Lady Adventure

Outdone! (or Outcrocheted!)

You might remember this post from October, in which I wrote up the pattern for my Ribbon Afghan.



It was a pattern I kind of ... well, slid into. I had yarn, I had a hook, I did a long chain, I added a few DCs and SCs ... and it more or less just created itself. I was the one wielding the hook, it's true, but it seemed to be a self-crocheting afghan (ooooh, wouldn't that make a nice fairytale? Along the lines of the story of the magic porridge pot, but for crafters!)

In any case, the knitting/crocheting forum Ravelry has a wonderful gallery feature, which displays photos of all the projects made from a particular pattern. And, to be honest, I got a very funny feeling the first time I discovered (by accident, mind you) that other people - real people! - had made things - real things! - from my patterns. And it's even weirder when you look at photos of finished objects and realise that their version of your pattern is even nicer than your own, haha! Look at just two, for example (there are others in various stages of completion, here are two finished afghans):

Cheryl's blanket - look at that gorgeous cat!

Melissa's blanket

So even though the original is on my sofa, I can't help but feel blanket-envy - I want one of them instead :-)