Novice crocheters and those who can help us, over here!

[purplepidjin]

For those who are/want to be involved in making a yarn blanket for EdgarAleNPie this is your crochet thread! I'll post patterns and advice, and hopefully so will other crocheters! Here's a basic Granny square:

1/ Ch2, 4tc in 2nd ch from hook. Slst to join.

2/ Ch2, 3tc ch1 in each st around, join w slst (12 sts)

3/ Ch2 turn, 3tc ch1 3tc in gaps (this makes a corner). Join w slst.

This gives you the square shape. As you increase, the number of gaps to crochet in between corners will increase. Keep increasing until it measures 6" or 15cm - think that's usually another 2 rows?

May bea bit late NY now, but here are a couple of very useful pictures I have found, to help people like me , who can crochet but cannot follow a written pattern:

Lind drawings of how to start a granny square

diagram of a basic granny square

What a lovely butterfly frazzled. I'm glad I'm not the only one to do some pink.

Frazzled and Ellenjane, have a gold star each those are awesome!

Fraz, is your butterfly a tester or is it yellow cashmerino/cashsoft?? Just a little paranoid over here...

Thanks purplepidjin. My pink flower isn't cashsoft, just some odd mercanised cotton yarn I had. The rest is cashsoft though. Do you think that'll be ok?

It should be ok. I'm not a yarn expert! The point of all using exactly the same yarn is so that the blanket washes and dries evenly. A mixture of fibres between the squares could end in warping in places after a couple of washes - we want something that will last

Thanks purple. It's only a little bit. I'm sure even if it shrank loads it wouldn't affect the square, it's fairly loosely attached.

no yellow, its probably my picture taking skills its shade 509 of the cashsoft, lime i think it is.

I have resisted mixing yarns, although it is very difficult as I have seen some lovely designs and its so tempting to dip into my mixed yarn stash

I have only managed a quick browse at patterns today as my two have been full on today. Going to settle down with a cuppa and chill out with some crochet now. :)

Yay!

I'm free Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday week due to shift patterns - fancy a spot of crochet and cake in Southampton if enough squares arrive by then?

Come on, more pictures! The applique and embroidery mob have got lots.

I fancy the crochet but I am back on my diet in the morning so no cake for me

Will pm you now as between work & kids I may be stuck until easter :(

I have just attempted a heart design square, not convinced its quite as it should be - is everyone else having a trial run with other yarn first?

where are their pics ellen?

There's some here

LeroyJethroGibbs - thank you thank you thank you for my wool!

it's lovely, isn't it!
beautiful colours, too.

I've left my hook at home so i'll have to take my wool home wtih me so I can start it tonight.
Then I will spend the next couple of days obsessing over it!

I gave the heart a go - the first round was perfect, the second round did not look like a heart (i've got a chunky hook and some testing wool)
it looked more like an oval!
I've translated the pattern into UK English and will give it another go....

(if it looks like an oval again, one of my squares will have a pretty oval on it! )

Afternoon. I've just finished my squares and am going to try to post a picture... Will let you know if it works...

OK - let's hope that works. Maybe someone can let me know? Will try to put them in the post tomorrow.

is it on your profile?
you need to make it public.

darn. Thought I had. Hang on a sec...

Second time lucky. I hope.

no

Really? When I preview my public profile it brings up a link to the photo. That doesn't work for you?

it didn't, but it works now!

if you hover over your name in the thread, it should havea line under it when your profile is live and become clickable.

which it is now.

lovely squares.
I like the flowers :)

Hurrah. Thanks - the wool is lovely. It's going to be a beautiful blanket with all these gorgeous squares.