Hooked on Needles: Crocheted Reflections Afghan ~ Version Two

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Crocheted Reflections Afghan ~ Version Two

You may remember the first Reflections Afghan I crocheted as a wedding gift for one of my nieces not too long ago. You can see pictures of it HERE. When our daughter got married last June, I asked if she would like me to make her an afghan and she promptly requested a Reflections afghan, only in her choice of colors. We went yarn shopping and, after a brief warm weather break from crocheting, it is finally finished and here is the result...

If you took a look at the first Reflections afghan I made, you might notice that this one is just a bit larger, measuring a whopping 96 inches long by about 60 inches wide. Whew!

This afghan will look great stretched across the back of a couch or hanging over the end of a sectional or love seat. Very cozy!

I trimmed the fringe on this one the same way I did on the first and showed in THIS tutorial. It's a very quick and accurate way to get all your fringe the same length.

This is the nice little pile of cuttings from trimming the fringe. These leftovers will be thrown in the trash, but all the other leftovers will be crocheted into my scrap afghan which I'll be showing you very soon, still in progress of course!

Feels good to check one more thing off my list of projects! How's your list coming along?

Happy Stitching!

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Labels: afghan, crochet, fringe, Mary Maxim, Red Heart yarn

10 Comments:

This is beautiful. As always, I love your daughter's color sense. It must be fun to yarn shop with her.

By Karen M, At October 22, 2011 at 3:17 PM
Lovely afghan - I love crochet and think this would be a fun project.

By annemarie, At October 22, 2011 at 9:25 PM
Thanks for the link on how to make the fringe. I'm always trying to learn new techniques for crocheting.
Your daughter's afghan turned out lovely!

By Nedra, At October 23, 2011 at 11:14 AM
That does looks quite cozy and I adore the colors you chose!

By Sara, At October 23, 2011 at 7:04 PM
The afghan you made for your daughter is beautiful. Your daughter will treasure it not just for it's beauty but for the hours and hours of crocheting and love that went into the making of it.

And what a great technique for making sure the fringe is trimmed evenly!

By Anonymous, At October 24, 2011 at 10:02 AM
Beautiful! I have the Reflections kit. I want it larger so I bought more yarn - I hope enough. Do you know how many sts long your V 2 is? I don't know when I'll start mine. I want to finish another afghan first. Thanks.

By Ginger, At May 13, 2016 at 3:09 AM
Beautiful! I have the Reflections kit. I want mine larger so I bought more yarn. Do you know how many sts long your V 2 is? I don't know when I'll start mine. I want to finish another afghan first. Thanks.

By Ginger, At May 13, 2016 at 3:14 AM
Hi Ginger! I do not know how many stitches I started my second Reflections afghan with! When I improvise a pattern like that, I usually just eyeball the beginning chain for length, then I go for it! Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Enjoy making your afghan.

MGM

By Mary Grace McNamara, At May 14, 2016 at 6:52 PM
When enlarging this afghan in length, do you have to have a certain # of stitches, say in multiples of 3 or 5, etc?

By Unknown, At December 29, 2019 at 10:56 PM
Dear Unknown,

I worked this pattern so long ago that I cannot remember what the pattern was. It is available for purchase on Mary Maxim's website though, https://www.marymaxim.com/reflections-afghan-pattern.html, for a small fee. For a design like this, I would recommend reading through the pattern and figuring out what the repeat is, which for this would be a very simple repeat, then working your beginning chain in multiples of that number plus whatever you need for turning. This pattern would be very forgiving if you were short or over by a few stitches on the first row. I hope this helps!

MGM

By Mary Grace McNamara, At January 2, 2020 at 8:40 PM