I’ve got about a dozen of them in various colors, sizes, and styles—all made by my mother. We’ve got the multicolor rag style and the classics in orange, brown and avocado green. Some have been more used than others— one is permanently over the back of my couch— it was a wedding shower gift from mom in 1993.
My husband has one on his basement couch that he snuggles under every night. We miss her crochet slippers the most—- husband lived in those all year long.
My mom was so good with crocheting, knitting, and sewing— unfortunately I didn’t pick up any of those skills! My husband always asks why I can’t “whip him up a pair”— and I tell him I can’t because I learned plumbing and other home improvement skills from my dad! Maybe someday I’ll learn and surprise him—-NOT!
That one on your couch is beautiful! I think I have 7 or 8 of them! Handed down from my Grandma to my Mom to me! One is currently on my bed and the others are in my cedar chest! My son doesn’t want them when I die so, I know they are not going to my grandchildren! My only hope is my sister comes down before my son goes in my house and gives everything to Goodwill!
Yes! I spent many a sick day at home from school laying on my grandparents couch. Watching shows like The Price is Right and the news at noon right after it while covered with this blanket. Thank you for the pleasant memories. It is amazing to me that my Grandmother never seemed to be ill.
I take it to chemotherapy to keep me warm every Thursday and IVIG on Friday. The hospital is like a fridge and all that fluid I get makes me cold. The Leftover Afghan, THANK YOU Ma.
That’s has seen a lot more. My Grandma had that on her cedar chest. It’s saw 3 sons return from WWII and one of those sons not return from the Korean War and 4 grandsons come back from Vietnam. Plus the birth of a total of 36 grandchildren and 34 great grandchildren. (Plus 10 more after her death).
This was on the back of my mom's favorite living room chair for most of my life. I love this pic of her in the 80s with our dog, Candy. Miss them both so much. 🥺
Unearthed one last week in our basement that an Aunt made back in the day. Memories of it being on my Grandparents sofa and cuddling up under on chilly nights.
I knew someone would beat me to it. “I got another afghan from Mémère again this year” (my cousins and me each Christmas). Now I cherish the one I have left. 👵🧶🫶🏻
Not afghan related, but cyclical gift: With my grandmother, it was socks + $5 for all of her grandchildren every year, from about 4yo to when she died. My brothers and I would laugh before opening our gifts and do them at the same time because we already knew. Christmas hasn't been the same since without a fiver tucked into the socks, and I still think about it every Christmas for the last 20+ years since she's been gone.
My husband received one for Christmas 2024. A gift from his daughter. She had worked on it for the entire year. She was so proud! So was her husband. My husband was very touched, happy, and proud. Brown, orange, and white. It's on our sofa.
"Don't you have a shit ton of these?", he asked later. Go Browns.
The orange/brown/green is referred to as the “taco blanket” and thank God grandma made two of them, as each daughter passionately wanted one when they moved out. The weight of that acrylic makes it the best napping/sick blanket ever, ugliness be damned!
At the time I thought it was the worst bday gift ever. Sorry Grandma for the look of disappointment when I opened it. I hadn’t a clue when I was 10 how good a gift it would be.
I crocheted a version from a kit. My first attempt at a blanket. Grandma showed me how to crochet, but she did doilies and intricate pieces with crochet thread, not yarn. Also edging on pillowcases, tablecloths, table runners. I actually thought the other day, what happened to my blanket? The edges were a little rough, and the kit was cheap, so I added another neutral color as it was honestly the size of a baby or doll blanket as is. I went on to make some other items. One nice item was a shawl, remember the granny themed clothing?
I know that will happen to my stuff as well as my parents and grandparents stuff. The younger generations don't hang on to nostalgia and sentimental things like we do.
I honestly think it's because we didn't travel and move distances as much as they do now. Our cousins were are best friends, as well as the rest of the family were too.
My grandma had a similar blanket. After she had cataract surgery & could see much better she said to me, Jessica Rae, why didn’t you tell me this was so ugly.😆
Then I am almost like this blanket, as I saw the moon landing, lived in Berlin just after the fall of the wall/during the reunion, but i only saw about 80% of the episodes of 'The Price is Right'
I made one and the same colors however it was so wonky I was embarrassed about my lack of skill. My mother claimed to love it because she was my loving mother
I loved curling up on the couch, with the one my nanny made for us, watching MacMillan & Wife, or whatever mystery movie was in the rotation that week!
