Grannies in Thread / More of the Giveaway

This is The Spiky Square.

Greetings!

Are you here for the giveaway?  I'm so glad!  You can enter at the end of this post - or click here and go to the original post to read the review and see all the prizes.

So, I  was thinking about how to promote this little contest.  I want to let as many people in on it as I can, but it gets kind of boring if I just keep posting the same pictures on Facebook and Pinterest.
 
After flipping through the book (100 Colorful Granny Squares) that's the heart of the prize package, I decided to grab my thread stash and get to work.  Because what would be better than showing you some of the squares you can make?

There are so many pretty and interesting patterns to choose from!  I wanted to stay close to the colors that Leonie used.  Thankfully my thread supply is brimming with options.  The squares in the book are made with wool - Cascade 220 to be precise. I knew that I wouldn't match them exactly, but I was able to come pretty close.

Color is one of the elements of knitting and crocheting that lots of us struggle with.  We know what we like.  We know the things that make us go WOW!  But ask us to go to our LYS and stand before the multitude of options and pick out the 4 or 5 colors we want to use to make that amazing afghan and we answer you with blank stares.  It's so hard!  I can stand in the yarn section of  a department store and struggle for hours.  Imagine what happens when I'm someplace like Webs (an awesome store in person and on-line). I'm overwhelmed, intimidated and volley between a drooling catatonic state and scurrying about from display to display like a meerkat after a double espresso! That's why I've come to rely on books like this one and the many others out there to guide me.  Even then it can be a challenge.  Because you know that the store will have an overstock on four of the colors that you need, but the fifth one will have been discontinued! 

That's when you go to the sale bin and soothe yourself with something luxurious!  Anyway, back to my thread squares!  What do you think of my frilly granny circle?  I got the colors almost spot on, except I used maroon instead of a darker pink. Can you see the mistake I made?  It's in the blue round.  Instead of 3dc's in the center of each petal, I did (dc, ch 1, dc).  Oops! I realized it after I finished, but I wasn't about to do it again.  Thankfully it was a happy mistake that you probably never would have noticed!!  I thought it was pretty cool how my thread granny ended up being the exact same size as the picture in the book. They're about 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 inches (6 x 6 cm).  I don't know how big the squares are if you make them in worsted wool and an H hook, but I imagine they're about 4 inches give or take.

As much as I love making granny squares, I have a whole bunch of them that don't have a purpose.  That is to say, they served the purpose: of teaching me a new technique; experimenting with colors for The Granny Square Project; trying out a new pattern for a book review; and having something to photograph to promotea giveaway.  In the end, that's left me with a basket full of squares that have little hope of ever being anything else.  Late on Saturday night, as I was finishing up I had an epiphany.  If I put a white border around the square I could attach it to one of the wash clothes that I bought FOR JUST THIS PURPOSE!! Hah!

It was so easy!  It took no time at all, and look how nice it looks! It's a face cloth worthy of the fanciest powder room!

Would you like me to include the washcloth in the prize package?  I think that's an excellent idea!

And guess what?  I added a new option.  You can leave a comment on today's blog post and get 5 points. (It's the last option on the widget.)  You can do this once a day if you want!  It's a great way to increase your chances to win.  But, you do have to work for it a little.  Please give some thought to your comment(s).  Tell me about your favorite thing to crochet.  Or why you want to learn to make granny squares. Or about who taught you to crochet.  You get the idea.  "Nice Blog" is nice and all, but you can do better than that - right? Right!

So take a minute, click on the widget and enter to win!
Good Luck!!

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Thanks so much for stopping by and spending a bit of your day with me!
Until next time friends,
Be blessed and stitch & read with love!