I do like a granny square. So here’s another granny square blanket for you. This time, a patchwork inspired one made for my best friend’s new baby boy. Who incidentally is now nearly 9 months old – that’s how slack I am at blogging!
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You can tell it’s the school holidays. Two blogposts in a week (both patterns might I add). That must be some kind of record for me.
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Who doesn’t love a granny square blanket? There can’t be many people surely.
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You may have noticed I like the word LOVELY. It’s my most commonly used adjective. It may not be very inventive or creative but it’s a word I like to use because I think it is, well… lovely.
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I picked up a ball of Stylecraft Nordic Super Chunky yarn in a local shop a few weeks ago with no idea of what I was going to make with it. It was definitely an impulse buy and when I got home I thought to myself that I’d probably been a bit silly just buying one ball – what can you make with just one ball of super chunky yarn?
Well, it turns out you can make a nice little cowl.
Picture taken by Matey – he made me giggle!
This is a little Beginner’s Guide to Granny Squares that I put together for my first Granny Square Workshop. I also passed it on to a friend who is learning to crochet to see what she thought of it and she found it very helpful. So I thought I’d share it on the blog with you guys too. Let me know what you think.
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I held my first crochet workshop on Saturday. It was fab!
Sam at Furniture Magpie in Barnstaple hosts all sorts of great workshops from sewing to furniture painting to photography and she’d suggested a while ago that I do a crochet workshop. The idea petrified me and excited me in equal measure and Sam has been very patient with me whilst I get my act together and decided to just get on with it!
As my Crochet Heart Tutorial went down so well with you guys I thought I’d try my hand at another tutorial.
Now, I don’t like to make things easy for myself so I’ve gone for a Double Triangle Granny Square. Carry on reading…
Despite the many colours of my Crochet Mood Blanket and the brightness of my other recent crochet projects…..
….I actually prefer to crochet in one colour or maybe two shades of a single colour.
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So, to continue with my efforts to work on my own crochet projects alongside my crochet cushions I’m joining in with #crochetmoodblanket2014.
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