A Granny A Day

131/365 - Arches Square

Pattern: Arches Square by Dayna Audirsch

Hook used: H

Colors Used: I love this yarn's Gray Mist, Turquoise, and Yellow.

Another happy square. this is a really easy pattern with pretty stunning results. I finished the baby blanket that uses this color palette last night :) I can't wait to show it to you!!! You'll have to wait a couple of days though because I haven't finished showing you the squares for it yet. I worked ahead because it has to go to it's recipient soon.

Just in case you're scared of the 12" squares, don't be... they make the easiest baby blanket ever!!! if you're making a square a day, all you need is 16 days to make a beautiful and big baby blanket. I'll share the way I joined my first baby blanket and the edging I used. The joining and edging only took a couple of evenings. I've never felt so good about making a blanket before!

Since this is the last day of May, here's a calendar view of all the squares...

 
Another month down! 

 

130/365 - Kaleidoscope Blossom Square

Pattern: Kaleidoscope Blossom Square by Chris Simon

Hook used: H

Colors Used: I love this yarn's Soft Pink, Old Rose, Sea Blue, and Sungold.

The last square for the  Square a Day in May.

Another great one! I'm a little sad that this is the last square for the crochet-along :( but I'm kind of happy that the 12" squares are almost done.  I'm using 16  squares for each one so I have a couple more to finish it out. 

I started connecting the other blanket last night, with Dewey's help. 

I can't wait to show you the finished product! It is sooo cute!!

129/365 - Yarn Clouds Square

Pattern: Yarn Clouds Square by Amelia Beebe

Hook used: H

Colors Used: I love this yarn's Sea Blue, Periwinkle, Old Rose, Sungold, and Soft Pink.

29th square for the  Square a Day in May.

I love everything about this square! I would love to make a full afghan out of this one. 

128/365 - Peace Sign Granny Square

Pattern: Peace Sign Granny Square by JudyK

Hook used: H

Colors Used: I love this yarn's Limelight and Brown

28th square for the  Square a Day in May. 

I'm not a fan of peace signs. I LOVED them when I was 10 so I guess I think of them as juvenile now.  Besides that fact, this was a pretty great pattern for practicing color changes and fairly technically difficult. I really should have used an I hook, in fact, I'm realizing I should probably be using an I hook instead of an H for most of these squares. Oh well, they're still working out. 

127/365 - Granny's More Complex Star

Pattern: Granny's More Complex Square by Jacqui Goulbourn

Hook used: H

Colors Used: I love this yarn's Turquoise, Gray Mist, Limelight, and Burnt Pumpkin.

27th square for the  Square a Day in May. 

I liked this one until I blocked it. It looks a little too stretched out now. I've been trying to keep all of the squares to 39 stitches on each side for ease in connecting them and this one was just a little on the small side so I had to stretch the heck out of it. I'm sure I'm just over-analyzing how it looks. The pattern is great though. Jacqui has a way of making really difficult looking sqaures pretty easy to make. this was definitely one of the most difficult I've made of her pattern's though, and it really wasn't that bad.

I'm going to start connecting these over the weekend! I'll share progress as I go through instagram most likely.

126/365 - Blooming Lace

Pattern: Blooming Lace by Melinda Miller

Hook used: H

Colors Used: I love this yarn's Periwinkle, Soft Pink,  and Sungold.

26th square for the  Square a Day in May. 

Another great one from Melinda Miller. I pretty much love everything about this one :) 

I can't believe this month is almost over! I need to start connecting these squares. I've been looking at my options and I have a couple I'm going to try out. I'm excited for new techniques! 

125/365 - Birthday Flower Square

Pattern: Birthday Flower Square by Chris Simon

Hook used: H

Colors Used: I love this yarn's Limelight, Brown, and Yellow.

25th square for the  Square a Day in May. 

I really love this pattern! I think my favorite part about this sqaure is that Chris breaks down all of the color changes and shows you which row to change colors on to give the square a different look. You can do it all in one color, bring out the star or bring out the flower. I chose to go with making the star stand out.  I probably could have flattened out the sides of this one a little more, but it will be fine once it's connected to the other squares in the blanket.

I've gotten a few comments that lead me to believe that some people think these patterns are mine. I think it's a language barrier type issue, but just to clear it up a little; every square has a link to the original pattern or its ravelry page and the designer listed. I haven't designed any of these granny squares except for the Dear Valentine square.

124/365 - Bright and Cheery Square

Pattern: Bright and Cheery by Dayna Audirsch

Hook used: H

Colors Used: I love this yarn's Sungold, Sea Blue, Soft Pink, and Old Rose.

24th square for the  Square a Day in May. 

I worked on this as we were driving home yesterday and I had to stop on the 7th round. It just didn't make sense at all! So I put it away until we got home so I could search around to see if it was just me or if there really was an issue with the pattern. Many people on Ravelry had the same problem. So I just figured it out as I went. Here's my round 7: dc2 tr2 dc2 in corners, dc in next stitch, cross stitch over next two stitches. (Ch1 skip two stitches, cross stitch) 5 times. dc in next stitch, Then repeat around.

Besides the problem with round 7, this square is great. It's very pretty and technically appealing.

I'm so glad we have ravelry to refer to! It's such a great resource and if you don't have an account there, you should. I feel like such a librarian when I go on and on about it (I even told people in library school about it's awesomeness), but it's such a great database. I wish it could be expanded to other crafts as well.

123/365 - Versailles

Pattern: Versailles Square by Melinda Miller

Hook used: H

Colors Used: I love this yarn's Grey Mist, Turquoise, Burnt Pumpkin and Limelight.

23rd square for the  Square a Day in May. 

Another pretty one. I thought I'd hate the 12-inch squares because of all the time they take, but I actually like them more because there's more space for details. I'm also a big fan of the reversing clusters. This technique has been in a few squares I've made and I really like the finished product it creates.

122/365 - Impossible Hexagon

Pattern: Impossible Hexagon by Stramenda

Hook used: H

Colors Used: I love this yarn's Sungold, Sea blue, Soft Pink, and Old Rose.

22nd square for the  Square a Day in May. 

I really love the lacy area around the hexagon flower on this one! It reminds me of primrose but I like it more because it doesn't have quite as big of a lacy area and the two rows of dc around the edge help it keep it's shape better.