Impressive Intarsia Crochet

I am totally impressed with this Intarsia afghan of the American Sign (AMSLANG) Alphabet.  What a labor of love!  What a time consuming project!

I found this via a rather roundabout route.  Turns out the pattern is available on Ravelry where you can download it for a very reasonable fee.  There are also the very helpful photos in the Projects section there.  Very inspiring!

Crochet Ninja Afghan

Is this not the coolest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle thing ever???  All the guys in my family - all now adults - are big fans.  I wonder who I would be willing to make this for?  I'd end up having to make a bunch of them, so may not even attempt the first one!  But, I think this is adorable.

The author offers notes on the design without offering an actual pattern.  If you can crochet at all, you don't need a pattern to make the plain stripes of color.  The eyes are very expressive, so that's another matter.  But her notes may help.  You can find more about the blanket here:

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/kathy862/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtle-blanket