Baby - Block 12

"The Impala, of course, has all the things other cars have... and a few things they don't. But one of that stuff's important. This is the stuff that's important: the army man that Sam crammed in the ashtray - it's still stuck there. The Legos that Dean shoved into the vents - to this day, heat comes on and they can hear 'em rattle. These are the things that make the car theirs - really theirs. Even when Dean rebuilt her from the groud up, he made sure all these little things stayed, 'cause it's the blemishes that make her beautiful" ~ Chuck Shurley, 5.22 Swan Song

The '67 Chevy Impala. A muscle car that when the engine is revved, the whole block hears it. This was John Winchester's car. He later gave the car to Dean. John originally planned on buying a VW Van, but because of Dean and Sam time traveling, Dean ended up convincing his dad to purchase the Impala. He late nicknamed the car Baby. Almost every adventure the Winchester brothers go on involves driving this car. 

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Get the Salt ~ Block 11

"Don't trust everything you see, even salt looks like sugar but if you make this mistake you will quickly realize your error once you take a taste" ~ unknown

Salt was one of the purest substances. Salt is used to preserve, and purify which is why it is used in paranormal lore to protect. Supernatural is not the first, nor will it be the last show to use salt in a ring for protection. The movie Hocus Pocus also says to form a ring of salt for protection. If both shows say it is true... if you hear something that goes bump in the night, don't be afraid to get the salt... you might need it.

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Apple Pie - Block 10

"Good apples are a considerable part of our domestic happiness" ~ Jane Austen

Make you hungry? Yeah, me too. One thing that is mentioned or shown in almost every episode of Supernatural is pie...Apple pie. When the boys are researching they need pie. When they are troubled, they need pie. If they do not feel good, they need pie...Pie is an important cure-all. So go get you an apple pie and make your day better.

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Dean Winchester - Block 9

"Life itself is worth living for. If you're not living that life you want, you fight for that life" ~ Jensen Ackles

Dean Winchester, the oldest son of John and Mary Winchester. He became a surrogate father to his little brother, Sam after his mother's death. John was so obsessed with finding the demon that killed Mary that he often left the Winchester boys alone and as such, Dean developed an overwhelming urge to protect Sam, even to the point of literally going to Hell or selling his soul to protect Sam. For Dean, family means more than anything else, even saving the world. Dean and Sam had the opportunity to close the Gates of Hell but closing those gate would have killed Sam and Dean stopped the process at the last minute. In Dean's mind, protecting Sam is his 1st and foremost job, even if that protection means deceiving Sam. Dean lives by the simple rule, Save people, hunt things, eat pie, and protect the family.

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Zeppelin Rulez ~ Block 8

"Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run there's still time to change the road you're on" ~ Zeppelin

One of Dean's big trademarks is his love of music, and not just any music, but hard rock. At the beginning of the series, the Winchesters were helping out a family with a little boy. As Dean was leaving the boy, he says, "And don't forget Zeppelin Rulez!" I just knew that had to be a part of this afghan. After doing some research, I love the quote above, because it is also one of the major themes in the series. The Winchesters are constantly given two separate paths to choose from, and often they have to leave the road they are on to follow a different path which gives them different consequences. So just remember, if you don't like the path you have taken, change it... and ZEPPELIN RULEZ!

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Harry Potter Graphs

So with my life as hectic as it is, I'm not exactly sure when I will have the chance to put the rest of my harry potter graphs into patterns, so I have decided to just share the graphs as is, and when I get a chance to make the patterns pretty and such I will go ahead and update. So I hope this helps those that have been anxiously awaiting my graphs. Each of these graphs are 30x30 and the row counts are set up for corner to corner.

 "Alas, Ear wax" bean block

"Always" block                     

"Books" block

 "Crookshanks" Block

"Draco Malfoy" Block

 "Fawks" Block

 "Hermione" Block

 "Slythern Locket" Block

 "Luna's Glasses" Block

Luna Lovegood Block

 Potion Block

 Ring Block

Ron Weasley Block

 Wormtail Block

 Severus Snape Block

Sirius Black Block

 S.P.E.W. Block

 Sword of Griffindor Block

 Time Turner Block

 Voldemort Block

 "Wizards Chess" Block

Bobby Singer ~ Block 7

"Family don't end with blood" ~ Bobby Singer

There are not a lot of people in this world that can truly love another person's child as their own. Bobby Singer is once such individual. With John Winchester constantly on the move searching for the demon with yellow eyes that killed his wife, Bobby Singer took on the role of a father figure to the young Winchester boys. They would spend a lot of time with him, he taught them everything. He laughed with the boys, did research for Sam and Dean when they needed help, and loved them dearly. He wasn't afraid to scold Sam and Dean when they needed it, or protect them when it was necessary. He even delayed going to heaven when he died so he could continue to help the boys in their quest to save the world from the latest evil. Bobby was truly an amazing man.

