Last evening I did something for the first time…
I started crocheting granny squares!
The reason to get moving with grannies has everything to do with the wonderful Pammy at Scotty’s Place.
She posted a picture of a gorgeous floral afghan. And I wanted to learn how to make those squares. What I didn’t know was I’d have so much fun making them.
With a printed tutorial in hand, I didn’t find it hard to make crocheted granny squares. The green and brown were my test squares…
I decided I wanted to try citrus colors and chose the lavender, and lime green. I thought the colors would work well together.
Once I completed the lime, I loved how the colors looked great; but I thought something was missing? And so I added another row with the mustard yarn. I love the look; it’s so bright and cheerful, that I most likely will turn this into a project.
Eventually I’ll be making a floral granny square afghan, but will be deviating from this floral granny afghan square a lot. I already sketched out the afghan that I’ll be creating.
I’m still working on my daughter’s amigurumi Coraline. The poor girl still needs a haircut!
I had to put this project on hold while I worked on some last minute Mother’s Day gifts. I should be finished my crocheted Coraline by the end of this week.
What am I reading?
Well, I’ve been reading a lot of granny square tutorials. Who knew there were so many ways to make them? 😉
Sites I’m linking too
- Tami Amis WIP
- Yarn Along
- Frontier Dreams
- Crochet Addicts CFS
- The Crochet Way
Opal, instead of images, all of your pictures in this post show a message “Warning. Do not hotlink images and steal bandwidth.”
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Thanks @Mike,
I’ll see what’s up with that. I enabled hotlink protection on my site a a few days ago, strange that it wouldn’t let me link to images already on my site.
I remember running into a similar issue with my old site VeganMomma. It worked so well, it blocked me from hotlinking to my own images. 🙂
Looks like I’ll have to add some extras in that code.
Thanks again for the heads up, it looked normal on my end.
Aynaria recently posted..Crochet: I love this floral granny square afghan
If you think there are a lot of ways to make the basic granny square, just wait until you find the 1,000s of patterns for variations!
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Hi @Marie/Underground Crafter, I know, I se the various interpretations of granny squares; It’s both exciting and overwhelming. 😉
Aynaria recently posted..Crochet: I love this floral granny square afghan
Nice amigurumi Coraline. How do you do the hair?
Jazz recently posted..En proceso
Hi @Jazz,I added it by using the hair root method. I’ve use a similar method with plastic/rubber dolls. I’ll try to post a tutorial of the technique by next week.
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I love those colors! Granny squares are so cute.
Emily recently posted..Yarn Along
Hi @Emily, Indeed they are, thus far I’m having fun with them. 🙂
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Lots of luck and fun with your grannies. I love the look, but hate all those ends, one has to be in the right frame of mind.
Sandy recently posted..The Sea Shore
Hi @Sandy, Amigurumi’s have trained me well, I weave as I go. After about five panels, I take a break and weave them in, that part goes fairly quickly.
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[…] didn’t even bother checking her books. We had so much fun playing outside. I even was able to crochet a few granny squares while hanging out on our porch. It was a perfect […]
Careful! Granny squares can be addictive! Make sure poor crocheted Coraline still gets her day!
Minding My Own Stitches recently posted..work in progress Wednesday
Hi @Minding My Own Stitches, They are addictive, and Coraline will be complete by this weekend. My daughter’s birthday is this Monday. I will pretend like I don’t know if I’ll get it completed in time. 😉
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Your Coraline is looking gorgeous – totally loving her hair colour.
Enjoy those grannies they sure look like spring flowers.
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[…] I do think when we go on vacation in July, knitting needles will be accompanying my crochet hooks. Of course, I’ll be bringing yarn too. I’ll most likely add knitting back into my routine at the end of July or sometime in August. After all, I do have a few long-term knitting projects on my to do crafty list. So you’ll definitely see me knitting socks, and perhaps at least one gorgeous knitted cardigan, as some of my works in progress. […]
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