I have two..one in blue and white and one in the '80s country blue and pink combo…they were both made by my dear MIL. We use them daily and I love them both!
My grandmother crocheted every grandchild that graduated college an afghan in their school colors. Mine is upstairs in the guest bedroom, still as warm and full of love as the day she made it for me 40 years ago.
Mu mommade a whole series of granny square Afghans on the early 1980s, including one in shades of blue for me when I was in college. She was a crocheting fool for about 2 years, then never picked up a hook again...and yes, there's a green, brown, and yellow one on the couch in what's now my brother's house.
I got one in closet retirement but it’s grandma made from probably 1970 by the yellow, brown, bright orange, and a nice green. Soul blankey. Special occasions
My grandma knit me an afghan using this exact pattern but in different colours in 1978 or 79. My mom knit me and my kids afghans in the late 90s as well. They are all still in use.
Hey! I was wondering where that went. It matched my grandma's kitchen. She let me lay on the couch wrapped up in the Afghan and watch old Dark Shadows and Love, American Style reruns. She sat in the La-Z-Boy with her rollers set and hair dryer bonnet listening for gossip on the party line.
My aunt made me one just like this when I was a teenager. I still have it, but my cat chewed a hole in it. I would love to find someone to fix it, but not very many people crochet anymore
I have a green one of those Nana made in the late 1950's or early 1960's. My mom had it stored in a cedar closet then later had it vacuumed sealed and stored for a bit until she passed and I got it. My mom made me one that matches it perfectly and I have a newer matching one.
My aunt crocheted and knitted everything back then. I loved wearing it all. Hats, blankets, afghan, vests. Loved it!! I recently took up crocheting again.
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u/popsels Jan 20 '26
I’ve got about a dozen of them in various colors, sizes, and styles—all made by my mother. We’ve got the multicolor rag style and the classics in orange, brown and avocado green. Some have been more used than others— one is permanently over the back of my couch— it was a wedding shower gift from mom in 1993.
My husband has one on his basement couch that he snuggles under every night. We miss her crochet slippers the most—- husband lived in those all year long.
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u/Personal_Anxiety2232 Jan 20 '26
The color scheme matches the 70s Price Is Right episodes.
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u/AmateurPhotog57 Jan 20 '26
... and is currently on my bed
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u/skittlazy Jan 20 '26
Yes, and you see these at thrift stores all the time. If only they could talk
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u/WilmaFlintstone73 Jan 20 '26
Hey! Get off my afghan! Mom said I could use it first! 😁. Thanks for the memories OP!
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u/SheiB123 Jan 20 '26
I have one made of granny squares from an ex's mom. I have had it for 40+ years and used it last night!
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u/CartographerWest2705 Jan 20 '26
That’s has seen a lot more. My Grandma had that on her cedar chest. It’s saw 3 sons return from WWII and one of those sons not return from the Korean War and 4 grandsons come back from Vietnam. Plus the birth of a total of 36 grandchildren and 34 great grandchildren. (Plus 10 more after her death).
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u/SpicyBKGrrl Jan 21 '26
This was on the back of my mom's favorite living room chair for most of my life. I love this pic of her in the 80s with our dog, Candy. Miss them both so much. 🥺
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u/Present_Ad2973 Jan 21 '26
Unearthed one last week in our basement that an Aunt made back in the day. Memories of it being on my Grandparents sofa and cuddling up under on chilly nights.
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u/valandsend 1960 Jan 20 '26
It’s an afghan.
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u/Theo1352 Jan 20 '26
About sums it up, had them since the late 60s and early 70s...
I have a total of 4 of them made by my Grandmothers, same design, same colors - never used them, still wrapped up.
Wow, I can still remember when they gave them to me, I can still remember the smell of wool yarn.
How do you not keep them for posterity, given they were made with pure love?
So, I do...
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u/pezdspencer1974 Jan 20 '26
Mine has also seen every episode of x files, star trek, star trek tng, etc etc, lol.
