Hearts & Diamonds Throw

[crosette]

This is a throw I made for my brother for his birthday a few months ago. He wanted it to match another (not crochet) throw they have in their living room. Was surprised when he wanted something so heart-y but....whatever. :D

This is the biggest thing I've made so far....it really wasn't that bad and the good "I finished it" feeling at the end is sooo much better than when you make something tiny like a bootie or something. :P

The pattern is from a free Red Heart leaflet "Crocheted Throw Hearts & Diamonds". I tried to find it online but no luck.

I used RHSS in Burgundy and Aran.

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[threeolivemartini]

nice job..

[deneen]

That looks so nice-beautiful work!

[dennymare]

Beautiful work on your afghan. :cheer

Mary

[crochetdiva]

That is beautiful! I love the colors.:manyheart

[MLLORF]

Beautiful! Love the colors too!

[JesseCat]

Hi - What a great afghan....I am curious about how long this took you??

[buggaboosmommy]

Wow! Your afghan turned out great :) I love the detail!

Donna

[crochetfun]

Very pretty:clap

[TepperWear]

That looks so complicated. I'm impressed.

[CraftyChristine]

Wow, that's gorgeous! You did a terrific job, and you're right, the satisfaction is there much more so when it's a big project!

[RachelG]

How delicate and lovely! I really like that. :clap

[Chatty]

Pretty, I love it :yay

:frog

[faithpa76]

That's very pretty!

[2goofy]

Oh that is so beautiful, Connie!! :jumpyay

[Kimberly]

That is gorgeous!

[emeraldmoon]

That is just beautiful :)

[diamond]

It's soooooo pretty! I love the colors! I just picked up that free pattern recently but when I got home to go over it, it was in Spanish!!!! GRRRRR Such is life in Miami!

[lauravee]

Very nice!

[Chatty]

It's soooooo pretty! I love the colors! I just picked up that free pattern recently but when I got home to go over it, it was in Spanish!!!! GRRRRR Such is life in Miami!
Here in Natchez, Mississippi too, I was in my local W-M last week and was about to pick up a couple of cute patterns until I noticed they were in Spanish. I'm good, not that good :hook

:frog

[crosette]

Hi - What a great afghan....I am curious about how long this took you??
Um...It took a while. I started it w/o checking gauge first :badideaso I ended up having to frog like...half of a panel or something. Once I got gauge I ran out of the Burgundy and had to wait a while to get some. Once I had all the yarn I needed I got bored and stopped working on it for a while. So...w/o all that...it probably took like...um....ok...I really don't know how long. :P

I know the last day I worked on it for like 12 hours straight b/c I wanted to be rid of it already and that was only for like 2 panels including side borders, sewing, top and bottom borders, and end weaving. So...maybe like 20 hours or so? Does that sound ridiculous? I dunno. :blush

That looks so complicated.
It really wasn't complicated at all. At first it was a little tricky but once I got into it I pretty much memorized the pattern and it was much easier w/o having to keep looking at the pattern sheet. :P

Oh that is so beautiful, Connie!! :jumpyay
:hug

[kariholtz]

It's absolutely gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1:cheer :yay :manyheart

[Terri/LadySorce]

WOW... that is very nice.

[bythehook]

It's beautiful!

[tezen]

Gorgeous!!:clap :clap

[princsstrish]

I LOVE that! I wish I had the patience for such things. Just gorgeous and I think the colors you chose are perfect. It's beautiful!

[vhanna26]

Great work!:clap

[Nashville Crocheter]

Very pretty :) It looks like a difficult pattern. You did a good job on it.

Barbara

[Dorothy]

Beautiful :yay
Dorothy

[gingerchai]

nice job, i love lacy things!

[evelyn]

Really nice

I have that pattern and debated on making it :hook

[yarncat]

Lovely afghan,Crosette!

[LolitaChase]

that is lovely! very sophisticated.

[brandeekins]

i've been so tempted to try this pattern, i've had it forever - but after seeing it in another color becides the pink it comes in i'm anxious to try it out! You did a fantastic job. :yay

[cherylcrochets]

I just found the pattern for the Hearts & Diamonds afghan, LW 1335, at PurpleKittyYarns.com. It's a PDF file:
http://www.purplekittyyarns.com/free-patterns/Hearts-and-Diamonds-LW1335.pdf
-Cheryl

[Hookerangel]

That is some afghan - lovely work

[amhmsh]

Georgous!! I downloaded for future use:)

[Lisaizme]

This is one of my favorite quick patterns. I've made it many times and in many color combo's.

Here's a few of what I did:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v639/Lisaizme/HeartsDiamondThrow/th_MVC-002F.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v639/Lisaizme/HeartsDiamondThrow/MVC-002F.jpg)
RH Kids Jade/ RHSS Amethyst
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v639/Lisaizme/HeartsDiamondThrow/th_a5f9c12d.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v639/Lisaizme/HeartsDiamondThrow/a5f9c12d.jpg)
RHSS Rose/Off-White
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v639/Lisaizme/HeartsDiamondThrow/th_6dc27aa3.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v639/Lisaizme/HeartsDiamondThrow/6dc27aa3.jpg)
RHSS Red/White

Got one on the hooks that will have two heart panels red, two heart panels blue and white diamonds (I hope that's the way it will work out)

I've even made it with variegated diamonds (a little tricky.. trying to make sure the patterns match.. but fun).

I find each heart takes about an hour to make.. so figuring 28 hearts.. that's at least 28 hours. I think the whole thing takes me anywhere from 40 to 60 hours. Still not very long.

[amberslipstitch]

Beautiful!!

[Riohnna]

Wow, very lovely!

[smileyface]

How pretty! love the hearts.

[calliope1779]

Very pretty! You did a great job!

[littleemeraldgreenfrog]

I've been wandering around the 'ville getting inspiration for a new project -- your throw is beautiful!

[kwoolls]

I have this pattern have tried it got confused so put it away :(

[misssmaggie]

They are all so pretty!!!

[Lavelle26]

Very pretty afghan.