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Bib necklaces seem to be popular right now, and a simple search will yield several blogs, websites, etc sporting photos of some finished products.  I, of course, always want to make it for myself, so I have been looking around for examples and products.  I finally settled on a pattern I liked.  My ideal is a combination of the three pictures shown here.  I have already mastered making the flowers, so I just need to work on assembling. Since I finished graduate school, it seems all I want to do is make up for lost time and to craft, craft, craft.  I am finishing up the new chair cushions for my wicker chairs today, too.  I have made a couple of halter re-fashions, and I have my pattern ready to make some shopping bags since Austin is gonna be a plastic bag free city by 2013.  My true goal is to build my etsy.com store, but I have some reservations, fear maybe, that nothing really sells there.  All fear aside!!  Think this should become...

Shabby Chic Afghan - Crochet Round 1 : ch4 (=1dc,1ch), 1dc + 1ch 11 times. Join with ss in 3rd ch. 12 dc . Round 2: Start in one of the ch spaces. 3 ch (= 1dc), 1dc, 1ch, *2dc, 1ch* in the remaining ch spaces. Join with ss in 3rd ch. 12 groups of 2 dc. Round 3: Start in one of the ch spaces. 3 ch (= 1dc), 2dc in ch space, 1ch, *3dc, 1ch* in the remaining ch spaces. Join with ss in 3rd ch. 12 groups of 3 dc. Round 4: Start in one of the ch spaces. 4ch (= 1 tr), 1tr, 3ch, 2tr, (=1st corner), *1ch, (2dc,1ch,2dc) in next ch space, 1ch, (2dc,1ch,2dc) in next ch space, 1ch, (2tr, 3ch, 2tr) (=2nd corner)**, repeat * to ** 2 times, 1ch, (2dc, 1ch, 2dc) inthe next two ch spaces, 1ch. Join with ss to 4th ch. I like the assemblyline method so I prefer to make a lot of circles before I start the 4th round.