Crochet practice

I have been steadily working on my crochet afghan.  It is the first crochet project I have ever attempted.  I learned to knit from books when I was ten, and picked it back up about 12 years ago while I was in college.  I would say I am an above average knitter, and it is truly my first love in terms of handicrafts.

My mom was a professional crocheter in my childhood.  She made sweet little sweaters that were bought by a woman I called "The Crochet Lady," who sold them at craft fairs.  My mom never taught me to crochet, and for a long time I didn't know what to do with only one crafting implement.  It didn't much matter, I rarely needed to crochet, and when I did, I just asked my mom to do that part for me.  But then I found the book Vintage Crochet, and knew I had to figure it out.  I bought the book in 2008, but didn't teach myself to crochet until last year.

This afghan is really just a large granny square.  I think it is going to be smaller than I wanted, because I am almost out of the dark brown, and I bought this year last year so there is no hope of matching the dye lot.  I've also been working on making little granny squares out of the sock yarn I have left over from the socks I've made over the past few years.  Once I finish my started projects, I'd like to learn how to read a crochet pattern.