I love to read, cozy under an afghan or throw. And I love to crochet. So, it only makes sense to combine the two hobbies, right?
I am currently working my way through an afghan that I’ve designed to represent the books I’m reading in 2019. Here’s how it works:
- I looked around my living room and took note of all the colours present in it
- I took a look at my favourite book genres and created a colour coding system
- For each book I read (beginning in January), I choose the appropriate colours, and crochet a square
- As I go, I stitch them together, in order of how I read them
Nerdy, in the best way, right?
Here’s how it’s coming (it’s already about 6 ft wide!):
My cat seems to like it…
Books represented so far (L to R):
Row 1:
- Renegades (Marissa Meyer)
- A Blade So Black (L.L. McKinney)
- The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
- The Marrow Thieves (Cherie Dimaline)
- Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
- We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)
Row 2:
- Buffy Issue 1 (Jordie Bellaire)
- Cold Moon Over Babylon (Michael McDowell)
- Neverwhere (Neil Gaiman)
- Unnatural Volume 1 (Mirka Andolfo)
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
- Y The Last Man (Brian K. Vaughan)
Niice
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What a great idea! How lovely. And what a cute cat!
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Isn’t he?! haha Thank you 🙂 I had been trying to figure out exactly how to go about representing each book for a while, then I encountered someone with a colour coding system. I tweaked it, and voila!
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What a great idea! How lovely. Great job.
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Absolutely, nerdy in the best way!
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