The Granny Square Book: Timeless Techniques and Fresh Ideas for Crocheting Square by Square

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Granny Square Flair is an all-new collection of 50 variations on the classic 6" square crochet motif. Along with the following guide to the stitches you may encounter, you will also find information about how crochet directions are written and how to interpret the stitch diagrams. If you are looking for a great book to learn how to make granny squares or even expand your skills to more complex squares, then this is the list for you! Margaret Hubert has also authored a number of other terrific granny square books including books where she shows you ten granny squares and then combines them into 30 projects (a book of bags, a book of blankets, etc.

Margaret shows the evolution of the granny square, how it can be used and interpreted in different ways with different yarns, and how today's crocheter can design her own projects using the granny squares of her choice with the yarn choices of today. In addition, if you use our cookie tool to opt-out of certain cookies, your opt-out preferences will be remembered by placing a cookie on your device. Crocheters looking to move beyond basic granny squares, as well as new crocheters drawn to these traditional motifs, will enjoy this collection.

I got about 7 rows in, on the extra-advanced square I tried and then attempting to figure out what I was doing between the written word and the two separate charts while reminding my kids to take turns with eachother became far too much for me to handle. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

It’s got so many beautiful granny squares on the cover that even if you aren’t a granny square fan (gasp! Choose your favourite from 100 different designs including flowers, animals, food and drink, and motifs; whether it's a fragrant rose, a cherry pie or a jellyfish. I hesitated in purchasing this one simply because I tend to think of granny squares as only for blankets.It’s worked in the round, combining granny sets of 3 dc stitches each worked in spaces to grow the square as large as you want. Make a loop several inches from the end of the yarn, insert the hook through the loop, and catch the tail with the end (1). To be fair to myself, I did have kids running around and fighting with eachother when I attempted them so I wasn’t exactly in the zone. A well-organized, beautifully written and photographed compendium of granny square designs, with lots of possible options for making up your own variations, different sorts of yarns to try, etc.