A different yarn - Sirdar Recycled Aran

I will finish that other blanket in my last post, but I have been slightly distracted by some new yarn I received: Sirdar Recycled Aran. It's a cotton and I find it really splitty, but I do think the colours and textures are lovely!

I am most certainly ready to experiment with other cotton yarns, but I obviously need to use up my stash first! Otherwise I really will be in trouble with Mr Bee. :)

The pattern is another adapted one. The flower is a cross between Rosehip's (designed for DK and a different much smaller square) and a triple petal flower I have in one my crochet books. The plain square is another adaptation - between two different books. Really, I am starting to wonder whether any crochet patterns are truly original.

I have a lot to do for work so won't be crocheting much in the next few weeks. Although, my holiday is booked and I can't wait. It will mean lots of preparatory shopping of course. I am hoping they will let me bring my crochet hooks on the ship...

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.