HOw To SIX POINT STAR AFGHAN

OK, I know a lot of you out there like to crochet, knit, quilt, etc and so I just had to share this latest thrift store find.

It's one of those thrift stores where items have one price through one date, then if it's still there on another date, the price drops.  Then it drops again a couple weeks after that.  You can see what the date is on the price tag.  I saw this one day, on a Friday, and it was $24.00.  But after Sunday it would drop to $12.00.  I decided to take my chances and go on Monday at lunch.  It was still there!

SCORE!

Six point star crocheted afghan
This looks like a six pointed star quilt (I believe that's what this design is called?).  In fact, when I saw it on the rack from a distance, that's what I though it was.  Instead, I realized it was a crocheted afghan.  It was folded up and hanging on four hangers side by side to support the weight.  It's HUGE.  

This is on the queen size bed at the farm, and it hangs off the sides. 

Large afghan
...and it's folded in half!  
We're guessing it's actually king sized.

Afghan closeup
Here is a closeup of the crochet detail.  It is made up of so many different colors too, we can only imagine that it was a tremendous amount of work for the person doing it.  It had been hanging there on the rack for almost three weeks before I first saw it and no one wanted it.  There was just no way when I saw it that I could have taken the chance that it didn't make it to a good home...and that home is ours at the farm!

   We zipped it up into a bag that a comforter once came in (we save those bags) and put it up on the shelf in the closet.  That will keep it safe until we use it.

Anyone have any info on this style of afghan?
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