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Angel Wings ~ Block 6

"Angels walk among us, sometimes the only thing we may not see are the wings upon their backs." ~ Molly Friedenfeld

In the world of Supernatural, Angels use humans as host bodies and while they "live" (relative term) their wings are not seen, but when they die, their wings spread out majestically from their body.


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Castiel ~ Block 5

"You don't have to be ruled by fate. You can choose freedom. And I still believe that is something worth fighting for" ~ Castiel

Oh, Castiel...Wherefore art thou Castiel? He has such good intentions, but as the saying goes, The world is paved with good intentions. He tries really hard to make good choices and do what's best for mankind, but it doesn't always work out that way. In his efforts to fix the world, he often makes matters worse. You can't fault them man for trying right?


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Handprint ~ Block #4

"I'm the one who gripped you tight and raised you from perdition" ~ Castiel

When Dean went literally to Hell, Castiel grabbed hold of him and raised him up. The force it took left an handprint scar on Dean's arm. I like the idea of having someone protect me and raise me up if I fall.

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Sam Winchester

"It doesn't matter what you are. It only matter what you do. It's your choice" ~ Sam Winchester

Sam, Sammy, Sam... The man that was once fed demon blood to help take over the world... The man that fell in love with a demon...The man that really just wants to be normal. He literally went to hell to save Dean and the world... He is Lucifer's host body. He is the heart of the brothers. He looks for the good in the world, but has no problems sacrificing himself to save it. A selfless hero.

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Devil's Trap ~ Block #2

"The Devil's trap is a mystical symbol used to immobilize and control demons. It is similar to a circle of salt but more powerful and persistent as it is usually etched or painted in place, and can't simply be brushed or blown away. If a demon walks inside the outer circle of a devil's trap, it cannot physically leave it, and is trapped" (Super-wiki).

All good hunters need to know how to make a devil's trap. This thing has saved Sam and Dean's lives on more than one occasion. It is useful to be able to torture those ugly demons, or to just keep the nasties away long enough to use a more powerful object like iron, or Ruby's knife. Just be aware, unless you are a demon you shouldn't have anything to fear.

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Horcrux Block Pattern

"Well, you split your soul, you see, and hide part of it in an object outside the body. Then, even if one’s body is attacked or destroyed, one cannot die, for part of the soul remains earthbound and undamaged. But of course, existence in such a form . . ." ~ Slughorn (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)

Can you imagine... being immortal? Having your soul split into pieces... the pain, and torment that could cause? I can't imagine it. I guess I just don't have the guts to live on forever... but then again, I also am not one for world domination. In any case, that evil villan we all love to hate did it. Most people that attempted to create a horcrux could only do it one time, but not him... not "He Who Must Not Be Named". Nope, this dude had guts, and not just some wimpy guts, he had massive room filling guts, that allowed him to split his soul not once, not twice, not even thrice (three times), but SIX times. Yes, that's right! Six!!!!! Ok, so actually he did it seven times, but he didn't mean to create the last horcrux. That was an accident. When he tried to kill Harry, and his plan failed, he accidently created a horcrux in Harry.... Not exactly sure how it happened, but hey, I don't need to know. :-p. 

So, as you can see from the above picture there are only 6 horcrux's shown and didn't I just mention that he split his soul into 7 pieces? Well, the reason that there isn't a 7th pattern showing with these 6 is because #7 is Harry... again mentioned above. I have already released the Harry pattern so I felt it was kind of redundant to do it again... Make sense? Quiz time... How many horcrux's???

SEVEN!!!! Good job, now get your hooks and yarn out and start crocheting these amazing blocks.

***Just a quick note...Normally when I release a pattern I have both a 25x25 and 30x30 block, but to get more patterns out to the public quicker I will only be releasing the graphs in size 30x30. Many I already have smaller and eventually I will update the pdf, but for now, I hope this at least helps. ***

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Supernatural ~ Join the Hunt

“Honestly, I think the world’s going to end bloody. But it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t fight. We do have choices.” ~ Dean Winchester

Are you ready to party??? The supernatural crochet-a-long is starting today. If the room suddenly turns cold, or you hear bumps in the night, don't blame me... get the salt. You might just have a ghost in the house.

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***Update*** I just updated the pdf to include the written instruction and yardage for this block. Enjoy! I look forward to seeing everyone's work!

