Paul and Cori

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Friday, March 30, 2012

Not what it was designed to be: part 1- a tree skirt.

Laura wanted a tree skirt for Christmas. Nothing red and green. I like to use afghan patterns to make different things- scarves, rugs, hats... Similarly, I adapt patterns for other things into blankets, as I did with Amy's blanket (coming in part 2)

I knew just the blanket I wanted to use for Laura's tree skirt. It was a blue snowflake afghan with hexagon motifs. From crochet today magazine. I just had to figure out where to put the hexagons and open seam to make it as circular as possible. I laid it out on the floor several times to determine where the next hexagon(s) should go. 
copyright: Cori 2012

copyright: Cori 2012
copyright: Cori 2012

copyright: Cori 2012
 My favorite stockings are also made from hexagon motifs, so naturally I had to make Laura and Travis matching stockings! I love the way they turned out.
copyright: Cori 2012

copyright: Cori 2012

copyright: Cori 2012
More importantly, Laura loves them too!