your project! Peggy

[wgflman]

@groundhogpeggy Thank you so much. I went on the Canadian Living website and found the graph without any problem. I am going to try to make an afghan with squares. This will be my first project using a graph and picture crochet. I hope the squares come out the right size. If they are small what do you do to enlarge the graph picture? Thank you for responding. I have been watching you picture crochet videos every day trying to learn the technique.