The Granny Square Book: Timeless Techniques and Fresh Ideas for Crocheting Square by Square

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The virtues of this pretty little book are its portability and engaging images of attractive motifs. This book will show you how to create twenty different squares, including flower patterns, interpreted in different colours and yarns to create a kaleidoscope of effects.

This book about granny squares is ideal for beginners and for those more advanced crocheters as well. This book makes a good reference book and is one I reach for as soon as someone asks me to make up a blanket for them. The cookies used to prevent fraud and maintain the security or our services are active for a maximum period of 24 months. Having worked for many major yarn companies and various well-known designers, she decided it was time to branch out and begin making her own designs, and her designs appear regularly in national knitting and crochet magazines.

The best thing about this book is that if you are a fan of granny squares, this book has something for every level of crocheter. Wrap the yarn over the hook again and draw it through two of the loops so there are now two loops on the hook. I love this book even though books with ring bound centres really batter my head, I will give it the benefit of the doubt but because of this silly little niggle I have with it I am only giving it four stars.

I understand your frustration… my tip is to read patterns very slowly and just do each step exactly as it says.

I treated myself to this book because I had bought a magazine with the pattern for the wrap (on the front cover) inside it.

Turning off the personalised advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive. Also included are projects that show you how to make the squares into a simple baby blanket, arm warmers, a purse, a pin cushion, a mug cosy and a stylish pair of boot toppers. Author and designer Margaret Hubert shows you the amazing versatility and variety of this portable and convenient technique of crocheting square by square—how it can be used to make almost anything and interpreted in countless ways and different yarns. Insert the hook into the first of the five double crochets made, pick up the dropped loop, and draw it through.Wrap the yarn over the hook twice, insert the hook into the specified stitch, and wrap the yarn over the hook again. There are also ten bright and beautiful projects showing you how to use the squares to make unique gifts for friends and family including an animal themed baby blanket; a fruity cushion and a decorative garland. I have long had an idea of making a sort of crazy quilt but with granny squares and with this books guidance I can finally make it happen.

Though there may be some subtle differences in the way the symbols look, designers use a standard set of symbols.

It’s got so many beautiful granny squares on the cover that even if you aren’t a granny square fan (gasp! Charts would have assisted the small, lightweight text whose flow is interrupted by reminders that dc is (UKtr) (for example).