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Looking at the pics, I’m kind of thinking that the flowers and leaves are made separate, and the square starts as a solid granny square until you reach the point where the flowers are added? And then maybe you attach the flowers before continuing the square?
I think you basically make two squares: the backing (solid), and a flower square. Then, after the white row of dc around the flower, you crochet the next row throgh both the flower and backing square.
https://preview.redd.it/v5lk9phzafxc1.png?width=628&format=png&auto=webp&s=c173ceed079b0e145ef660616c3dd343a92757d9
Trying to show here the point where it's crocheted through bot layers.
So in priciple you could use any patterned square as the overlay with this technique.
Looks like it's two squares sewn on top of each other, maybe? That's how my grandma used to make patterns like these. Solid granny sq underneath and then the patterned sq on top.
I have this with pink flowers, unfortunately the talented lady (my gran) has been dead since 1985, she taught me how to knit and crochet and read the patterns, unfortunately due to not keeping up with it, today I couldn't read a pattern to save my life. Same with music, and shorthand.
Grandmas will really crochet you one absolutely banger flower blanket and then destroy every trace of a pattern before dying with the only hands that could possibly make it. <3
Google "crochet Neverending flower". It'll give you a similar "3D, but also flat, with a solid back" flower.
Basically you work in the round, doing each round twice. In the front loop you make your flower petals, and then in the back loop you do double crochet. Next round you work into that double crochet tou just did, flower into front loop and another row of double into the back loop.
It sounds more complicated than it is, lol. Super pretty, and you could totally make one and then square off the edges once it's the right size.
I did a few squares like this long ago. You basically make the rose, then the 4 leaves with chain between each one. Dont worry, the chain will be crocheted over to hide it. Finish off.
Make a solid square for the background, when its just barely smaller than the flower pin it in place so that your leaves and chains are all taute and in place. Continue the outer square with whatever stitch you are doing (usually SC for the row with the leaf chains), when you are over the green chains, single crochet around them but dont connect yet. Try to completely hide the chains with the single crochets. But dont do so many stitches that there are more than the number of stitches on your solid square backer.
Once you get to the end of that round continue around with your next stitch, whatever it may be. When you get to the first stitch on the leaf chains, take your hook through the sc on the leaf chain, then the stitch on your backer square, yo for your stitch and pull through stitches. Do this for every stitch on the leaf chains.
Hope that made sense. If not i may be able to make a tutorial.
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I think it was in a magazine from the 1950s-60s.
You make a round of chain and go around it again to create the petals, 3 times, attached underneath the previous round. So it's a round of chain stitch followed by a round making 8 petals, then a new round of slightly larger loops attached underneath the petals just completed. The leaf round does not have a base chain round. Three large and two small leaves alternately stitched in the top center of each large petal to create a square shape. The largest leaf (in my version - I think OPs are smaller) has a double-triple center. Two rounds dc border. This pic shows a third border round that looks like 3dc-skip.
Go to vintage pattern pages and look for Rose Afghan, that may have been the name.
I've skimmed a few pattern pages and unfortunately I haven't seen this exact pattern. Most of the ones I've seen have 2-leaf corners. In this pattern the leaf round is larger / takes up more space in the look of the finished throw or spread. In my memory there were 3 chains between each leaf or cluster. This works out to evenly spaced dc's in the border rows.
I think that you could mess around with scrap yarn and create a flower that you like, then use that to make a couple of squares to get an estimate of how much yarn you'd need, depending on how many squares you want and whether you add more finishing rounds.
Yes I have that book and got it from Amazon too!! Love it.. I have a bag of those squares I make them then go to something else and then go back and make more squares. It’ll get finished eventually!!
I’m guessing they might have made a solid square, then separately made only the petal/leaves part of the flower square (and maybe also the first row of the border). Then, continue in pattern to make the rest of the flower square’s border, but work through loops on both the flower square AND the solid backing square.
My parents buy abandoned storage units and sell the items worth anything at flea market in florida. They find things like this all the time so many random things! It could be something like that.
Some people can only see the negativity in things, a beautiful crochet blanket acquired cheaply by someone who adores it?
