The other day I was going through my craft room and I discovered a bunch of small squares that I'd made for a class I conducted. The squares were to demonstrate different joining techniques. Most of them were plain granny squares, three rounds. Four gold ones had a single crochet edging around them.
I decided that these squares should become useful members of the crochet society, so I set about making them into 6" squares. I'm not sure how successful I was in the color choices - my daughter is much better at that than I am. But I think children will like the bright colors anyway.
I still had some of the orange yarn with which I'd made eight of the squares so I just continued those with the same color. I know it was the same dye lot because these skeins were all bought at the same time and honestly, I hated it (the color) . Personal preference. I prefer a deeper orange. But they're going to be just as warm as any other color and, as I said, I think children will love the bright color.
There were six pale gold - I think the color might have been cornmeal. I added dark green and a light sage to those. I know it looks almost black in the photo, but it was not. There were two dark green centers and I added the sage to those.
Because the gold ones were already edged and tails sewn in, I needed some time to think about what to do with those. Tuesday evening I decided I would play with them a bit. Here you see the results.
Last post I said I wanted to use the
200 Crochet Blocks for Blankets, Throws, and Afghans. I didn't lie. heh I decided to use the pattern Corner Granny since I was starting with a granny already finished. It is on p. 37 if you have the book. It was really easy to transition the square and here you see the result. I am thinking I probably used an H hook for the granny square. I used a G hook for the V around it. I didn't like the unfinished look along the one side, so I brought the orange round onto all four sides. This is a different orange than the one above. I like this one. Not sure how it works with the gold. What do you think?
I continued working with those colors for the next square. I worked one round of orange shells, going into the middle dc of each gold shell and working a ch-1 between them. Then I took the green and worked a round of single crochets, but with a twist. In between shells I used a long dc, placing it into the sc gold round below. My thought was to bring the three colors together by the join. Did it work?
The orange was iffy, but I think the green and gold play well together, so I stuck to those for the last two squares.
On this one I first worked a round of sc with a long stitch in every other stitch, except at either end of the corners. 3 sc in the actual corners on this round.
The second green round was dc in each stitch. I also did the corners a little differently, working (dc, ch 1, dc, ch 1, dc) in each corner. I think this simple one came out best and it's my favorite.
Lastly, I worked two rounds of the green on this one too. For the first round I worked (2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc) in corners and in the center dc of each shell I worked (dc, ch 1, dc) for a V-stitch with a ch-1 in between each V.
On the last round, I worked hdc with long dc between each shell on the previous round.
I may actually write these out in pattern form later, but it's past my bedtime as I write this. It will post tomorrow morning. :-)
These squares are 6" and will go to
Share a Square.
Happy crocheting!
. Amazon has copies at different prices. This was the least expensive I found. It is published by Interweave Press. It gives gauge and amounts (in yards) for various projects like scarves, afghans, caps, bags, skirts, baby sweaters. Amounts for different sizes are given and there is a conversion chart for other stitches than single crochet.
. I've seen it referenced a number of times for Share a Square and other projects so I want to give it some attention. Then of course I still have many patterns from 
that I haven't tried yet.
. I've pulled it out many times in the past years and always seem to come back to it. Great price on it now.