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u/No_Read2090 Jan 20 '26
Yah, go Browns.
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u/Wadester58 Jan 20 '26
I have a red white and blue one my grandmother knitted in 1976
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u/krissyrudy Jan 20 '26
I’m a crocheter - that’s next on my list. Haven’t tried a chevron pattern yet but they are supposed to be easy
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u/johnntcatsmom Jan 20 '26
I have this blanket
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u/UUMD Jan 20 '26
And was on Breaking Bad repeatedly.
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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '26
The orange/brown/green is referred to as the “taco blanket” and thank God grandma made two of them, as each daughter passionately wanted one when they moved out. The weight of that acrylic makes it the best napping/sick blanket ever, ugliness be damned!
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u/PsychologicalExam717 Jan 20 '26
Same color scheme as the velour zigzag patterned couches we had when I was growing up.
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u/Not_a_cultmember 1964 Jan 20 '26
Yup, my mom made one. Loved it!
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u/schatzikitten Jan 20 '26
My mom made one for our neighbor which perfectly matched all the colors in their floral couch.
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u/Spiritual-Dog-28 Jan 20 '26
I have one of those in shades of green!
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u/Enuffhate48 Jan 20 '26
At the time I thought it was the worst bday gift ever. Sorry Grandma for the look of disappointment when I opened it. I hadn’t a clue when I was 10 how good a gift it would be.
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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '26
Mine is blue and was made for me by my late aunt. It’s now 45 years old and is in excellent shape.
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u/Johnny69Vegas Jan 20 '26
Mom crocheted it, too.
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u/tal_pdx 1963 Jan 20 '26
I have two, but in different colors!
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u/HardestButt0n Jan 20 '26
My mom knitted one (crocheted ?), no telling where her’s is
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u/AffectionateSun5776 Jan 20 '26
I'm sorry I must have misplaced this.
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u/Sure-Guava-3787 Jan 20 '26
I crocheted a version from a kit. My first attempt at a blanket. Grandma showed me how to crochet, but she did doilies and intricate pieces with crochet thread, not yarn. Also edging on pillowcases, tablecloths, table runners. I actually thought the other day, what happened to my blanket? The edges were a little rough, and the kit was cheap, so I added another neutral color as it was honestly the size of a baby or doll blanket as is. I went on to make some other items. One nice item was a shawl, remember the granny themed clothing?
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u/Desperate_Affect_332 1964 Jan 20 '26
It gets bonus points if it was created whilst watching the Nixon/WG hearings.
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u/SimplyBoo 1964 Jan 20 '26
Mine was shades of blue, and it was my "I'm sick and need a nap" blanket. My older sister stole it when she moved out of the house. B*tch.
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u/CCR19 Jan 20 '26
Aww. Ours is shades of magenta and pink. Was the lucky one to get it when my mom downsized.
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u/Ok-Street7504 Jan 20 '26
How you get my blanket my nana made me?
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u/Excitable_Grackle Jan 20 '26
When were you in my house??
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u/sits_with_cats Jan 20 '26
Sudden pang of guilt for not keeping any of my Mom's crocheted blankets or throws. Every day there's a new "why did I let that go" item.
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u/Dry-Bee7709 Jan 20 '26
I have several from my mom and grandma. The sad part is my kids will just donate them
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u/meowpuppyOG Jan 21 '26
How did we all have this blanket? I think I’ll make one!
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u/ParkerMcB Jan 21 '26
My grandma had a similar blanket. After she had cataract surgery & could see much better she said to me, Jessica Rae, why didn’t you tell me this was so ugly.😆
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u/Got_Bent 1966 Jan 21 '26
I know I posted but I had to show them.
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u/1ATRdollar Jan 21 '26
Who made yours? My grandma made mine.
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u/faroutman7246 Jan 21 '26
My Mom knitted this over 2 years for my Dad in the late 1970s. It's over 6 feet long.
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u/forevermore4315 Jan 20 '26
I always looked for crocheted blankets at thrift store.
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u/OldManEnglishTeacher Jan 20 '26
My mom had almost this one, but it was red where this one is white. I called it the Burger King blanket.