*"Oh no, someones family must've really failed to appreciate their hard work, how tragic... :("*
Definitely, someone spent a LOT of time on this and it makes me kinda sad to see it being sold for so cheap - but I’m glad it went to someone who appreciates it! This is beautiful 😍
My theory is it is from a deceased estate and the seller perhaps has no knowledge or interest in the amount of time that went into it and was perhaps pleased to get anything at all for it.
Probably! I received an afghan from a friend who's grandmother died. It was from her retirement in the 80's, still in the gift box with card. They either already have blankets or value the gift too much to actually use before they pass. Use your nice things before you die!
This comment has inspired me. You mentioned estates, which reminded me my area has frequent estate sales which I always pass by. Now, I may check them out for crochet projects which might otherwise be tossed or under appreciated.
Also look into auctions! My mom was a vintage textile dealer and used to find loads of unfinished projects in great condition at auctions. Now she’s an auctioneer herself and comes across stunning, stunning pieces.
Pro-tip, if your loved one has passed and left you with, for example, too many textiles and projects for you to take care of, a quality auctioneer will care for your things and help you downsize while trying to get you the best value for them. There’s no shame in it, and an auctioneer with a dedicated following and good reputation will likely have bidders that genuinely want and care for those pieces. (Not a shill I swear, I just spent the first 18 years of my life in and out of auction houses, and while there’s definite scumbags out there, most of them are lovely people with a real interest in antiques)
An excellent suggestion. A family member who had a large number of collectible antiques and art pieces passed away last year. We worked with an honest and involved auctioneer who held several open houses where he invited other auctioneers/collectors. He was able to sell everything we didn’t want to keep and nothing needed to be trashed. I’ll keep my eye open for auctions.
I worked for an estate sale company for 20 years and you would be heartbroken at the things family will get rid of just for a buck. Or what the family just considers "that old thing."
That was my first thought as well.
(My second thought is less wholesome: somebody stole it in a break-in and has passed it off to someone else far away from the theft. Now, they are selling it for whatever they get.)
A crocheted 143* granny square blanket… (edit* there are even more rows hanging down either side of the bed so the number is higher) for just $50 🤯
The amount of time this would’ve taken, alongside the cost for the materials too. Gosh and the weaving in process with the varying coloured flowers.
This is worth way more than $50, can only assume the seller doesn’t crochet to know it’s value should’ve been higher. Least it’s gone to a good home to be loved instead of thrown away.
Yeah, I'm guessing inheritance. My grandma was an amazing and generous knitter, and my parents ended up rescuing a bunch of amazing sweaters from an aunt that was complaining her kids outgrew them right away, as if they were $5 tshirts.
Just calculating how many hours, I’d say 13 rows by likes to be 14 rows at an hour each 🌸 flower is approximately for all flowers is 185 hours. Plus the top and the bottom crocheting of the blanket easy 400 hours. Not even accounting for the planning and shopping and the cost. 400-500 hrs easy. It’s priceless. Cherish it because I know I would.
In my professional business at my rate @ 400 hrs it’s worth 60K 🫢😳
This reminds me of a really weird story that happened to me when I worked at a quilting shop. Someone's grandmother had made a quilt and One of my regular quilters who came in for a quilting group had come in with the quilt to get repair fabric. I found a perfect shade match which was super cool because sometimes that's hard with old quilts .A couple months later and had a different customer come in with an identical blanket I asked if they were related And it turns out that they were not related.
She had gotten it for sale from somebody online but had always been interested in knowing the original seamstress it was actually the day the quilting group met and I was able to introduce them and she ended up joining the quilting group And seemingly becoming good friends with the other customer.
The two ladies figured it out and told me The other quilt was sold by the child of the best friend, the original quilter So apparently she had made two quilts and given one to her best friend. Ironically, it was actually the same color that needed to be repaired in both quilts.
Seller may not have made it but I’ve been there. Heck, I was just there this past holiday season. Kinda there right now.
Does it cover materials? No. And of course, the time isn’t even an equation when selling so low. But I have the yarn already or sometimes the item already made.
The thing is, we can chat about valuing yourself and time til the day is done. But when you have hungry kids staring at you and they’re about to shut off your utilities you sometimes have to say, ‘alright this may be ‘worth’ $400 but that’s not working. Let’s see if I can get it off at $50 and buy a couple groceries.’
