Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Lapghan - Arkansas Razorbacks

Lapghan - Arkansas Razorbacks made with "I Love This Yarn" (colors used: #10/white, #30/black, #155/Paprika, #798/Antique Taupe) with afghan hook size J (Denise Interchangeables [support your local retailer]) crochet hook. Pattern is 132 squares by 198 squares. 127 lines completed as of today (image taken last night):

9 comments:

Frances said...

Where can I find the pattern for this? Thanks

remclave said...

The pattern is here:

http://craftingenclave.blogspot.com/p/free-patterns.html

Anonymous said...

Thank you for access to this pattern. How did you keep it from curling as you went? Did it stop at a certain point? I am using the afghan stitch.

Frances

remclave said...

You're welcome Frances. There are three things I did to help reduce the curl: 1) Use a larger hook. Makes a drapier fabric overall.; 2) Add a border. I used crab stitch to border the blanket.; 3) Use steam to block the blanket. Imperative that you don't actually touch the iron to the fabric if it is acrylic. Just the steam. I have a steamer so I was able to steam the blanket.

Unknown said...

Was wondering how do you follow the chart/pattern to know where you are with your work? Thanks for the pattern Love It!! But am concerned about how to know where I am as I work.
Donna

remclave said...

Hello Donna Poe.

I use a mask on the razorback and lettering portion of the pattern. The remainder of the stitches are background. The mask can be a piece of paper clipped over the areas you've already completed or to cover the part of the pattern you haven't worked yet. Lastly, Post-It actually makes huge pads of paper. I cut off the paper part and use the sticky strip to track my location. :)

Unknown said...

Thanks for the info!! I hope to get brave enough to try!!

Unknown said...

Did you ever take a picture of the final product?

remclave said...

Yep. You can see the finished product here:

http://craftingenclave.blogspot.com/2011_08_01_archive.html