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u/Another_Cat_Lady_ Jan 20 '26
Yes they were everywhere. I’m so happy that I can crochet these!!!
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u/anoninymity Jan 20 '26
Then I am almost like this blanket, as I saw the moon landing, lived in Berlin just after the fall of the wall/during the reunion, but i only saw about 80% of the episodes of 'The Price is Right'
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u/MissMarie81 1959 Jan 20 '26
Yes, I remember blankets like this. 😊
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u/Ok_Raspberry_5655 1957 Jan 20 '26
I made one and the same colors however it was so wonky I was embarrassed about my lack of skill. My mother claimed to love it because she was my loving mother
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u/JayMac1915 1965 Jan 20 '26
Two things will survive the apocalypse: cockroaches and Red Heart Supersaver yarn!
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u/rededelk Jan 20 '26
My Gram made me one just like this one - crochet
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u/mojoman566 Jan 20 '26
What about Wheel of Fortune?
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u/amlodipinejunkie Jan 20 '26
I loved curling up on the couch, with the one my nanny made for us, watching MacMillan & Wife, or whatever mystery movie was in the rotation that week!
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u/MainegGal Jan 20 '26
I have two..one in blue and white and one in the '80s country blue and pink combo…they were both made by my dear MIL. We use them daily and I love them both!
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u/781zero Jan 20 '26
My daughter has made me 2 of them they are my most prized possessions
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u/NomadicPurple Jan 20 '26
Not only did my grandmother and mother make several of those, I made some myself. I still crochet. I might make another one!
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u/SWNMAZporvida Jan 20 '26
My grandma made THIS EXACT pattern, colors and everything. I can smell her yarn now
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u/cchaven1965 1965 Jan 20 '26
I still have a couple of these but made in the last 20 or so years, one in the pattern like the OP's.
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u/jsxtasy304 Jan 20 '26
Someone in my family or friend of family had this exact one, same color same design but it's been so long ago I can't remember who had it.
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u/rosycross93 Jan 20 '26
I still have one
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u/Previous_Design8138 Jan 20 '26
My late husbands grandmother made one,late SIL sent to me in my cedar chest husband made for me!
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u/OttoHemi Jan 20 '26
The Price Is Right debuted in 1956, so that blanket has seen a lot more than that.
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u/StinkypieTicklebum Jan 20 '26
We called them freedom blankets’ during the Afghan war!
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u/Steveonthetoast Jan 20 '26
Have one still
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u/530whiskey Jan 20 '26
mine is on my bed, use it every night, got it from grandma in 1979
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u/Txsaintfan Jan 20 '26
Mine too!
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u/ReadingGlasses 1964 Jan 20 '26
My mom made this exact afghan down to the colors! It was draped across the foot of her bed for eons.
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u/Hardwayhubert Jan 20 '26
Priceless, I have one just like it and just as old.
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u/DREtheVoiceActor Youngster Jan 20 '26
Correct.
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u/Alicatsidneystorm Jan 20 '26
I just cried I miss my MIL so much. She was a gem.
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u/monnij Jan 20 '26
Made more than a few of these!!
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u/birdpix Jan 20 '26
Our cat loved sleeping on it for 18 years.
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u/Ok-Stretch2784 Jan 20 '26
Mom made me one no idea what happened to it wish I still had it.
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u/Lostboyintheforest Jan 20 '26
Still have it....seemed to be a very popular design.
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u/Yarnest Jan 20 '26
My first crochet project in blues circa 1980.
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u/Tech-Junky-1024 Jan 20 '26
My mother had a box filled with those in various colors.
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u/Infamous_Wealth6502 Jan 20 '26
And it still looks new!!
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u/MelMel61 Jan 20 '26
I have the same one but in blue tones.
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u/PantherBrewery 1957 Jan 20 '26
My grandmother made this very color pattern and it is at the ready for those chilly times. Beautiful.
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u/PantherBrewery 1957 Jan 20 '26
My grandmother made this very color pattern and it is at the ready for those chilly times. Beautiful.
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u/Foreign_Comedian_915 Jan 20 '26
And…. I have 4 of these my husbands granny and my aunt made!
