My Mum taught me how to knit when I was around 7, and I've knitted on and off most of my teenage & adult life, but I'd never taken the time to learn to crochet. Three weeks ago I decided I wanted to learn, bought a 4mm hook and followed some You Tube tutorials on granny squares. Soon, I was buying yarn with the intentions of making a whole blanket's worth of squares.
They might not be perfect, but either way, I'm pretty pleased. I'm planning on making 180 squares, and have done 104 in around two weeks.
My biggest mistake has been not sewing the ends in as I go along. I've seen the method of crocheting in ends as you go, but I prefer to sew ends in. I really should make the effort to get sewing now before I'm faced with doing all 180 at once! I have started with a few...
...but there's still a lot to go!
Once I've finished them all I plan to do one round in cream on each square, then sew them together. Again, I've watched various tutorials on You Tube showing methods of crocheting the squares together, but sewing gives the finish I prefer.
Hopefully it won't be too many more weeks until I finish this project, but I'm still taking time to do other things I love, like a cross stitch piece that is so close to being finished, and yet more (endless!) cushion covers I want to make. I'll get there in the end!
Love your granny squares!
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