So last week I had the misfortune of being without a laptop because my motherboard died, and I had to take my PC to the repair shop.  I could have posted the week’s entry through my smartphone, but I was feeling like I didn’t really have anything interesting or new to share.  I was still crocheting, still making the stripey blanket and the granny stripe afghan.  I also made more progress on the Attic 24 Cottage Blanket.

In the middle of all this afghan-crocheting, I’d been wanting to make one out of granny squares.  The last one I made was this one, and it took me forever to finally weave in all the loose ends.  Anyway, it had been on my mind to crochet an afghan inspired by Zeens and Roger’s Crochet Circles in a Square Blanket.  So last weekend I started this:

I imagine it will make a very pretty blanket when it’s all done– if I ever finish…

I’ve been obsessed with the stripey blanket crochet-along pattern and couldn’t resist starting yet another one.  I love the flexibility of changing colors and stitch patterns and stripes as I go, but there is a huge drawback to all that variety:

Yarn tails. Sigh.