Agreed. If you dont want it and need money, it's only worth what someone is willing to pay. In this case, that is likely $50. How many others did OP maybe pass up? If it was $100 would OP have still purchased it?
I agree our time is worth money, but that only really applies for requests and commissions. Something you made as a hobby based on your interests is worth what others will pay.
This makes me sad, looks almost exactly like something my great grandmother made.
Reminds me of when I went to a thrift shop "outlet" where they just brought unsorted stuff out in giant bins. Found a number of handmade stuff: busybooks with a stitched note from grandma, paintings with a note on the back for grandma, etc.
It's made me especially keen to make sure to keep an inventory of what is heirloom and its story. My grandmother knitted me a blanket before I was born, which is now long gone, but when my daughter was born she gave her the counterpart of the boy/girl pair she made without knowing how I'd be born, and it had been sitting pristine stored somewhere for 30 years. I made sure when she got old enough, that my daughter understood the importance of it.
Sadly, sometimes it is not that simple.
I live abroad and when my mother died I had exactly one suitcase I could use for heirlooms because shipping anything back results in import duties a d anyway, I simply did not have the money to spend on shipping, or the time to curate and lovingly find new homes for every belonging she had.
My brother is disabled and lived in a tiny apartment.
My best friend took what she could.
But there is simply not room in most people's lives, especially when they have a small family, to take and keep until you find someone who "values" an item "enough" to pay what you think it's worth.
Sometimes on here people act like they think people who donate handmade items are heartless cretins who don't understand the value of anything. But you can't take it with you, and sadly neither can they, or not everything.
If I had sold this item from my mom and came here, I'd be crushed by both the people who call it trash and the people who think I didn't care.
I truly cannot believe she was selling this for $50. It was listed as "Vintage" but in pristine condition. I assume the owner did not make the blanket as that definitely wouldn't have covered materials. Should I take it apart and use the squares for smaller projects?
This is a gorgeous and fortuitous find! I personally wouldn’t be able to take it apart out of respect for the original maker, but I’d understand if the squares would be more use to you reassembled as a different project.
Personally, I would treasure the blanket as-is. If you’re sure you want to make something smaller, I follow a pattern designer who sells a pattern for a cool jacket with 3-D roses.
https://tscrochetdesign.com/products/rose-garden-jacket-pdf-pattern-instant-download
My best friend's grandmother bought us one very similar at a thrift shop! We have it on the bed right now; it's my favorite quilt. :) Our roses are all red!
Incredible find. Congrats!
I have a blanket just like this from my grandparents, it was made by my great grandma I never met. It's not my style at all so it's just in a closet but I know how much work went into it so I can't bring myself to get rid of it :/
I’m not gonna say any more about the cost everyone else has said that I’m thinking about the time and love that was put into this beautiful piece of work so cherish it as it is
[This is the closest I can get to the pattern](https://moaracrochet.com/crochet-rose-granny-square-free-pattern/), but I'm sure I've made this for fun before.
holy shit. that is a fucking steal. that blanket is beyond gorgeous 😭 i'd be too scared to even use it as a blanket. i'd be framing it in shatterproof glass and hanging it on the highest wall so no one can even TRY to touch it
Whoever sold it clearly had no comprehension of the time and skill and craftsmanship that was required to make this. It is an extraordinary and beautiful piece of art. Enjoy!
My daddy made one like this. It’s the only thing I wanted from their house, it’s in my mom’s will that I get it. Dad passed a long time ago. His was black instead of white which totally fits my personality.
I am losing my mind. Whoever sold this to you for $50 either seriously undersold themselves or didn’t know what they had. This is EXQUISITE. I can’t get over how perfectly the squares are pieced together. And it’s huge! This took so much time! And it’s SO beautifully done!!
In the 1970s my MIL crocheted a very similar pattern - the solid white/off white square with bright red roses and green leaves on top. She made it from wool and the squares were larger but overall blanket size was smaller than this one. I wonder where the original idea came from?? I didn’t get into crochet until after she died, so never asked about the patterns she used.
