Tuesday 30 April 2013

Crochet granny squares inspired by Rosehip

Okay, so I've yet again started another style of granny square without finishing my last project. Whoops!

However, I seem to have become quite addicted to these ones and have adapted a design I've seen in a few books to work with the Rosehip flower crochet granny square.

I've only seen Rosehip make cushions from her crochet squares and she just just  uses the flower squares, which do work (I love them) but I thought they could be a bit much by themselves for a blanket (not to mention time-consuming).

I'm quite proud of the plain squares as I had to get the same amount of stitches around the edge as the flower squares for joining. It was a little trial and error as maths has never been my forte but I got there in the end!

I timed myself and I can do a plain square in under 20 minutes. I think I am painfully slow as I can't hold the yarn right but it seems to work for me. :)

Here's what I've done so far. I plan to join them together with double crochet just as Rosehip has.





Monday 15 April 2013

Crochet colour wheel

My crochet colour wheel in my sublime yarn. I'm having real difficulty in matching colours! It's so hard to get just the right mix. Not too washed out and not to loud! I'm not sure this has helped but it looks pretty. :)



I've had a little fun with the grannies I've already done.