Back in September, shortly after the first ante-natal class mentioned the importance of baby blankets being knitted or crocheted (the open-weave is best for helping babies to regulate their temperature), I set to work on a granny square blanket. It has since changed from being a granny square to being a granny rectangle. Partly, this… Continue reading The Receiving Blanket
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The Less Simple Granny Square Blanket
The trouble I find with making granny square blankets is that, after a certain point, I get a bit bored. I like the not really thinking about what I’m doing, but the round-and-round part of it just becomes…samey. Especially since the one I’m now making is not my first. It’s true, I could have found… Continue reading The Less Simple Granny Square Blanket
Granny Square Blankets
When I first learned to crochet, before I started with Proper Patterns, while I was still learning the different stitches, I began a granny square. The colleague who’d taught me the first few recommended Bella Coco on YouTube as a way to keep going, and I watched her demonstrations for two different granny squares, one… Continue reading Granny Square Blankets