Crocheted Bedspreads--Teaching My Daughters

I learned to crochet when I was a young girl, but I never really did anything with it.  Many, many years later, I determined to learn to crochet again.  My first projects were making dishcloths.  After that, I made king sized bedspreads, done in a double crochet.  I made one in camo yarn for my boys and another one in pink for my girls.  Next, I made 3 more and gave them to my mama, my mother-in-law, and my father-in-law for Christmas one year.

Then I decided my girls needed to learn to crochet.  It's a very useful skill, much like quilting.  You can make many different things using crochet.  We began by learning to make chains.  They made chains for months and months, learning to get the tension right.  We took those chains and glued them around cans and containers, making pencil holders and treasure boxes for their daddy, brothers, and granddaddy.

They then moved on to making a simple dishcloth and did up a set of 12 for their hope chests.  My oldest daughter also made 3 dish towels by simply adding length and width to the dish cloth pattern.

At that point, my girls began working on a bedspread in their favorite colors (purple for oldest daughter and pink for my youngest daughter), using a double crochet.  It took forever!  But they finally finished them and were so proud of what they had accomplished!

Our next project was a bedspread using the granny square.  We determined that they needed to use colors that would match the quilt they had each made.

Here is my youngest daughter's afghan.  As you can see, it matches her quilt, pictured below.

This is my oldest daughter's afghan. 

It matches her quilt, pictured below.

All they need now, to finish this bed linen set, is  a set of sheets and pillowcases, embroidered in a coordinating pattern.  Oh, and perhaps we'll add a matching dresser scarf.