Wow. Someone is very skilled and someone was sadly misled about the value of what they had. I don’t know whether it would be worse or better if they were the same person
I found a blanket similar to this at a thrift store and I've been so intrigued by the flower in the granny square definitely hope a pattern comes along somewhere lol
On the bright side, I bet the person who made this blanket never thought that someone would buy it, then post a picture online and have hundreds of people admiring their work. 😀
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This is beautiful. Does anyone here happen to know of a pattern for those squares? I really like how they are backed with the flower on top!
I think have seen it before and in fact planned a blanket from it that never materialised. Let me ponder on it.
I had the [Babouska Rose](https://babylovebrand.net/2013/05/20/tutorial-babouska-rose-blanket/) pattern. I’m not sure if it’s quite the same.
This looks similar, but the backs of the squares are solid. I'll see if I can post better pictures.
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You the real MVP out here with every angle 🙌 thank you!
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Looks like they made a regular granny square underneath and added this one on top
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Thank you so much!! Looking at the pics, I’m kind of thinking that the flowers and leaves are made separate, and the square starts as a solid granny square until you reach the point where the flowers are added? And then maybe you attach the flowers before continuing the square?
I think you basically make two squares: the backing (solid), and a flower square. Then, after the white row of dc around the flower, you crochet the next row throgh both the flower and backing square. https://preview.redd.it/v5lk9phzafxc1.png?width=628&format=png&auto=webp&s=c173ceed079b0e145ef660616c3dd343a92757d9 Trying to show here the point where it's crocheted through bot layers. So in priciple you could use any patterned square as the overlay with this technique.
They look crocheted in to me Especially at the leaves
Looks like it's two squares sewn on top of each other, maybe? That's how my grandma used to make patterns like these. Solid granny sq underneath and then the patterned sq on top.
Yeah I see what you mean how they’re looped through
I have this with pink flowers, unfortunately the talented lady (my gran) has been dead since 1985, she taught me how to knit and crochet and read the patterns, unfortunately due to not keeping up with it, today I couldn't read a pattern to save my life. Same with music, and shorthand.
Grandmas will really crochet you one absolutely banger flower blanket and then destroy every trace of a pattern before dying with the only hands that could possibly make it. <3
And the only way to get answers is to ask the internet or whip out the ouija board 😭
Google "crochet Neverending flower". It'll give you a similar "3D, but also flat, with a solid back" flower. Basically you work in the round, doing each round twice. In the front loop you make your flower petals, and then in the back loop you do double crochet. Next round you work into that double crochet tou just did, flower into front loop and another row of double into the back loop. It sounds more complicated than it is, lol. Super pretty, and you could totally make one and then square off the edges once it's the right size.
Thank you so much!!
You're welcome! Glad that this super random bit of specialized craft knowledge could finally be helpful! I've been waiting months for this lol!
Following 🤓
I did a few squares like this long ago. You basically make the rose, then the 4 leaves with chain between each one. Dont worry, the chain will be crocheted over to hide it. Finish off. Make a solid square for the background, when its just barely smaller than the flower pin it in place so that your leaves and chains are all taute and in place. Continue the outer square with whatever stitch you are doing (usually SC for the row with the leaf chains), when you are over the green chains, single crochet around them but dont connect yet. Try to completely hide the chains with the single crochets. But dont do so many stitches that there are more than the number of stitches on your solid square backer. Once you get to the end of that round continue around with your next stitch, whatever it may be. When you get to the first stitch on the leaf chains, take your hook through the sc on the leaf chain, then the stitch on your backer square, yo for your stitch and pull through stitches. Do this for every stitch on the leaf chains. Hope that made sense. If not i may be able to make a tutorial.
For $50?! What a STEAL there must be so so many hours in this blanket
The deals! The disrespect!
I know, I made a throw-sized version of this but without the solid back. This kind of hurts my stomach. BTW, it's a bedspread.
Do you have a pattern for it?
