I've been diligently working on this granny scrapghan since before Christmas, and I'm so happy to share it with you today!
This project is the ultimate stash-buster and, truth be told, that was my main objective with this crochet afghan.
Take a look at how it came out!
The afghan is a simple crochet granny square that I completed with worsted weight yarn and a size I hook. The finished size of the piece is 72" (that's six feet!) square, and it is a generous size for snuggling.
I'm especially proud of the border, so I will share the free pattern for that below so that you can try it on your next afghan!
Scrap Crochet Afghan Border
For the eight color crochet border shown:
Row 1: With final color from afghan (white shown), SC in each stitch around, placing 2SC, 2CH, 2SC in each corner space. Join with a slip stitch to first stitch. Finish off.
Row 2: With color 2 (lime green shown), repeat row 1. Finish off.
Row 3: With color 3 (royal blue shown), SC, CH, SC around, placing SC, CH, SC in each corner space. Join with a slip stitch to first stitch. Finish off.
Row 4: With color 4 (turquoise shown), SC into previous row (row 2) in each CH space, CH around, placing SC, CH, SC in each corner space. Join with a slip stitch to first stitch. Finish off.
Row 5: With color 5 (pink shown), repeat row 4, SCing into row 3. Finish off.
Row 6: With color 6 (lavender shown), SC in each SC and CH around, placing SC, CH, SC in each corner space. Join with a slip stitch to first stitch. Finish off.
Row 7: With color 7 (yellow shown), DC, CH, DC (V stitch made), CH, V stitch in each corner space. *Skip two stitches, V stitch* Repeat from * to * around, completing other corners as the first corner. Join with a slip stitch to first stitch. Do not finish off.
Row 8: With color 7 (yellow shown), SC in first V stitch of corner space, 5 DC in CH stitch between V stitches in corner space, SC in next V stitch of corner space (corner made). Repeat 5 DC in V stitch, 1 SC in next V stitch around, completing other corners as the first corner. Join with a slip stitch to first stitch. Finish off.
Row 9: With color 8 (purple shown), *SC in first three stitches of V stitch, CH 3 in same space, join with slip stitch to first CH stitch (picot made), SC in same space and in remaining two stitches of V stitch* Repeat from * to * around. Join with a slip stitch to first stitch. Finish off.
Long-time readers of the blog might recognize some of these colors from past projects that I've featured. I've linked the projects to the colors below. The colors I used in this project were as follows with two rows of white between each color change:
- Lime green yarn (2 rows)
- Hot pink yarn (3 rows)
- Lavender yarn (4 rows)
- Aqua yarn (2 rows)
- Purple yarn (1 row)
- Orange yarn (1 row)
- Turquoise yarn (3 rows)
- Red yarn (2 rows)
- Royal blue yarn (3 rows)
- Yellow yarn (1 row)
- Magenta yarn (4 rows)
- Baby blue yarn (2 rows)
You can make one of these today with the leftover yarn you already have! Scrapbusting at its finest!
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