Stashbusting Superstar

It's no secret that I'm a great fan of the granny square but I have been known to make other types of blanket.  My favourite of these other types has to be the Superstar blanket.  It grows quickly, is very easy to do once you've established the star shape, and never fails to look impressive.

This pattern is another free You Tube tutorial from Mikey of the Crochet Crowd.  You can view the tutorial here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_vMJWWgyJo&feature=youtu.be

Superstar Blanket

Well that didn't take long - just a bit of crocheting for 4 evenings, and my "superstar" son has his very own star blanket!

I love the way this blanket grows so quickly, and the finished effect is brilliant.

Superstar!

I've been itching to try my hand at a star afghan for ages, and finally last night got round to starting one off.  It's for my middle son, and fortunately he's not too precious about colours, so I'm using up all my spare chunky yarn.

After a couple of hours yesterday evening, it's already grown to quite a size, so I'm hopeful it'll be done in a week!  Here it is so far:

Once you get started, it's actually a lot easier than I expected.  As always, I used an online tutorial by Mikey at The Crochet Crowd.  If you fancy a go yourself, here's the link to his You Tube tuturial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_vMJWWgyJo