So I've been working on a family afghan for what seems like an eternity.  I fooled around with patterns and had created one when I first started crocheting.  The stitches were even, tight, and there was precious little wrong with it - save my choice of yarn, which I will not name even if it rhymes with Said Fart.  The yarn disintigrated in little over a year, which means I put a month of work into it and got exactly 12 months out of it before it fell apart.  Even with repairs, the yarn snapped at random points.

I decided it probably wasn't Red - I mean SAID - Fart's fault, but possibly mine in that the afghan (couch size) was too heavy for the hook size.  I created this new one with an I hook (first one was a J in DC) in a SC pattn.  The edging I took from a stitch pattern book, and wasn't exactly complicated, but looks fancy - a huge plus.

I haven't taken pics of it, because I can't stand it yet.  I have been hounded by this project since before Christmas (it's July in a few days, mind you!).  I hate looking at it.  I hate the fact it's been staring at me, like some huge albatross around my neck, sitting on the couch with it's ends not woven in, and it's general randomness of color patterns... I hate it.  I want it gone.

I will have to look up how to join some sort of sharing/selling site.  I wish I liked it more.  I wish it hadn't eaten up so much of my time for something that should've been so quick and easy! I can't believe how much hate I have for an afghan - does that make me crazy, or do other crafters have projects they end up hating?

It matches everything, it's so warm and functional, it fits on Diana's twin bed AND functions as a family lapghan, and you wouldn't believe how soft it is!  I'm going to bed - my hate must be fueled by a lack of sleep.