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Elegant Valentine Wreaths 

We sent this afghan/blanket out this past week. This afghan went to my mother, who requested one. I already started a new one, Hopefully, I will complete it before the end of next month. We've had some donations of afghans and blankets. Thank-you. They have been laundered and sanitized. I Finished This Project Today! I had to buy purple buttons to complete this project. Several other pictures are on my blog. There are better pictures of it on my blog. Check them out. White Scattered Hearts Blanket Afghan I had to wait at least 5 days on the purple buttons  I purchased it in order to  finish this project. Completed Today April 20th, 2020

If you are making the loop fringe don't forget to  leave at least  4-5 inch stings to weave in  so that your fringe does not unravel.  Susan's Phone Photos April 2020 Now I Just Have To Sew The Buttons On

Susan's Phone Photos Now I'm Going To Sew On The Off White Hearts And Hide All The Ends

The Heart Applique I looked and looked for just the right crochet heart and could not find a pattern I was happy with for this project.  I decided to make my own pattern. So I'm going to give it a whirl here and try to explain to you how to make it. Pink yarn #4 weight worsted yarn.  Use two threads at a time.  I used both side ends of one skein.  The side thread and the thread that comes out of the end.  My crochet needle is size L MR- Magic Ring SS - Slip Stitch SC - Single Crochet Ch - Chain SLST - Slip Stitch Start with a Magic Ring. Single crochet 10 around the MR  SS closed in the beginning ( top two threads) Chain 3 SC at the bottom of the Ch 3 at the two open threads. (Ch 1 then Sc under the 4 thread hole.) Do this three more times but in the  3rd one chain not 1 time but 2 chs Sc again in same place.  This is making the point at the bottom of the heart. To clarify again what shou...