crochet anyone ?

bmma

lovely bootees,well done

hmo

Julie67 wrote: »

Evening all,

Gorgeous makes, love the blanket and cushion. The colours are lovely and spring like.
I've finished my second ever crochet project. A pair of baby bootees for our new grand baby due in October. I thought these would do for either a boy or a girl.


Again not perfect but at least you can tell what they are lol

HMO I'm definitely going to do a cushion like that, I love it.
But for tonight back to the granny squares

well done they look great, theres a link on my blog if you need any help on how to do the cushion

bmma

hmo

bmma wrote: »

thats adorable, well done

MrsCD

red-boxer wrote: »

Help needed please , i'm struggling to find any videos or instructions on how to join granny squares, where the join is flat. I don't want a raised seam as it is for a baby blanket, also has to be pretty easy to follow as i'm a novice.

If anyone can point me in the right direction i would be really grateful.

If you hold 2 squares with right sides together, you can use a blunt ended needle to sew them together with the same wool. You can see that the stitches match up, so you just start in the corner and sew, back to front of each set of stitches until you get to the end. If you only pick up the 'middle' stitches, you will get a better finish on the right side. Make strips of joined squares, then join the strips together. You can finish off by crocheting an edging all around when you are happy with your joins.

Sorry, I'm not very good at explaining. Maybe someone else can find a video tutorial to show you.

I found this - maybe it will help you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPQAGneb2kI

bmma

try Attic 24 for instructions, good photos from Attic 24, good luck

Tenyearstogo

I've finished the baby blanket for my niece/nephew. It's brighter than the average blanket. I just need to block it now.

hmo

Tenyearstogo wrote: »

I've finished the baby blanket for my niece/nephew. It's brighter than the average blanket. I just need to block it now.

that is lovely well done

123louisa

Just popped back on here! Amazing makes everyone!

I am currently 1/4 way through a 3rd granny square shawl, made a purple one for my daughter who is always cold, a pink ribboned one for my niece and cousin is having a baby in July so making a blue one for the baby!

Its brilliant I sit with a coffee and the tv, and because my hands are busy I cant eat rubbish!

A question for those in the know.....When I make the squares they tend to go a little misshapen, why is that? Am I using the wrong wool or is it tension? THank You!

maddeningly

123louisa wrote: »

Just popped back on here! Amazing makes everyone!

I am currently 1/4 way through a 3rd granny square shawl, made a purple one for my daughter who is always cold, a pink ribboned one for my niece and cousin is having a baby in July so making a blue one for the baby!

Its brilliant I sit with a coffee and the tv, and because my hands are busy I cant eat rubbish!

A question for those in the know.....When I make the squares they tend to go a little misshapen, why is that? Am I using the wrong wool or is it tension? THank You!

I am a novice too and was driving myself mad with misshapen squares, looked at a video on something called Red squirrel and realised that I was missing the odd extra stitches. A good vid for me is much better than a book. Hope you get it sorted x