Post Stitches Afghan

Since I started my 99 Post Stitches project, I wanted to make the squares into two afghans. For the first I collected together all the lighter-weight squares, and the heavier, thicker squares will go into the second afghan.

First I joined the squares into rows, and joined them with slip stitch. I picked a few colors and used those to attach all the squares touching those colors, then did the same for all the remaining colors. I slip stitched the rows together with white yarn, and tried to make the corners of each square line up. Once that was done, I finished the afghan off with a row of white single crochet around the outside for a simple edging.

The front looks very clean, as I only used the back loops for the joins.

I like the white lines on the back, and wonder if I should use white for all the joins on my next afghan, instead of matching colors.

The finished afghan measures 60" by 48" almost perfectly!

99 Days of Crochet - Day 99 It's A Wrap

Hooray, the last square! Sadly I was a bit disappointed with this stitch being the last square. It's so plain and boring; any of the previous few would have been so much nicer. For the puntastic title, I think Wrap It Up would have been a better choice of wrapped stitch.

I used Lion Brand Pound of Love Pastel Pink yarn with a J hook.

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99 Days of Crochet - Day 98 Posted Shells In A Row

This square seems so familiar, I feel as though I must have done it already, but I suppose most of them started looking the same early on. I like it though, it's simple and quick and fancy looking.

I used Lion Brand Pound of Love Pastel Green yarn with a J hook.

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99 Days of Crochet - Day 97 Chisel Stitch

I really like this stitch. It's a bit like the waffle/basket stitch combined with alternating posts, so it has quite a bit of volume but it isn't ridiculously thick and heavy.

I used Red Heart Super Saver Pumpkin yarn with a J hook.

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99 Days of Crochet - Day 96 Vertical Chevrons

This is a pretty cute stitch, and didn't take too long to work up as it's all half double crochet. For the vertical posts, instead of double I did half triple. I was worried about running out of yarn starting about halfway through, but I ended up making the square slightly larger than I needed, and had yarn to spare!

I used Red Heart Super Saver Petal Pink yarn with a J hook.

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99 Days of Crochet - Day 95 Spaced Dips

This looks suspiciously like Dip Stitch. It didn't take too long to work up, and I like the colors I chose. I was worried it would be too bright, but the white really helped blend the colors.

I used Loops and Threads Impeccable White and Red Heart Super Saver Turqua and Petal Pink yarns with a J hook.

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99 Days of Crochet - Day 94 Bobbled Rib

My finished square didn't look much like the book's photo, but it wasn't any more interesting anyway. It took a while to do because the stitches are all single crochet height, and began folding so after the first few rows I switched from double posts to half triple posts.

I used Red Heart Super Saver Carrot yarn with a K hook.

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99 Days of Crochet - Day 93 Lace Bands

This stitch is pretty similar to yesterday's stitch, and also began to roll up until I switched to my half triple stitch to make up the height.

I used Craft Smart Value Navy yarn with an I hook.

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99 Days of Crochet - Day 92 Cable & Shell Duo

This is a pretty basic design. I don't like how it rolled up a bit. I still can't figure out if it's due to the type of yarn or needing triple crochet posts instead, or both.

I used Craft Smart Value Gray yarn with a K hook.

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99 Days of Crochet - Day 91 Regal

I really like this stitch, simply because it used chains to make the double crochet stitches appear sideways which is pretty neat. Both the front and the back of the square turned out well, so this one would look great as a scarf.

I used Red Heart Super Saver Turqua with a K hook.

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99 Days of Crochet - Day 90 Open Chevron

This square took very little time to work up, due to it being all double and half-double crochet. However, it took me a while to get the first chevrons row, but then I realized I was just reading the pattern wrong! The back posts were a bit hard to pull off and I'm not sure I've perfected the technique for those, but the square was fast and easy otherwise.

I used Red Heart Super Saver Petal Pink yarn with a K hook.

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99 Days of Crochet - Day 89 Stand-Out Posts

This stitch is quite simple, but I really like it. This would be another great candidate for a scarf or afghan.

I used Red Heart Super Saver Medium Purple yarn with a K hook.

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99 Days of Crochet - Day 88 Interruption

I really like the colors I chose for this pattern. It called for front post double crochets, but those made the whole square curl too much (I did them for the first three rows), and triple (double treble) crochet was too tall. Instead, I switched to a half triple stitch that was exactly the right length.

Instructions for half triple (double treble) stitch:
Yarn over twice. Insert hook in next stitch, yarn over and pull through two loops. Yarn over, pull through remaining three loops on hook.

I used Red Heart Super Saver Petal Pink, Turqua, and Medium Purple yarns with a K hook.

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99 Days of Crochet - Day 87 Shell Spires

This stitch is fairly boring. It's not very unique except for the very tips of the "spires," for which I had no idea what the instructions were saying so I had to improvise a bit. They didn't turn out very good but the book's picture doesn't look any better so I'd say it was a success overall.

I used Red Heart Super Saver Carrot yarn with a K hook.

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99 Days of Crochet - Day 86 Boxed Clusters

I quite like this stitch, and I'm glad I used yellow yarn; the clusters look a lot like bananas! This is a pretty light stitch so it would make a good summer scarf, and it's simple enough for anyone to do.

I used Red Heart Super Saver Bright Yellow yarn with a J hook.

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99 Days of Crochet - Day 85 Bricks

This is a simple pattern and pretty similar to some others in the book, but still nice. I decided to use two bright contrasting colors this time, instead of matching colors or something with white. I really like it when a square turns out nice and flat and rectangular.

I used Red Heart Super Saver Bright Yellow and Caron One Pound Royalty yarns with a K hook.

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99 Days of Crochet - Day 84 Snug as a Bug

I have to say, this stitch is very... interesting. Perhaps pink was not the best color for this stitch, but the book's demo used brown yarn so it was impossible to see what the pattern was before I started.

I used Lion Brand Pound of Love Pastel Pink yarn with a K hook.

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99 Days of Crochet - Day 83 Full Bloom

I actually quite like how this turned out. It didn't curl up, and didn't take forever to work up because it's in half double crochet. This color was a bit difficult to photograph with the popcorn stitch, but it looks nice in person.

I used Red Heart Super Saver Pumpkin yarn with a K hook.

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99 Days of Crochet - Day 82 Broken Stripes

I just had to pick some bright colors to keep this one lighthearted, since I couldn't take this so-called "stitch" seriously. It's literally just double crochet with switching colors every so often. Maybe it would make a better actual flag than a stitch.

I used a K hook with Red Heart Super Saver Pumpkin, Pale Yellow, and Spring Green yarns.

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99 Days of Crochet - Day 81 Large Diamonds

This square was quite disappointing. It seemed like every row I was missing a stitch or couldn't find the stitch where I was supposed to work next, and the whole thing folded over so much it made the square much smaller than it should be.

I used Red Heart Super Saver Petal Pink yarn with a K hook.

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