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| ONE (c) divacultura 2012 |
Showing posts with label Granny a day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Granny a day. Show all posts
Thursday, 2 August 2012
Photo a day August - ONE
I took so many photos today while on my quest for ONE. In the end I've settled on this pile of Granny Squares. There are lots of squares, but there is ONE cheerful pile and the challenge is to make ONE a day. I've been making more than that most days, but I'm okay with that. I love the happy colours and am starting to think about what colour I should use to join them all together. It might be too early to tell!
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
Another challenge - Granny a day
Yesterday I discovered Pip Lincolne's "A Granny a day" challenge on her blog, Meet Me At Mike's. The idea is to rediscover the Granny square and make one a day. It looks like this has been going for a while and I'm a late arrival, but that's okay.
I like the idea of one thing a day. The focus often leads me to find unexpected inspiration and to make new discoveries. I've fallen by the wayside with the photo a day challenge this month. It's just not igniting my interest this month. Instead, I'm going to crochet a Granny a day.
I don't like to over think these things so my approach to colour and construction is random. I have a big basket of yarn in the colours that I like (you won't find yellow in there!). Colour selection is achieved by closing my eyes and seeing what I come up with.
Granny squares take me back to when I first learned to crochet. My real Granny taught me how to make one and my first project was ambitious. I would make a giant Granny square which would be a square rug. There would be one for me, one for my brother and one for my sister. We still have them. I started with mine and distinctly remember announcing my colours as being "autumn": green, orange and bone". My sister's was shades of pink and my brother's was shades of brown (sorry Douglas!).
I remember my Granny's patience as she reminded me about how to hold the yarn, how to turn a corner, how to do a slip stitch. We finished them off with rounds of double crochet and then Granny taught me how to do crab stitch - you basically crochet backwards. This was sensational and felt very grown up to be able to finish things off in the same style as my grandmother, who was a very accomplished master of many needle crafts.
I haven't made a Granny square for years and it feels nice to go back to where I started. I had to do a little research to remind myself of the details, but it has all come flooding back.
For those interested in the technical details, I'm using 8 ply wool (Shepherd's, Cleckheaton Country and Lincraft Superwash) that I have in my stash and a 4 mm hook. I'm completing 7 rounds, completing the set up and the first two rounds in the one colour and then changing colour at the beginning of every round. To avoid having a million ends to sew in, I crochet over the ends so there is none of that.
Here's the one I made yesterday (Monday 16 July):
Here's the second one I made yesterday.
I'm yet to make one today.
I'll post back here with photos regularly for an update. I wonder what they will become?
Why not join in? It's a great opportunity to do something manageable and play with colour. It might inspire you to learn a new skill. You could even donate a finished blanket to charity. I'd love to see your work!
I like the idea of one thing a day. The focus often leads me to find unexpected inspiration and to make new discoveries. I've fallen by the wayside with the photo a day challenge this month. It's just not igniting my interest this month. Instead, I'm going to crochet a Granny a day.
I don't like to over think these things so my approach to colour and construction is random. I have a big basket of yarn in the colours that I like (you won't find yellow in there!). Colour selection is achieved by closing my eyes and seeing what I come up with.
Granny squares take me back to when I first learned to crochet. My real Granny taught me how to make one and my first project was ambitious. I would make a giant Granny square which would be a square rug. There would be one for me, one for my brother and one for my sister. We still have them. I started with mine and distinctly remember announcing my colours as being "autumn": green, orange and bone". My sister's was shades of pink and my brother's was shades of brown (sorry Douglas!).
I remember my Granny's patience as she reminded me about how to hold the yarn, how to turn a corner, how to do a slip stitch. We finished them off with rounds of double crochet and then Granny taught me how to do crab stitch - you basically crochet backwards. This was sensational and felt very grown up to be able to finish things off in the same style as my grandmother, who was a very accomplished master of many needle crafts.
I haven't made a Granny square for years and it feels nice to go back to where I started. I had to do a little research to remind myself of the details, but it has all come flooding back.
For those interested in the technical details, I'm using 8 ply wool (Shepherd's, Cleckheaton Country and Lincraft Superwash) that I have in my stash and a 4 mm hook. I'm completing 7 rounds, completing the set up and the first two rounds in the one colour and then changing colour at the beginning of every round. To avoid having a million ends to sew in, I crochet over the ends so there is none of that.
Here's the one I made yesterday (Monday 16 July):
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| The colours are actually pink - they look quite orange in this photo. (c) divacultura 2012 |
Here's the second one I made yesterday.
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| This one does have orange in it! (c) divacultura 2012 |
I'm yet to make one today.
I'll post back here with photos regularly for an update. I wonder what they will become?
Why not join in? It's a great opportunity to do something manageable and play with colour. It might inspire you to learn a new skill. You could even donate a finished blanket to charity. I'd love to see your work!
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