Mama's last afghan

I finished my grandmother's last afghan over Christmas break at my mother's house. My grandmother was just starting it when she went into the hospital. She actually made a mistake and crocheted just 3 rows for the first set of green and everything else was four rows. Since it was the first section, I just finished it out the same way; ending with three rows of green.

Working on it was actually kind of theraputic for me. I was putting all of my love into it as I worked away. I think she is happy I did it in her place. I also learned that my stitches are very much like hers, maybe just a tad bit tighter.

It's also a lot longer than she normally made her afghans. It turned out about 6 feet long by 4 feet wide, I would say.She would usually do them no bigger than 5 feet long, though I do have one that she made for me long ago that was about the same size. 

I got da blues!

I was going to give my mother one of my quilts; a purple one, with all sorts of other colors mixed in. Then I started piecing this blue one. So I was talking to someone about it and said, I don't know if I should tell her I changed my mind, since I had already told her she could have it. Would that be wrong?

I knew she would like the blue one so much better, so I decided to ask. I called her up and said, "Mom, I don't think I should give you the purple quilt." She said, without missing a beat, "Why, did you make a blue one?

Ugh. My mother. You can't surprise her with anything.

Anyway, here is my latest set of photos.