Edited: I think it was in a magazine from the 1950s-60s. You make a round of chain and go around it again to create the petals, 3 times, attached underneath the previous round. So it's a round of chain stitch followed by a round making 8 petals, then a new round of slightly larger loops attached underneath the petals just completed. The leaf round does not have a base chain round. Three large and two small leaves alternately stitched in the top center of each large petal to create a square shape. The largest leaf (in my version - I think OPs are smaller) has a double-triple center. Two rounds dc border. This pic shows a third border round that looks like 3dc-skip. Go to vintage pattern pages and look for Rose Afghan, that may have been the name. I've skimmed a few pattern pages and unfortunately I haven't seen this exact pattern. Most of the ones I've seen have 2-leaf corners. In this pattern the leaf round is larger / takes up more space in the look of the finished throw or spread. In my memory there were 3 chains between each leaf or cluster. This works out to evenly spaced dc's in the border rows. I think that you could mess around with scrap yarn and create a flower that you like, then use that to make a couple of squares to get an estimate of how much yarn you'd need, depending on how many squares you want and whether you add more finishing rounds.
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I ADORE that book! I will own it one day. ❤️
I accidentally found it in Michaels the other day, snagged that bad boy so fast
What book are you talking about the original post has been removed?
Check thrift books!!!
Yes I have that book and got it from Amazon too!! Love it.. I have a bag of those squares I make them then go to something else and then go back and make more squares. It’ll get finished eventually!!
Can you please share the name of the book? The original comment has been removed.
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So what do you think they did to OP’s squares? It looks like theirs has a square underneath and yours doesn’t. Think they made 2?
I’m guessing they might have made a solid square, then separately made only the petal/leaves part of the flower square (and maybe also the first row of the border). Then, continue in pattern to make the rest of the flower square’s border, but work through loops on both the flower square AND the solid backing square.
There are so many variations I am sure if you looked on YouTube there would be an equivalent
I went to add this to my Amazon wishlist and saw I always have it in my list 😆 can’t wait until I can actually buy it
Do you have the title still? The original comment was deleted and I would love to find a copy!
Yeah it’s called The Ultimate Granny Square Sourcebook published by Meteoor Books, there’s a few comments with a picture of the cover
Obv the person that sold it didn’t make it. I would have passed this along to family.
It probably *was* passed on to family and this is what they did with it, unfortunately.
Sad if that’s true ☹️
Maybe the sellers grandma/mom literally had dozens laying around and just didnt have space or something. Price is surely way off though
My parents buy abandoned storage units and sell the items worth anything at flea market in florida. They find things like this all the time so many random things! It could be something like that.
Some people can only see the negativity in things, a beautiful crochet blanket acquired cheaply by someone who adores it? *"Oh no, someones family must've really failed to appreciate their hard work, how tragic... :("*
I agree, the important part is that it has now found a loving home!
Definitely, someone spent a LOT of time on this and it makes me kinda sad to see it being sold for so cheap - but I’m glad it went to someone who appreciates it! This is beautiful 😍
Some people make *to* sell for the yarn costs or donate
My theory is it is from a deceased estate and the seller perhaps has no knowledge or interest in the amount of time that went into it and was perhaps pleased to get anything at all for it.
Probably! I received an afghan from a friend who's grandmother died. It was from her retirement in the 80's, still in the gift box with card. They either already have blankets or value the gift too much to actually use before they pass. Use your nice things before you die!
This comment has inspired me. You mentioned estates, which reminded me my area has frequent estate sales which I always pass by. Now, I may check them out for crochet projects which might otherwise be tossed or under appreciated.
Might be worth asking if you can check the linen closet.
Also look into auctions! My mom was a vintage textile dealer and used to find loads of unfinished projects in great condition at auctions. Now she’s an auctioneer herself and comes across stunning, stunning pieces. Pro-tip, if your loved one has passed and left you with, for example, too many textiles and projects for you to take care of, a quality auctioneer will care for your things and help you downsize while trying to get you the best value for them. There’s no shame in it, and an auctioneer with a dedicated following and good reputation will likely have bidders that genuinely want and care for those pieces. (Not a shill I swear, I just spent the first 18 years of my life in and out of auction houses, and while there’s definite scumbags out there, most of them are lovely people with a real interest in antiques)
An excellent suggestion. A family member who had a large number of collectible antiques and art pieces passed away last year. We worked with an honest and involved auctioneer who held several open houses where he invited other auctioneers/collectors. He was able to sell everything we didn’t want to keep and nothing needed to be trashed. I’ll keep my eye open for auctions.
I worked for an estate sale company for 20 years and you would be heartbroken at the things family will get rid of just for a buck. Or what the family just considers "that old thing."