***Update*** The written instructions for line 4 has been corrected.

Supernatural Afghan

I don't know if anyone else is as excited as I am, but I am finally ready to unveil my Supernatural afghan layout. This crochet-a-long will start tomorrow, 8/1, and a new block will be released every week except for the 1st block, the title block. I plan on giving everyone 3 weeks to complete it since it is so big. I will release the new patterns every Monday @ 8:00am. I designed this afghan to be completed in the bobble stitch using a size "H" - 5.00 mm hook. Make sure to join our Facebook group for more inspiration, tips, and tricks.

Color and yardage chart

                       Block                                                   Release Date

Block 1 ~ Supernatural - Join the Hunt -- 8/1
Block 2 ~ Devil's Trap -- 8/22
Block 3 ~ Sam Winchester -- 8/29
Block 4 ~ Handprint -- 9/5
Block 5 ~ Castiel -- 9/12
Block 6 ~ Angel Wings -- 9/19
Block 7 ~ Bobby Singer -- 9/26
Block 8 ~ Zepplin Rulez -- 10/3
Block 9 ~ Dean Winchester -- 10/10
Block 10 ~ Pie -- 10/17
Block 11 ~ Get the Salt -- 10/24
Block 12 ~ Baby/Carry on my Wayward Son -- 10/31
Block 13 ~ Anti-possession Symbol  -- 11/7

Rubeus Hagrid Block

“I am what I am, an’ I’m not ashamed. 'Never be ashamed,’ my ol’ dad used ter say, ‘there’s some who’ll hold it against you, but they’re not worth botherin’ with" ~ Rubeus Hagrid

Hagrid is one of those characters that you love to love. He is the gentle giant, protector and friend of Harry Potter. He is a fierce defender of his friends and loved ones, and heaven forbid you cross him, you might just end up with a rat's tail. I hope you enjoy making the Hagrid block as much as I did. 

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Professor Albus Dumbledore Graph

"It is our choices that show us what we truly are far more than our abilities" ~ Albus Dumbledore

Professor Dumbledore has always been one of my favorite characters in the Harry Potter series. From the very beginning, you could tell that he truly loved young Harry. He treated Harry like a son, and as a father figure, he made choices that were sometimes great, sometimes not so great, just like any parent. **Spoiler** When he died, it nearly broke my heart. I hope you enjoy this graph.

**Note** From this point on, the pattern will no longer feature the finished product that the other patterns have. I will eventually update with the a picture of the finished product. I decided to forgo waiting for the finished product so I can get the graphs out quicker for those that have been patiently waiting.

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The Homemade Way is Growing

Hey everyone, I hope you are all excited for the fun that is coming. I decided that to make a facebook group for anyone interested in the Supernatural and any future crochet alongs, and also for anyone that likes to have fun and share. If interested, CLICK HERE for the link to the facebook group. I look forward to seeing a ton of creative ideas.

Supernatural Countdown

Hey Crochet and Superfan folks! I just wanted to remind you all that the Supernatural crochet-a-long will be starting in just a few short days!!! This thing is EPIC!!! It will have our hero's, Dean, Sam and Bobby. It will have our favorite Angel Castiel. Several of the most epic symbols such as Pie, and the handprint, and so much more!!! Come join the fun! The crochet-a-long will be starting 8/1. Get those hooks ready. As a sneak peak, here is the top banner... whatcha think? Don't forget to #jointhehunt.

Supernatural Crochet-a-long

Hey Supernatural fans and crochet fans! I have decided to do a crochet-a-long starting August 1. It is going to be EPIC! I have the ultimate Super-Fan in my family to assist with designing this thing, but I would also love to hear from other fans what they think should be included in the afghan. I will take suggestions from now until 7/23. Just post a comment of the items you feel should be included... of course the afghan will include the logo (below), Sam, Dean, Cas, the car, and Crowley... but I am also open to many more suggestions. So post those comments below and let's get this SN party STARTED!!! (said in best WWE announcer voice).

And for those wondering about the rest of the Harry Potter Graphs, They will all be released by August 1... so it is going to be a super busy next couple weeks. 

Harry Potter Block

"Pity you can't attach an extra arm to yours, Malfoy. Then it could catch the snitch for you." 

~Harry Potter

Harry Potter, The Boy Who Lived. The boy that was targeted for death, but through his mother’s love survived and became one of the most famous wizards in the Wizarding World.

He was the boy that slept in the closet under the stairs; he could talk to snakes; who was one of the youngest Quidditch seekers; who battled one of the greatest evils the world had ever known; who was loved so much by his parents that they gave their lives for him; who also gave his own life for his friends and family, his name is Harry Potter. 

