Beginning Crochet

I decided to begin Crocheting, my first project was a couple of small squares that I was going to sew together to make a blanket with but the small squares are a lot of work... 

Long story short, it became a scarf. I then made a matching headband to go with it, super cute right?

Anyway apparently after that I decided I could make an afghan. Easier said than done. It took about three months because I chose to work on it off and on, and my deadline was three months away. What can I say, I'm a procrastinator.

 I used Hobby Lobby's "I Love This Yarn" because it's 3.99/skein and comes with 355 yards. It's nice knowing the cost averages out to about 1 cent per yard. It took about 6 skeins total, but I probably could have gotten away with 5 if I was doing all one color.

 The stitch is a double crochet in the front loops only. (At the time, I didn't know the difference between both loops and what I was doing.)

 I was making it for a twin size bed, so I laid it out on my queen size to compare, although at this point it would be much too late to go back and fix any width problems.

The blanket continued in stripes, and of course, I forgot to take a picture of the finished product.

The biggest mistake I made here was not leaving a long enough tail, it was a problem that didn't come to light until it was washed, and started unraveling in a few places.

At any rate, my first projects went great, and I love my new hobby!