A distraction........Bavarian Crochet

I feel a lot like the dog off of the Disney movie UP. I get working on a project and someone yells "squirrel" (or in my case craft) and I totally lose track of what I was working on.  I started working on my Watermelon Pineapple Afghan and it was driving me crazy.  I don't know if it was doing the pattern for the third time or just my lack of interest.  Instead,  I have not one but two afghans, a infinity scarf, and a quilt lying in various stages of being finished.  Which, all have to be completed by the 25th.  I might be dreaming on getting them all complete.  Well, for my lasting disgust for the pineapples (which I usually love)  I picked up this book........

I had seen several examples on Bavarian crochet on blogs and I loved the results.  I needed to make an afghan for a fella, so I thought that I would give it a whirl.  So, this is Red, White, and Blue Bavarian style.....

And I finished it all up.  I love it.  A lot of repetition, but super simple. 

I will definitely be giving the patterns in this book a try, again.  It would be a great one to use all those scrap pieces of yarn.  Except towards the edge of the afghan, it was using almost of skein of yarn a row.  If you would like to give the stitch a try, you can try out the book which has several other patterns in it or watch this video. Catherine has a very good tutorial on how to do the Crochet Wheel Stitch or Bavarian Crochet.

Well, thank goodness I finished another Christmas present.  I will need a craft vacation, just so my fingers can recover from Christmas.

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