Under Color Crochet

  And here we have two more examples of granny squares that I'm taking to Genghis Con. 🤩 Another granny square experiment! These two pieces are chunky chunks of luscious, and this experiment is all about bulky. I bought six skeins of yarn at my favorite local shop, Stitcher's Garden . (Love that delightful place! Highly recommended for all things colorful and crafty. Unfortunately, the checkout gal told me that they are phasing out carrying yarn, and only going to have sewing items in the future. Ah, well, I'll still meander in there and marvel at the colors and patterns.) With those six lovely skeins I made two supersized granny squares. One has four colors in it (dark blue, light blue, red, and pink), and the other has two colors in it (purple and blue). Here's a whole folder of way too many pics, showing that I had way too much fun 😎 posing these pieces:   Chunky Chunks I started with the quad-color plan: dark blue, light blue, pink, and red. I turned those four sk...

  I'm so mixed on this project - mixed between love and more love! 😍 Also, doubt and confusion. 😁 I thought this first piece (a super sized granny square in the funnzies'est colors ever!) would work up to be the perfect replacement rug for a dusty gray one (that I want to put somewhere else). But now that this colorful fun one is done, I love it too much to put on the floor. And the second colorful piece I'm currently working on is even more colorful than the previous one, thus even less likely to end up as a rug. But, I'm still calling them rugs. 😋 This yarn is so scratchy, I thought it was going to be perfect for making a rug. (Thinking, decorative rug, in an easy space, for being warm under bare feet and socks. Not a rug at the front door for wiping your farmer boots. 😁) And this rough yarn IS kinda perfect... but also kinda NOT perfect. The texture is very rug-like, and does not at all feel like something you'd want around your neck as a scarf, or against yo...

Look at those corners! 😎 I do love making a nice, perfect, tight corner. 😍 And granny squares are my fave'a'fave way of doing just that. 🤩  (In the photo below, I love how you can just make out The Beast  [the ultimate assortment of mega granny squares!] and Lil' Camy there under the table.😁) These two pieces were delightfully fun and easy to make, because I was already an expert at this particular pattern. The pattern for these two mega granny squares comes from here:  Modern Granny Boho Bag . (Thanks,  Crochet Crowd !) That "Boho Bag" is an easy-peasy crochet-squeeze'y pattern that I love so much, I made two of them here recently:  Baggy Bags . (And who knows what's up with those too cute two cute too cuties now?! I gave Baggy Bags to my love,  Alexandra , because: always free to good home,  Black Cat Cafe & Gallery .) The whole wonderful experience of making those two baggy bags inspired me to make another granny square, which is just ...

  Pillow talk! 😎 I had so much fun making this pillow. Camouflage colors (from leftover yarn of a fave previous project, that Frank now likes to call Baby Camy ) on one side, and earth tones (of the giant granny square leftover from The Beast ) on the other side. This is my first attempt ever at pillow creation, and it is not perfect... but it maybe gets a passing grade... almost. 😋  I didn't follow a pattern, because I already had the giant granny square ready to go for one side. I figured I could stitch something together for the other side, and that should make for a perfect pillow. I decided I didn't need a pattern... hmmm... maybe next time I should take a look at a pillow pattern. My leftover-granny-square method is probably why there are plenty of puckers on this pillow. 😁 I figured this lumpy pillow could maybe be used as back support, or a foot rest. But it is now getting actual sleepy-time head use. Frank claims he doesn't mind the plumps, puckers, and imperfec...

  My brother, Frank, wanted a blanket for the couch... big enough for a serious nap. He does already have this throw I made in Camouflage Colors, but it isn't quite up to snuff for a winter snooze on the couch. (Frank likes to call that camouflage piece "Little Cami.") So, I started working on an upgrade for him, and whew! This took me a while. A little throw just isn't gonna do it this time. The new piece had to be long enough to cover his toes, and pull over his head. Also, needed to be wide enough to drape over a whole Army guy, but only just wide enough for the couch. Plus, of course, it had to look good in the living room... darn, no sparkle, no ruffles. I knew what I needed to do: granny squares made manly. This is a Manny Squares blanket.  I know my way around big projects. I've made a few here and there. 😎 Like, say, oh, maybe something kinda like Ruffle Monster or  Granny Square Greatness . 🤩 But I knew this napping-on-the-couch piece had to be just a...