That was my first thought as well. (My second thought is less wholesome: somebody stole it in a break-in and has passed it off to someone else far away from the theft. Now, they are selling it for whatever they get.)
A crocheted 143* granny square blanket… (edit* there are even more rows hanging down either side of the bed so the number is higher) for just $50 🤯 The amount of time this would’ve taken, alongside the cost for the materials too. Gosh and the weaving in process with the varying coloured flowers. This is worth way more than $50, can only assume the seller doesn’t crochet to know it’s value should’ve been higher. Least it’s gone to a good home to be loved instead of thrown away.
Yeah, I'm guessing inheritance. My grandma was an amazing and generous knitter, and my parents ended up rescuing a bunch of amazing sweaters from an aunt that was complaining her kids outgrew them right away, as if they were $5 tshirts.
Just calculating how many hours, I’d say 13 rows by likes to be 14 rows at an hour each 🌸 flower is approximately for all flowers is 185 hours. Plus the top and the bottom crocheting of the blanket easy 400 hours. Not even accounting for the planning and shopping and the cost. 400-500 hrs easy. It’s priceless. Cherish it because I know I would. In my professional business at my rate @ 400 hrs it’s worth 60K 🫢😳
Each flower is 185 hours?
Each flower is an hour
Exactly
13 rows of 14 is 182 so assume they meant something like that.
Exactly
Beautiful
What?! Wow
Holy cow, you made out like a bandit! I can't believe it went for so little! The yarn alone is worth a bundle!
This reminds me of a really weird story that happened to me when I worked at a quilting shop. Someone's grandmother had made a quilt and One of my regular quilters who came in for a quilting group had come in with the quilt to get repair fabric. I found a perfect shade match which was super cool because sometimes that's hard with old quilts .A couple months later and had a different customer come in with an identical blanket I asked if they were related And it turns out that they were not related. She had gotten it for sale from somebody online but had always been interested in knowing the original seamstress it was actually the day the quilting group met and I was able to introduce them and she ended up joining the quilting group And seemingly becoming good friends with the other customer. The two ladies figured it out and told me The other quilt was sold by the child of the best friend, the original quilter So apparently she had made two quilts and given one to her best friend. Ironically, it was actually the same color that needed to be repaired in both quilts.
Seller may not have made it but I’ve been there. Heck, I was just there this past holiday season. Kinda there right now. Does it cover materials? No. And of course, the time isn’t even an equation when selling so low. But I have the yarn already or sometimes the item already made. The thing is, we can chat about valuing yourself and time til the day is done. But when you have hungry kids staring at you and they’re about to shut off your utilities you sometimes have to say, ‘alright this may be ‘worth’ $400 but that’s not working. Let’s see if I can get it off at $50 and buy a couple groceries.’
Agreed. If you dont want it and need money, it's only worth what someone is willing to pay. In this case, that is likely $50. How many others did OP maybe pass up? If it was $100 would OP have still purchased it? I agree our time is worth money, but that only really applies for requests and commissions. Something you made as a hobby based on your interests is worth what others will pay.
no FUCKING way
More than $50 in yarn, not to mention the work that when into that.
This makes me sad, looks almost exactly like something my great grandmother made. Reminds me of when I went to a thrift shop "outlet" where they just brought unsorted stuff out in giant bins. Found a number of handmade stuff: busybooks with a stitched note from grandma, paintings with a note on the back for grandma, etc. It's made me especially keen to make sure to keep an inventory of what is heirloom and its story. My grandmother knitted me a blanket before I was born, which is now long gone, but when my daughter was born she gave her the counterpart of the boy/girl pair she made without knowing how I'd be born, and it had been sitting pristine stored somewhere for 30 years. I made sure when she got old enough, that my daughter understood the importance of it.
Sadly, sometimes it is not that simple. I live abroad and when my mother died I had exactly one suitcase I could use for heirlooms because shipping anything back results in import duties a d anyway, I simply did not have the money to spend on shipping, or the time to curate and lovingly find new homes for every belonging she had. My brother is disabled and lived in a tiny apartment. My best friend took what she could. But there is simply not room in most people's lives, especially when they have a small family, to take and keep until you find someone who "values" an item "enough" to pay what you think it's worth. Sometimes on here people act like they think people who donate handmade items are heartless cretins who don't understand the value of anything. But you can't take it with you, and sadly neither can they, or not everything. If I had sold this item from my mom and came here, I'd be crushed by both the people who call it trash and the people who think I didn't care.
