Now that the season is turning and it’s getting colder, I’ve picked up an afghan that I started back in March and haven’t touched since. Sometimes I get in the mood for big, epic projects and once the craving fades they languish in a pile for months. Recently, I’ve swung the other way and made quite a stack of quick washcloths but since I’ve been finally finishing some other WIPS, I picked up this guy again. The pattern is Sophie’s Universe from Look At What I Made (this is not a paid advertisement, I just love her work so much). If you happen to follow along on Facebook I’ve talked about her patterns a little already. I remember when I first stumbled upon Sophie’s Universe through Ravelry and I was astonished that such a through, fascinating, challenging pattern could possibly be free but it is. She also sells the pattern in a book form, which would make a great gift for a crocheter. The afghan starts in the center with a mandala that shifts to a square, then the edges rotate to a larger square and a border is added to complete it. I’ve made this afghan twice before. The blue, black, and yellow one in the right corner was my first, and when I went to make another I chose colors that I thought would work better together, hence the tonal brown to the left. When I started the center one, I actually chose the colors to make her Ubuntu (I always think of the opensource operating system) afghan but ended up with another Sophie instead.
All the afghans in my house come from her site using one pattern or another. The newest afghan is the fifth one so far. At this point I think my house is 40 percent afghan per square yard! It’s addicting, warm, and keeps me off the streets. Can’t lose!