The 1980s Afghan

I call this project “The 1980s Afghan” because, although it is not a vintage item, it reminds me of something my mom or aunts would have had in their living room when I was growing up in the 80s. The fabulous brown tones that were present in so many middle class houses back then bring back memories of warmth and comfort just hanging out with my brother and cousins. We might have been watching a movie or playing a board game while my mom and her sister(s) were probably in the kitchen chit-chatting away the hours while playing 500 Rummy and possibly cooking up a batch of no-bake cookies (a family favorite.)

The yarn is Red Heart Super Saver Stripes in the Latte Stripes colorway. I didn’t know I wanted this yarn to be an afghan when I first bought a skein of it. I had seen a few items made with it on Ravelry and knew I liked how the colors worked up and that I wanted to make *something* with it. I tried a knitted stockinette hat, but the colors didn’t mesh the same way as they did in the crocheted items I had seen on Ravelry. It was nice, but not exactly what I was going for. I looked around for some nice simple crochet stitches that weren’t your basic single or double crochet and stumbled upon the moss stitch. I believe it goes by a number of different names as well, such as linen stitch. But, the tutorial I found called it moss stitch. It’s a simple repeat of single crochet in the chain 1 space then chain 1. Very mindless stitching, but it adds just the right amount of mix to these colors to make them flow into each other.

I finished this afghan just a couple of weeks ago and have used it plenty since then. It’s cozy, warm and comforting.