The
Granny Square is one of the fundamental designs in crocheting. Since I got back into crocheting I've been staying away from them--working on
scarves,
broaches,
belts, and various other projects. Way back when I made a few granny square blankets, but to my complete and utter frustration they weren't exactly what you'd call square. The shape they most resembled was a butterfly. Yeah, not exactly what one wants in a blanket. They are nice to cozy up with, but don't present themselves as well as they should.
The biggest project (that I've completed) is a bed-sized afghan for my hubby. It turned out fairly nicely--but still had quite a bit of the butterfly effect.
Well, now that I am
back in the crocheting zone I decided to take a look at actual granny square patterns. In the past I was working from a pattern given to me at a 4-H craft camp day. Back then I was afraid of reading patterns so I worked primarily from oral instructions or pictures from library books. What struck me immediately was that I had been using more chains between shells and in corners than any of the online patterns indicated. (You have to check out this
page of patterns--it's almost overwhelming and not in English, but there are so many cool things that I want to try!) Maybe the extra chains were helping to cause my "butterfly" shape?
With some of the yarn I
picked up from Michael's I made this blue and cream afghan. It could work as a baby blanket or a lap afghan. I am pretty happy with how it turned out--it's a square! I did cut down the number of chains--corners only had two and between each shell only had one.
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It is a granny SQUARE!
There is the slightest bit of "butterflying" but not much.
(By the way, it is very difficult in a small apartment to find a place to photgraph an entire blanket laid flat.) |
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| This is a close-up of the center of the afghan. I do really like how the colors work together. |
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| For the edging I did two rows of single crochet all around. |
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| The finished product! |
