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It's actually really easy - except the bit where I tried to join the side to the corner by mistake
I'm seriously fucking impressed!
I love doing these, they're so quick and actually really simple when you get into it.
Yep but I only have 9 and need about 60 in total lol so not joining them until they're all done and can rearrange the colours. I'm doing a blanket to use up spare yarn so I don't know what colours will end up in it! I'm going to edge them all in cream and then join - I was going to just stitch em together but I might just crochet them straight together like yours
What's yours gonna be? I love the design. What yarn are you using? Most of mine is worsted weight and sometimes turns out a bit thin but yours looks nice and squishy
Doesn't it make you well chuffed lol, I'm granny square obsessed!
I intend to do it again as a blanket though, and use yellow as the centre and then a bright colour for the next round and then green for the third round, and I want that to be BIIIG, but it will be slow cos they yarn is >£3 a ball. It's soooo nice to work with though. I was practising with acrylic and it was ok to practice with but it doesn't feel nice at all. All I blogged about for a week was this blue and white acrylic, I was sick of the sight of it after a while!
I think I'm granny square obsessed too! I couldn't do it to start with, but I managed it after Littlemissy wrote me a tutorial for it and then it was easy peasy. That was doing it in square sections like you have, but I wanted to do the circle-y one so I had a go and it was easy as well. hooray!
The joining is really easy too - whenever you would chain 1 on the side or chain-2 for the corners you just stick the hook through the corner of the other square first and pull the yarn through that as well as the loop on your hook
sorry for rambling, I'm a bit excited about this! (this pic is on here, lj, my blog and I sent it to my sister via facebook
Might start my socks tonight...
Is it worth blocking the squares or does it not really matter when it's all in the blanket?
How much yarn should I buy to egde and sew up the squares - I have no idea! I'll have to edge about 50 5in squares, sew them up and then a few rows round the edges. I'm using dk yarn. How do I even begin to work this out!
Ah yeah I'm using a 5mm hook which is a bit big for some of the yarn I'm using (because I'm using all different weights), I wish I'd used 4.5mm but never mind!
It's lovely anyway, the colours are very pretty. It looks nice and cosy. Are you adding any more to it or keeping it little?
how many squares have you done now?
Only 22 squares, am trying to get the smokey smell out the new yarn - and am busy with hat and socks on the knitting needles at the mo!
What yarn did you order - colours etc! Are you going to do the same type of squares?
I've done 4 squares this evening alone! It's the excitement of not having had any yarn for a few days. I am trying to make this: http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/2009/06/in-love.html because it's just so lovely and colourful. Also, it turns out that I'm HOPELESS at choosing my own colours
That yarn is gorgeous - how much is it per ball? Did you get the same colours/type as the blog?
I am still trying to desmoke mine - it's hanging up in loose skiens but it's still yucky, think I'm going to have to wash it. It's annoying because I want to use it! I'm impatient!
I think a lot of it is just personal preference. It's easier buying it in person - pick up one of every colour, smoosh them all together and see if you like it. Whether other people like it is neither here nor there!
I just thought that if I'm going to spend money on it, I want it to look nice and the one on that blog does, so I thought I'd just do the same/similar. I mean, it's only my second attempt! colours generally don't come naturally to me though, it's not limited to yarn.
Guess I'll have to come to Sheffield with you!
I've done a similar thing at the Sirdar shop before, but in my defence, they do stock Patons and also Woolcraft, so it's not the stupidest of questions!
I succumbed a few days ago
Currently got a giant granny square afghan getting up to about a foot square.
I'm making mine in cheapo acrylic for machine washability! I might give it to my cousin, who is due any time now, but then again might just keep it for my future self! :cool:
Yarns with baby in the name are usually softer than their normal counterparts, and in pastelly baby colours, but other than that, it's really just a matter of preference. If the blanket is meant to spend a lot of time next to the baby's skin, the softer the better, and probably cotton mixes or synthetics are best, cause there's always the risk of allergy with real wool. If it's just going to be used over clothes (car seat blanket, etc) then really whatever you like best is fine! Although I would recommend that it be machine washable, cause babies create a whole lot of mess.
With my toes for scale: