On Sunday afternoon I found myself lying on the sofa, recovering from a hard couple of hours work mowing the lawn with a strimmer. I knew I wanted to craft while I watched TV, but didn't want to knit more of the Cwtch Shawl, or go back to picking up stitches on Eleonora, or weave in all the ends on my first Capucine. I briefly toyed with the idea of starting something else from my list (!), but then my eye fell on the big basket of WIPs next to the TV stand. Spilling out of it were the four giant balls of yarn for my Sofa Bed Afghan and I realised that granny squares would be ideal TV crafting on a relaxing Sunday afternoon.
So I've been working on those this week.
It's getting tricky to photograph them all together! I laid them out as they will be in the final blanket (there's an extra round of grey to go on each square, but I'm joining them all together at the end to save on sewing). It's going to be pretty big I think, hopefully big enough to cover the sofa bed.
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| This is how it will look |
I've got 10 big squares and 38 little ones to do. Fortunately the little ones don't take very long. I may hit a stumbling block before I finish, as I will run out of the grey yarn before the others, as that ball was already part used when I started this. I'm hoping I will be able to get my hands on it when I need more!
Granny squares really are relaxing crafting, and I love the colours you're using. (I'm also jealous that you're smart enough to have uh, an actual plan for your afghan. I started one without one and it's gettin' frogged.)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great start!
ReplyDeleteLooking lovely and the colours are nicely coordinated too :-)
ReplyDeleteNice work. I like the warm and earthy colours.
ReplyDeleteLove the colour palette. Having only just learned to do granny squares, I definitely find them an excellent approached to relaxing afternoon crafting :) From your diagram it looks like you have a fair few to make!
ReplyDeleteI love granny squares, there is something really simple and pleasing about them. Yours look fantastic and I am sure it will be big enough
ReplyDeleteGranny squares really are the perfect afternoon's crafting, aren't they? I can imagine the grey will set your yarns off beautifully - hope you can find some more of it!
ReplyDeleteWow, that's coming together beautifully! I'm always jealous at how quickly crochet projects seem to spring into existence. I should really sit down and learn how to do it. Gorgeous work!
ReplyDeletePerfect choice for relaxing crafting! Very striking that way - combining blocks of 4 small for each one large!
ReplyDeleteGood pattern. I bet it will look great when finished! Great start already!
ReplyDeleteThat looks great! It will become a wonderful afghan
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