Ever since J.K. Rowling published Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone the world has been in love with Harry. A boy that experienced one of the most tragic losses one can face, the death of his parents, and grew up in a home that despised him, yet the boy still had a kind an generous heart. He faced trolls, evil teachers, curses, and one of the most vile of men imaginable to conquer all. 

With that, I give you the Harry Potter Block. I hope you enjoy it.

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Professor Minerva McGonagall

She’s a woman, she’s a cat…she’s the amazing Professor Minerva McGonagall!

After the death of Harry Potter’s parents, Professor McGonagall took on a substitute mother roll for Harry, whether or not he liked it. She took on a protector roll as the Griffindor House "Mother" (if you will). She encouraged Harry to greatness by allowing him to join the house Quidditch team, she scolded Harry (and his friends) when they needed it, such as when they were late to class or battled the troll alone, she fought like a mother bear to protect Harry from the evils that entered his life from Harry's horrible family, to the evil Professor Umbridge; and she loved him as a mother loves her child. Her quick wit, and fiesty temper made her one of my favorite characters.

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Marvolo Gaunt's Ring - Horcrux #2

~That ring carried a curse of extraordinary power, to contain it is all we can hope for; I have trapped the curse in one hand for the time being --" --Severus Snape

Marvolo Gaunt was Tom Riddle's maternal grandfather. In trying to make himself invincible Tom placed a powerful curse on the ring. Unbeknownst to Tom, the stone in the ring was also known as the ressurection stone. Dumbledore later found the ring, and was tempted and put on the ring, which was the true reason that he died. Dumbledore was able to crack the stone with the sword of Griffindor and break the curse.

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Platform 9 3/4

Harry: Excuse me sir, can you tell me where I might find Platform Nine and Three-Quarters?
Station Guard: Nine and Three-Quarters? Think you're being funny do ya? [muttering to himself]
Station Guard: Nine and Three-Quarters!

The Platform 9 3/4 was such an iconic place for Harry. 1st, the platform was the "door" that led Harry to the wizarding world where he would learn about him, his parents, magic, and quidditch. 2nd, The platform was where Harry met his best friend Ron Weasley and they would experience the unimaginable.

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Graphs are a-coming

Hey everyone! I just wanted you all to know that I am still alive over here and working on getting my graphs finished. I do apologize for the long delay. Between working 2 jobs, sickness, exhaustion, and creative struggles I have had a hard time finding the mo-jo to get everything finished. I do want to say, that more graphs are on their way. While I may not have posted anything for a while, I have been working on getting them finished. I have the graphs for the 30x30 graphs ready to go, but I have been asked on countless occasions to make them 25x25 for those that were apart of the twoheartscrochet crochet-a-long, so shrinking these things down has not been an easy task, but I've gotten most of them done. So if you will bare (bear? bere? haha j/k) with me, You shall have the rest of the graphs as promised. Thank you so much for following along.

Lightning Bolt Block

"Never be ashamed of a scar, it simply means you were stronger than what tried to hurt you" 

~ Unknown

In the wizarding world, there is one, who defied all the odds, one that was protected from some of the most powerful magic imaginable by his mother's love, who survived when no one else did, who was the chosen one... his name is Harry Potter. After an attack by a very powerful wizard, he was left with a very identifiable mark, a lightning bolt scar. In my afghan I am choosing to include this scar and I am sharing the pattern. There are two sizes of block patterns, a 30x30 block and a 25x25 block. The pattern includes a graph for both sizes, along with written instructions for both blocks for those that do not like to use the graph. I would love to see your work.

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Hogwarts Crest

"We must all face the choice between what is right and what is good " ~ Albus Dumbledore

As I mentioned before, I joined the amazing Harry Potter Crochet-along designed by the amazing Alexandra from twoheartscrochet.com. I knew immediately that I had to join this crochet-along. The original crest had a black background, but when I was looking at the graph, I realized that I loved the look of the black border on the outside of the crest. So my only real question was, what color should I do the crest on? I saw some amazing work where people had used alternate colors, such as black but then putting a white border on it, around the outside black border, black, gray and even a purple background. When I saw the gray background I knew that was the perfect fit for me. The next question was, which crest should I do, the detailed one below, or the simple version without the animals...I'm a glutton for punishment, so I went with the detailed version.

Here is a picture of my finished product. I still have to weave the ends in. I am working on that. I will update the picture when I get the ends fixed. 

The picture doesn't do just to the size of this thing. It is HUGE! I did my crest in the double crochet corner to corner stitch. I wanted the crest to be the focal point of the afghan and guess what?!?!?! it truly is. If I had to do it all over again, I would have done the block in the mini corner to corner which uses the half-double crochet or a single crochet from side to side. But I still love how it looks.

