Tag: granny square

  • Granny Square Blanket Project is done! Yeah!

    Hey everyone! Popping in here on this Friday afternoon to share my latest crochet project…. BECAUSE IT’S FINISHED! YEAH!! Go me! This one took me a long time to finish and I was very happy to put the edges on and photograph it last week! It’s another Granny Square Blanket – because I totally love Granny Square Blankets! This one is for our home! It’s made from the nicest yarn I’ve ever worked with so far. It’s super soft Merino Wool. YUM. (Debbie Bliss Rialto DK). I chose a bunch of colors I liked and it came out so nice! I’m really proud of it – it’s the largest thing I’ve made so far. It’s finished at about five feet square. I think I will drape it over a chair in the family room for decoration and color. This is a great project for any level of crocheter. It’s just a giant Granny Square. You start like you’re making a small square, and just keep adding on rows until it’s the size you want. I have carried this thing with me everywhere! I love it already. Here’s some photos!! Have a super weekend! XOXO

    Granny Square Blanket. Debbie Bliss Rialto DK Merino Wool yarn. 4.0 hook. Beginner crochet project ideas. Wanda Guess, a blog called wanda, easy crochet, crochet blanket, lap blanket crochet, granny squares.

     

    To finish this one I did two rows of single crochets. I thought it really needed a simple border this time…and no pom poms. LOL. I ended on a white row and my two single crochet rows are in that same white color so it looks finished. 

    Granny Square Blanket. Debbie Bliss Rialto DK Merino Wool yarn. 4.0 hook. Beginner crochet project ideas. Wanda Guess

     

     

    Granny Square Blanket. Debbie Bliss Rialto DK Merino Wool yarn. 4.0 hook. Beginner crochet project ideas. Wanda Guess

     

    And here are some photos of it along the way… Like I said… It’s been a minute since I started this one!! This yarn is so dreamy. Like a cloud. My crochet hook size was a G 4.0.

    Granny Square Blanket. Debbie Bliss Rialto DK Merino Wool yarn. 4.0 hook. Beginner crochet project ideas. Wanda Guess

     

     

    Granny Square Blanket. Debbie Bliss Rialto DK Merino Wool yarn. 4.0 hook. Beginner crochet project ideas. Wanda Guess

     

    It was about half way done in this photo.

    Granny Square Blanket. Debbie Bliss Rialto DK Merino Wool yarn. 4.0 hook. Beginner crochet project ideas. Wanda Guess

     

    And there’s Lucky – creeping in the background! He really wants to get his little mittens on this!!

    Granny Square Blanket. Debbie Bliss Rialto DK Merino Wool yarn. 4.0 hook. Beginner crochet project ideas. Wanda Guess

     

     

    Granny Square Blanket. Debbie Bliss Rialto DK Merino Wool yarn. 4.0 hook. Beginner crochet project ideas. Wanda Guess

    Okay friends! Have a wonderful weekend! Be sure to come by on Monday because I’ll be sharing two cards as part of the new release blog hop for Pinkfresh Studio and there are some prizes!! Yeah! Take care and I’ll see you soon! XOXO

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  • Crochet – Granny Square Baby Blanket!

    Hey everyone! How is your weekend going?? We’ve had rain rain rain here the past week or so. I love that! I feel all cozy and feel like reading and drinking coffee and making stuff. Winter is in full swing in Sacramento! Finally. The rain is much needed here and I’m grateful. Last week I had so many fun activities and meet ups. Seems like everything goes on pause during the holidays and then the week after New Years we all want to get back to our normal routine. I was ready – ready for things to get back on track – food, exercise, crafting…all of it! 

    I finally finished my first big crochet project! I’ve made a few scarves, but only one big thing so far. I’m so happy to share it with you! One of my sweet blogger friends had a baby girl recently! I am so happy for her because she wanted to be a mama so badly, and I know she is going to be amazing as a mom! Her story was one of the ‘good news’ stories of last year. I wanted to make her something special for the nursery. The photos I saw of her nursery had grey and white and pops of bright colors (and pom poms!). I chose some pretty yarn colors in baby soft yarn (Caron Simply Soft – supplies and colors below) and set to work! This is a Granny Square Crochet Blanket! 

    I am a brand new crocheter and I made this! YEAH! The reason I’m telling you that is because I want to encourage you to do it to! If I can make this, you can! When you are a new crocheter, your best friend is YouTube. There are so many people (kind and generous people) who post instructional videos on how to do everything! I suggest you search for the pattern you want to make and then find one of the You-tubers that ‘speaks’ to you – that you like their voice and pace. That’s what I did to make this – I watched a ton of videos and then started… I belong to two local Crochet/Knit meet ups that have experts – and they were always willing to give me help and a tip along the way. Yarn peeps are just like paper peeps – sweet and helpful (and they just hoard yarn instead of 12×12 patterned paper! LOL).

    The pattern for my blanket is a Granny Square. It’s about 40×40 inches finished. But, the good part is you can keep adding rows forever! Make it whatever size you want it to be! I changed yarn color after every round. After I finished the square blanket, I added a shell stitch crochet border in white to polish/finish it off nicely. Then I made some pink pom poms for all the corners using my Clover Pom Pom Maker. I attached the pom poms with a tied bow, so she can remove them if they get in the way – or for washing. 

    1A baby blanket crochet granny square pattern caron yarn

     

    These colors are just like a bowl of candy! And it’s sooooo soft and squishy!

    granny square crochet blanket. caron simply soft yarn. baby blanket

     

     

    Granny Square baby blanket. Caron yarn. Shell border. double crochet

     

     

    crochet shell stitch border on blanket. granny square blanket. caron yarn

     

     

    Clover pom pom maker. how to make pom poms at home. Easy pom poms with caron yarn

     

     

    crochet shell stitch border

     

     

    caron simply soft yarn baby blanket

     

    Cutest photo shoot photo-bomber ever! Hee hee. What a helpful guy!! 

    Beginner Crochet. Granny square baby blanket. Caron Simply Soft yarn. Shell stitch crochet border with pom poms

    I’m listing my supplies and colors below. I bought one skein of each color and I used an H hook size. I made the entire blanket, border and pom poms and still had yarn left over. I would say I used about 75% of each skein. So the yarn goes a long way. I’m still learning how to gauge how far the yarn goes and how to read the labels/weight etc.

    I’m loving learning something new. I hope you’ve enjoyed my project too! What are you working on right now?? XOXO