Crochet – 2019 Reading Afghan

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:

1. I looked around my living room and took note of all the colours present in it
2. I took a look at my favourite book genres and created a colour coding system
3. For each book I read (beginning in January), I choose the appropriate colours, and crochet a square
4. 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:

1. Renegades (Marissa Meyer)
2. A Blade So Black (L.L. McKinney)
3. The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
4. The Marrow Thieves (Cherie Dimaline)
5. Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
6. We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Shirley Jackson)

Row 2:

1. Buffy Issue 1 (Jordie Bellaire)
2. Cold Moon Over Babylon (Michael McDowell)
3. Neverwhere (Neil Gaiman)
4. Unnatural Volume 1 (Mirka Andolfo)
5. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
6. Y The Last Man (Brian K. Vaughan)