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Guide Picks - Top 6 Favorite Afghan Pattern Books
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If you enjoy crocheting afghans, these books can bring
you hours of enjoyment. Afghans To Treasure has a patriotic American Flag pattern, for example.
There are patterns for beginners ranging through unusual, challenging patterns for advanced
crocheters. Click on each Compare button to see where they are available online.
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1)
Afghan Inspirations
For those looking for unusual patterns to try, this book has some wonderful,
challenging patterns to advance your skills, along with easier patterns.
54 wonderful afghan patterns.
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2)
Vanna's Afghans A - Z: 52 Crochet Favorites
Vanna White designed one of the afghans in this book (the afghan named Vanna's
Choice). The rest are her favorites by various crochet designers. One example of
a favorite pattern in this book is Blanket Buddies, a child-size afghan
made as one large square,
worked in rounds; to one corner you add a small hood with either a bear or bunny
face and ears added. There are patterns for every skill level, beginner through advanced.
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3)
Mosaic Magic Afghans Made Easy
Afghans that are made using only one color in a row at a time, yet Lily Chin's use of long
double crochet stitches create a complex finished look! The easy way to make
impressive-looking afghans.
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4)
Afghans For All Seasons
In this Leisure Arts book, two favorite afghan patterns with 3-dimensional crocheted flowers are "Pretty
Pansies" and "Rambling Roses". "Fireside Cheer" has a Fair Isle look; "Harvest Gold" is a
lacy pineapple design. 52 afghan patterns in all.
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Afghans To Treasure
"Old Glory", a gold-fringed American Flag Afghan, is a popular patriotic pattern in this
book. "Woven Rainbow" weaves strands of bright colors into a basic crocheted mesh. In
"Purrfectly Pretty", a cat shape is crocheted into each block. Just a
few examples of the 50 heirloom afghan patterns in this book.
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6)
Crochet With Heart Best-Loved Afghans
A Leisure Arts book, with 128 pages. Here are a few examples of the pattern titles in this
book: Reindeer Forest,
Noah's Ark, Bargello Blanket, Appealing Aran, Daisy Blanket.
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