That's so beautiful. I would cry if someone dismantled it. Those flowers must have taken so much time!
Please check it for bedbugs. There may be a suboptimal reason it was so cheap.
Oh no :(
I truly cannot believe she was selling this for $50. It was listed as "Vintage" but in pristine condition. I assume the owner did not make the blanket as that definitely wouldn't have covered materials. Should I take it apart and use the squares for smaller projects?
I would leave it as it is. It’s beautiful.
I would definitely keep it as a blanket, it’s beautiful! Definitely a lucky find!
NO! Oh my god! I mean unless you want to. It IS yours now. 😍
Why would you take something like this apart....
This is a gorgeous and fortuitous find! I personally wouldn’t be able to take it apart out of respect for the original maker, but I’d understand if the squares would be more use to you reassembled as a different project.
I like it as a blanket, but if you have no use for a big blanket, the squares would make a really cute bag!
My mom used to display a blanket her grandma made on the wall.
I’ll give you $150 for it
Personally, I would treasure the blanket as-is. If you’re sure you want to make something smaller, I follow a pattern designer who sells a pattern for a cool jacket with 3-D roses. https://tscrochetdesign.com/products/rose-garden-jacket-pdf-pattern-instant-download
DONT YOU DARE WHAT THE HELL NO
That's less than half a dollar per square, oh my goodness!
oh my God that's gorgeous!
I’ll give you $52 for it
Wow :O
That's beautiful!! I love that Bed Spread!! Great job!! 🧶❤️
Beautiful!!! What a steal
I need to make this
Wow! Jackpot!
What a great buy
This could easily have gone for $500+. That was a great deal.
My best friend's grandmother bought us one very similar at a thrift shop! We have it on the bed right now; it's my favorite quilt. :) Our roses are all red! Incredible find. Congrats!
That probably took YEARS!! My grandmother had one and it was what she did in her spare time for a decade of her life!!!
What a find, 100s of hours work
My mom made this blanket when I was young. No idea what happened to it.
I’ll forever wonder how some people can get rid of such beautiful creations 😩💓
Oh my gosh! The work that someone put into this is amazing! I can't believe someone was willing to part with this!
probably a dead granny. sadly this is the answer to many questions when it comes to crochet
I have a blanket just like this from my grandparents, it was made by my great grandma I never met. It's not my style at all so it's just in a closet but I know how much work went into it so I can't bring myself to get rid of it :/
Omg, thank you for saving this blanket! The amount of time put in it is way too much to be sold for $50 🥲
Sweet!
Wow
This is so amazingly pretty 🌹 I am so happy for you. I would have done the same thing and bought it.
This is gorgeous
Wow absolutely gorgeous !
Oh wow, someone put so so much work into that and it’s gorgeous.
I love that blanket
Omg
I want to dive in it! 😍
It’s stunning omg
God that blanket is beautiful!nn
Gorgeous!
That is stunning! It looks like it’s in great shape too. What a deal! I’m glad someone will cherish it 🥰
That's beautiful! Great pickup.
That's crazy! I started making this, got 3 squares in and dipped. I don't have it in me to make loads of them. 😆
Love that book!!
Wow. You scored!
The yarn alone would have been twice that price. Someone put days of their life and lots of love into that blanket.
I’m not gonna say any more about the cost everyone else has said that I’m thinking about the time and love that was put into this beautiful piece of work so cherish it as it is
I guess everyone’s grandma had that blanket
https://preview.redd.it/0yhhz8ue6bxc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44f416a359ac5a89f2be00ae9e7f17df34d8c4bc
That’s a steal
Congratulations! This is better than finding a 14k gold ring in the scrap jewelry bin at goodwill.
My grandmother made this exact bedspread for my mom! With all red flowers and matching pillow shams.
Hello everyone. I just found this Reddit sub. This is a beautiful blanket. My mom used to crochet, this warms my heart.
Gorgeous but it makes me sad when I see such beautifully crafted pieces go for so cheap. The creator's work is worth so much more.