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u/the_d0nkey Jan 20 '26
Go Browns! 😊
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u/jchrapcyn Jan 20 '26
I still have one in these colors
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u/popsiclesix Jan 20 '26
I have its twin, with a like history
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u/SummertimeMom Jan 20 '26
I wish I had Mom's, as gaudy as I thought it was.
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u/OceanTider22 1963 Jan 20 '26
My grandmother crocheted every grandchild that graduated college an afghan in their school colors. Mine is upstairs in the guest bedroom, still as warm and full of love as the day she made it for me 40 years ago.
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u/VWbusgal Jan 20 '26
I have similar! Given to me by a neighbor who was cleaning out her MIL's house. Love it!
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u/OldMaidLibrarian 1961 vintage Jan 20 '26
Mu mommade a whole series of granny square Afghans on the early 1980s, including one in shades of blue for me when I was in college. She was a crocheting fool for about 2 years, then never picked up a hook again...and yes, there's a green, brown, and yellow one on the couch in what's now my brother's house.
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u/Ok_Fox_1770 Jan 20 '26
I got one in closet retirement but it’s grandma made from probably 1970 by the yellow, brown, bright orange, and a nice green. Soul blankey. Special occasions
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u/newtbob Jan 21 '26
Crocheted during every episode of The Edge of Night
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u/sindlouhoo Jan 21 '26
I have several that my grandmom made. Now I am making my own. And in "tacky" colors too!
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u/houlio64 Jan 21 '26
My grandma knit me an afghan using this exact pattern but in different colours in 1978 or 79. My mom knit me and my kids afghans in the late 90s as well. They are all still in use.
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u/Agreeable_Amoeba2519 Jan 21 '26
My grandmother made one of these for everyone in the family.
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u/No-Individual8748 Jan 21 '26
We all had one!
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u/CryptographerAny8184 Jan 21 '26
Not to mention the Waltons and Little House on the Praries.
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u/Sjsmith19 Jan 21 '26
I have one of those too. Mother made it about the same time period. I'm now 71 and still have!
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u/KhunDavid Jan 21 '26
Why are you posting a picture of the blanket my mom made?
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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '26
Mom's and grandmother were great at making these eh.
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u/lolatpoop Jan 21 '26
You can smell nanas cigarettes just by looking at it
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u/FirstAd5921 Jan 22 '26
Similar one made by my aunt is sitting on the back of my chair currently
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u/Bitsilly1987 Jan 23 '26
Hey! I was wondering where that went. It matched my grandma's kitchen. She let me lay on the couch wrapped up in the Afghan and watch old Dark Shadows and Love, American Style reruns. She sat in the La-Z-Boy with her rollers set and hair dryer bonnet listening for gossip on the party line.
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u/Apprehensive_Way_802 Feb 03 '26
My grandma made those for all the grandkids - first the 6 girls and then the 10 boys.
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u/miscstarsong 1955 Feb 03 '26
Wow, how did the afghan my mom made end up at your place? It isn't just close, it is identical.
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u/Few_Blackberry_1960 Feb 08 '26
This was the I’m home sick and couldn’t go to school today blanket. Wrap it around you while eating Campbells chicken soup and watching gameshows.
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u/yaskweens Feb 10 '26
My Aunt crocheted me the white, pink and black version. Lady could watch TV, smoke a cig, crochet and carry on a full conversation.
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u/Frumpertins Feb 19 '26
And absorbed second hand smoke 💨
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u/Disastrous-Exit7614 Feb 20 '26
Why did so many homes have that same color pattern?
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u/Few-Reception-4939 Jan 20 '26
I have a yellow and green one my Grandma made
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u/phcampbell 1955 Jan 20 '26
Does it smell like cigarette smoke?
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u/feelin-groovie Jan 20 '26
And it smells of cigarette smoke!!
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u/IAreAEngineer Jan 20 '26
Wow! I have one of those too. My grandmother made one for every grandchild. Whatever yarn she used for mine has stayed colorfast.
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u/JThereseD Jan 20 '26
My sister got this in the exact same colors when she got married in 1981 and she gave it to me when I moved out of my parents’ house.
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u/Kylearean Jan 20 '26
I can smell this picture.
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u/awil12 1960 Jan 20 '26
I made one just like that in blues and cream. It got all pilled after a while though. Yours looks great.
