Granny love
I have never done a granny square before. I've tried but I never could get the slip stitch part right. I tried it again. And I got it!
My five year old nephew gave me great advice the other week when we babysat them (twins). I was trying to hit a plastic baseball that popped out of an automatic popper-outer and I couldn't hit anything! I was huffing and puffing and saying I couldn't do it. Then he said to me as he's giving me a little plastic ball in his even littler hand, "It's okay. You just keep trying and trying until you get it. And it'll work." Totally taken aback and absolutely enamoured, I tried again and I got it. A good hit.
So, I'm making a baby blanket for one of C's coworkers - just a small carriage blanket. The pattern is Lion Brand (here on ravelry). Here's what I have so far.
Below, the colors are shown a bit more true to life -- tans and browns with a deep red color. I know they aren't the most exciting colors for babies, but I think the tan gives it a nice 70s touch that I'm going for. I love seventies granny blankets.
Check out these beauties (click on the pictures to go to their flickr albums):
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It sounds like you've got a very wise nephew. It's great that a five year old can get his aunt to keep working on slip stitches. Good luck on your project :-)
Glad you stayed with it. All of those grannies are gorgeous.
Teresa
Thanks for including me in this beautiful collection!
u did include me! Thank you so much! I am addicted to them all the sudden. I love your baby blanket - it's really 70s and def cool.
thank you for including a picture of my granny blanket here.
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Thanks for including my blanket - and in such good company! Your blanket is looking great - aren't granny squares the best? :)
I'm glad you liked it. Granny blankets are the best. It's loads of small projects merged into one, and you can keep going forever. I'm working on a weddingblanket now for some friends. It's not going to be nearly as colourful as the last one though :)
Thanks for including my blanket.
Out of the mouths of babes! Your granny square is lovely...the colours are great.
I think granny's lend themselves to colour combinations that wouldn't work so well in other crochet patterns.
Thank you for adding my blanket (WIP) in your pics! I've almost finished it, only two sides of the border to go =D Will post pics on Raverly and Flickr when it's done >^..^<
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