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Amy Petty

Anyone remember this? The last (latest?) WIP I put down and neglected for months.

I'm determined to start and crocheting with more intention. To that end I'm going to finally follow through on a temperature blanket, after thoroughly planning it out. Meanwhile I'll finish this blue monochrome afghan.

I'll probably end up giving this one to Mom. The double spike stitch it uses has quickly become my favorite for large projects, so I'll definitely be making more.

@AmyPetty I've never seen this stitch & I need to learn it! It's beautiful.

@Heidiknits Oh, it's very easy. It's called a "granny spike" stitch because it's worked into a stitch along the previous row, but it's just a standard double crochet. I was looking for something that made for a less open pattern because I wanted something thick and cozy for winter.

youtube.com/watch?v=sHzxBO9qBD

@Pufferfish Thank you! I wish I could get the colors to show up better. My header pic shows the blue tones more accurately but makes it brighter than it is - but this photo strips out a lot of the blue tones and makes one gray and the lightest one almost white.

@AmyPetty Yarn colors in photos is the biggest struggle! I’m constantly fiddling with what lighting I have and phone settings to send pictures of WIPs. Generally just give up and say, “It’s not as bright as this, imagine it more like <random cultural reference>.”