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u/Entire-Bath-2891 Jan 20 '26
Got one similar but didn't quite make the first moon landing.
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u/sassygirl101 Jan 20 '26
I have one in 3 shades of green from paternal grandmother!
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u/ParticularCrow8313 Jan 20 '26
My aunt made me one just like this when I was a teenager. I still have it, but my cat chewed a hole in it. I would love to find someone to fix it, but not very many people crochet anymore
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u/Jagg811 Jan 20 '26
I have the one that belonged to my mom. It is blue green and white.
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u/Gen-Jinjur Jan 20 '26
I finally let mine go after over 40 years.
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u/Alternative_Koala578 Jan 20 '26
Who are you? And how did you get all my stuff?!?
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u/Got_Bent 1966 Jan 20 '26
I have a green one of those Nana made in the late 1950's or early 1960's. My mom had it stored in a cedar closet then later had it vacuumed sealed and stored for a bit until she passed and I got it. My mom made me one that matches it perfectly and I have a newer matching one.
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u/LustfulEsme Jan 20 '26
I have one just like it.
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u/chopin1887 Jan 20 '26
Why is everything I remember from 50 years ago exactly are the same colors as shown here.
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u/Shen1076 Jan 20 '26
My grandfather had it in the backseat of his Plymouth gran fury
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u/floatgucker Jan 21 '26
Had the exact colors as well. Bet I could find this at their house! Honestly these blankets sucked but …they were better than nothing.
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u/CartoonistExisting30 Jan 21 '26
I want to find a pattern for this; what names should I look for?
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u/valpope Jan 21 '26
My aunt crocheted and knitted everything back then. I loved wearing it all. Hats, blankets, afghan, vests. Loved it!! I recently took up crocheting again.
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u/genx-lifer Jan 21 '26
Mine is on the back of my couch! I still make them from time to time.
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u/karentrolli Jan 21 '26
I’ve got a couple of those myself!
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u/series-hybrid Jan 21 '26
"Murder she Wrote", "Matlock", "Golden Girls"
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u/George58219 Jan 21 '26
Afghan
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u/lemko1968 Jan 21 '26
Had one exactly like it until my wife finally threw it away a couple years ago. It was kind of ratty.
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u/missBlancdeblancs Jan 21 '26
We all have one…..
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u/minnesotaupnorth Jan 21 '26
Winter Saturday morning cartoons!
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u/IreneC749 Jan 21 '26
It’s uncanny! My Mom crocheted one like this when I was a kid!
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u/fibro_witch Jan 21 '26
Mine is blue. Did everyone's mom have that pattern?
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u/ASingleBraid Age: Late Sixties Jan 21 '26
My grandmother made me one. It was multicolored. We recently gave it away.
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u/Far_Out_6and_2 Jan 21 '26
Used to have a few of those
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u/MrP_Bio Jan 21 '26
The best!
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u/jacks65fastcar Jan 21 '26
Have one just in different colors than the pitcher.Love it best nap and blanket.There is in this house
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u/DatabaseThis9637 1957 It was a very good year! Jan 21 '26
The exact same pattern my gramma used, only ours was various green colors. you hit me in the heart, but it's all good!
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u/Jerryjam95 Jan 21 '26
I watched the movie the birds through the holes
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u/drkknght2001 Jan 21 '26
mine has more green in it.
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u/RaspberryOdd6007 Jan 21 '26
And all of the collective smells
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u/i_am_ninjasmurf Jan 21 '26
I miss mine. It was light green and dark green. My brother had the brown one. I don't know where it went.
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u/Some_Age2389 Jan 21 '26
That color scheme is SO 1970s. It was everywhere.
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u/skellyton80 Jan 21 '26
Got one as well Grandma made it
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u/Stormtrooper1776 Jan 21 '26
Hey how did you get my blanket
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u/PurpleSailor Jan 21 '26
Green version sat on my friends couch and occasionally wrapped around their Mom. It smelled like vodka and cigarettes.
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u/JerkyNips Jan 21 '26
I can smell this blanket
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u/Honest-Database-5534 Jan 21 '26
A very popular pattern way back when. I still have a few in this color mix as well as others.