Wow! This is amazing. I love that square with the blue and green, the one with the red, yellow, and blue square to its left. I have this book, so I’m going to go look for it now.
Hi Leslie! :waving:
Here is a photo of the book! It is THE BEST afghan book I ever saw!
Well, it is a method of wrapping yarn A around the back of yarn B when you are leaving A to start with B. It “ties” or “links” them together.
So, for example: I will cast on 35 stitches in color A…drop A…cast on 35 in color B…drop B…cast on 35 stitches…etc. etc.
I am casting on 35 stitches using 6 different colors for my foundation. So I will have 6 skeins attached to my circs.
So, again, when I get to the end of the 35 stitches for color A…I have to wrap B and A around each other…I call it “tagging”…so that when I start with B…A is tagged in…therefore: no hole.
I don’t know if Amy has a video for it. But, there are many books written about “color block” work. It isn’t to be confused with Fair Isle.
Maybe it is also called Intarsia. I can’t remember without looking it up. If you GOOGLE “Intarsia Knitting”…see what the search engine unearths. Also, GOOGLE “Color Block Knitting”…see what that gives.
Glad you like the afghan! I LOVE IT…however, I am “up-to-here” with mattress seaming for the time being! Gurch! :pout:
Laila and her sister, Fiona, stayed overnight with us last night! So, she got to take her blankie home with her! My DD just loved the crocheted edge! I think it added a nice touch. It was an afterthought!
THANKS FOR ALL YOUR COMPLIMENTS! I LOVE 
SHARING WITH Y’ALL HERE AT KH! Everyone at KH is sooo supportive and heartwarming! The nicest bunch I have ever had the pleasure of meeting, online or not! 
I adore the colors you’ve chosen!! Are any of the blocks reversible? I’ve never made an afghan, so I’m not sure if that’s something one considers when designing and choosing blocks and stitch patterns.
P.S. I love the red crochet edging, too!
Hi Panchita! :waving:
Thank you so much! Some of the blocks are reversible by the nature of the patternn…however, they all look ok from the back even if not exactly reversible! And the mattress stitch seaming edges is visible from the back as well. I thought about hand-stitching a satiny backing on it…but just plain ran out of time and energy!
Besides, she has a crosstitched blankie that has the satiny backing. She calls it her “cozy blanket”…and sleeps with it on top of her under the covers in winter!
I think true “double knitting” would be an interesting block theory to use for the squares! Amy has a video clips here at KH with a demo on how to do “double knitting”!
These types of Crazy Quilt afghans are good for using up leftover yarns! It would have been smarter for me to do a square or two as I went along over the years rather than stash the leftovers for this “marathon” de-stashing project!:pout:
Wow, that’s gorgeous. So much work and all of it so pro.
I just bought this book on ebay for $6.50:cheering::cheering::cheering::cheering:
The Crazy Quilt is just gorgeous! I can understand how the stitching drove you crazy, but won’t the untangling of the yarn in the color block one be maddening, too? Also it won’t be a portable project. I think that there are pluses and minuses for each way.
BTW, I have printed out (and also saved to a ‘word’ file) so many of your hints and suggestions.
Hi ArtLady…thanks again for the info on the book… I ordered it (and it’s sister book - 200 crochet squares) from Amazon and I had it in 2 days! Now I just need to come up with a plan (which could take some time!)
All round though, it is a great book, with lots of info and good suggestions!