Harry Potter Graph Afghan, aka Graphgan

As promised, today is the start of my Harry Potter Afghan. This afghan is comprised of 37 separate blocks. Most of these blocks I have created, but there are a few blocks that were created by someone else that I modified, and then some that were created by another blogger completely. For the blocks that were created by the other blogger, I will link back to her website. I will also give credit where credit is due to the those that inspired my creation.

This project started because another blogger from Twoheartscrochet.com started a Harry Potter Crochet-along. The project is comprised of 13 blocks, 1 large crest, and 12 surrounding blocks. My whole intention was to follow her patterns and recreate her afghan, but I have been surrounded by a lot of creative juices. Many in the crochet-along started creating such amazing work I knew I had to also give it a shot. There were way too many wonderful ideas and not enough space, so I decided to make my afghan unique. Instead of doing 12 individual blocks around the crest, I decided to do only the crest and the four corner blocks in a corner-to-corner stitch in double crochet, and the remaining blocks will be completed in single crochet, so it will take 4 blocks to fill the larger blocks. I am pretty pleased with my progress. I found both the Harry Potter banner and the broom banner on Pinterest, but alas I can no longer locate the broom banner website. As I complete each phase of this project I will attach a PDF link for anyone wanting to use my graphs. I hope you enjoy making this afghan as much as I am enjoying it.

***Update*** So I ran into a problem with some of my graphs. I found that some of the smaller graphs did not look as good as I would have liked when crocheted in the single-crochet stitch like I had planned, so I modified my original layout back to the original layout, the crest in the middle with 12 blocks surrounding it. I don't like it nearly as much as I liked my original idea, but alas, whatcha gonna do about. With my time constraints (the afghan will be donated to the silent auction for my family reunion) I decided 12 additional blocks were a lot easier to accomplish than 37. LOL. I do still plan on making this massive afghan just as it is... well maybe with a few tweaks, but pretty close. Here's the new layout that I am working on. 

*** Note *** I am combining some of the graphs together into a single PDF to get the graphs out quicker. I will eventually update with each graph link. But until then, I hope this helps. 

Block 1 - Crest
Block 2 - 9 3/4 -I tweaked the original block from the twoheartscrochet blog. For the original go to      twoheartscrochet
Block 3 - Lightning Bolt
Block 4 - Potion Bottle
Block 5 - Marvolo Gaunt's Ring
Block 6 - Always
Block 7 - Time Turner
Block 8 - Padfoot
Block 9 - Fawkes the Phoenix
Block 10 - The 7 Horcrux's combined.
Block 11 - Wizard's Chess
Block 12 - Alas, Ear Wax
Block 13 - Wormtail
Block 14 - Snitch
Block 15 - Hedwig
Block 16 - Harry Potter
Block 17 - Dobbie
Block 18 - Crookshanks the Cat
Block 19 - Draco Malfoy
Block 20 - Sorting Hat
Block 21 - Voldemort
Block 22 - Dolores Umbridge
Block 23 - Books
Block 24 - Hermione Granger
Block 25 - Deathly Hallows
Block 26 - Luna Lovegood
Block 27 - Albus Dumbledore
Block 28 - Rubeus Hagrid
Block 29 - Minerva McGonagall
Block 30 - Alastor Moody
Block 31 - Tri-Wizard Cup
Block 32 - Ron Weasly

Banner 1 - Harry Potter
Banner 2 - Broom stick

Alternate Block 1 - Serverus Snape
Alternate Block 2 - Cedric Diggory
Alternate Block 3 - Neville Longbottom

As you can tell I am not going to be releasing the blocks in order, mostly because I am waiting on a yarn order. So, until then, I will be working on the blocks that I can. Until then, "I solemly swear that I am up to no good."

A New Obsession - Creating Graphs

I tend to go through periods in my life where I am obsessed with various things. Right now, my obsession is creating graphs. I love doing it. I became obsessed with creating them because I am in the process of making several afghans to donate to my family reunion auction that will happen this summer, July to be exact. Just before Christmas, I found the blog, Twoheartscrochet.com and learned that they are doing a Harry Potter crochet-along, which means that each week she is releasing a new block and hundreds, maybe even thousands of people are doing the same afghan. She also has a Facebook group that provides support for those doing the crochet-along which I am a part of. The creativity in this group is amazing and has inspired me to use my skills to create some graphs. Along with making graphs for my Harry Potter Afghan, I am also making a few graphs to go with my Starwars afghan. I plan on featuring each block individually for anyone interested in using my graphs. At the moment I have 14 different blocks with more on the way. Stay tuned!