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Top 12 Afghans To Crochet For Kids

By Sandi Marshall, About.com

Fun afghans to crochet for kids. Some of these are off-site links. At the beginning of the description is the name of the web site where the pattern is found.

1. CarrotRabbitghan

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At About Crochet (this site): To make the CarrotRabbitghan, I added outside rounds to the finished rabbit and carrot filet crochet pieces, joined them and then added further outside rounds. I've written instructions for the outside rounds, along with some photos showing close looks at the stitches used.

2. Toy Pony Rocking Horse in Filet Crochet

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At About Crochet (this site): This design would be great as the center of an afghan for a child. You could work granny square rounds around the outside edge of the finished square, until you have the desired size.

3. Toy Zebra Rocking Horse

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At About Crochet (this site): Charted design that can be worked in filet crochet as the center for an afghan or crocheted in squares with color changes, joining multiple squares for an afghan.

4. Bearghan

At Chris's Crochet Page: Two different versions shown.

5. Hooded Flower Blanket

At Michaels Imaginate: One corner of the blanket is made into a hood, decorated with a large flower.

6. Big Top Quilt Look Afghan

Small granny squares are joined to form this colorful picture afghan.

7. "I Love My Rooster" Afghan

At Crochet Cabriolet: Many squares featuring different animals. Her family did this as a family project. The animal graphs are on a separate page.

8. Kids Digs Afghan

At Coats and Clark: Skill Level - Easy

9. Optical Illusion Afghan

At Art of Tangle: Joined squares make a pinwheel pattern.

10. Sailing, Sailing Afghan

At M. Willson Designs: Rated skill level - Easy.

11. Teddy Go Round Afghan

At Craftbits: There's a teddy bear face in each corner.

12. Friendly Critter Afghan*

At FreePatterns.com - The friendly critter is a long snake. At their home page, log in with your email address if you have previously registered at their site, then choose Crochet, then Afghans and Throws, then Children's Favorites in the sub-category list, to access the download link for this afghan pattern. *Pattern page is a .pdf file and will open in Adobe Reader.

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