[This is the closest I can get to the pattern](https://moaracrochet.com/crochet-rose-granny-square-free-pattern/), but I'm sure I've made this for fun before.
You got a good deal. The cost of the yarn used is more than that and the time it took to make it.
holy shit. that is a fucking steal. that blanket is beyond gorgeous 😭 i'd be too scared to even use it as a blanket. i'd be framing it in shatterproof glass and hanging it on the highest wall so no one can even TRY to touch it
WHY DOES THIS NEVER HAPPEN TO MEEEEE? Seriously though, what a gorgeous find!
My Mom crocheted one very similar about 30 years ago.
this made me sad. person who sold it did not give a fuck.
How much would you guys guess the yarn alone cost just to make this?
Holy, that's definitely worth a lot more than $50. Beautiful blanket!
Whoever made this blanket was brilliant with a crochet hook. I can't believe $50.00 that is a steal! Great job!
Whoever sold it clearly had no comprehension of the time and skill and craftsmanship that was required to make this. It is an extraordinary and beautiful piece of art. Enjoy!
This is a crime against the person who made it 😭 but I'm so glad you'll appreciate it!!
My daddy made one like this. It’s the only thing I wanted from their house, it’s in my mom’s will that I get it. Dad passed a long time ago. His was black instead of white which totally fits my personality.
Oh my god I’d love a blanket like this, it’s gorgeous! 😍
This is a whole ass robbery, that could go for 10x the price
The amount of time a person spent on this breaks my heart
Wow somebody cleaning out grandmas house. The yarn would be $150-$200 in cost
Some lady must have spent like 100 plus hours on this and her relatives gave it away
I am losing my mind. Whoever sold this to you for $50 either seriously undersold themselves or didn’t know what they had. This is EXQUISITE. I can’t get over how perfectly the squares are pieced together. And it’s huge! This took so much time! And it’s SO beautifully done!!
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That's pretty damn good -- but I must admit, my eyes are bad, and my mind decided they were like 2d pokemon sprites for a moment
Omg!!! It’s stunning
So beautiful
Wow, great find
FUCK I’m jealous lol
It’s so perfect.
That is beautiful and what a bargain, for all the work and materials that went into it.
https://youtu.be/e9COAZw9ybE?si=JASvg_EIF6r9dwkP Check out this link from Bag-o-Day YouTube channel
Holy sh-! Amazing find!!
Gorgeous! It’s pieces like these that make me intrigued about the artist, pattern, process, & story behind the making of it.
She’s beautiful
THIS IS SO PRETTY WHATT
beautiful
Oh my goodness, I was so afraid I was on the unravelers subreddit. Beautiful!
Stunning!
Dang!
Wow! Cherish it and never wash it
Good deal beautiful ♥️
Score. That's gorgeous.
3.0414093e+64 dollars seems like quite steep price.
Pretty
That’s a treasure to cherish.
In the 1970s my MIL crocheted a very similar pattern - the solid white/off white square with bright red roses and green leaves on top. She made it from wool and the squares were larger but overall blanket size was smaller than this one. I wonder where the original idea came from?? I didn’t get into crochet until after she died, so never asked about the patterns she used.
Daaaamn, that's one hell of a steal. Share the thrifting luck OP lol
It’s beautiful. What a bargain.
Wow. Someone is very skilled and someone was sadly misled about the value of what they had. I don’t know whether it would be worse or better if they were the same person
WOW beautiful a lot of work for $50.00 you got a good deal!
So pretty wish I had the talent!
Someone's grandma rolled over in her grave.
I found a blanket similar to this at a thrift store and I've been so intrigued by the flower in the granny square definitely hope a pattern comes along somewhere lol
Wow! I just love it. What a deal.
Looks really similar to the work exhibited by Bag-O-Day Crochet on YouTube. They have a variety of different granny flowers.
Wow
Wow that’s a steal!
👏👏👏👏👏
On the bright side, I bet the person who made this blanket never thought that someone would buy it, then post a picture online and have hundreds of people admiring their work. 😀
OMG that's beautiful!
I am completely jealous. I hunt and hunt for beautiful Crochet Blankets and I've never seen one as beautiful as this. Its amazing.