Category Archives: Granny Afghans

#6 – A Lap Robe

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Linda @ alottastitches

This blankie features the two skeins of James C. Brett Marble MT43 which I received last fall from yarn fairy X. With it I used four miscellaneous shades of blue. It’s a very dark and handsome blanket. A Manly Granny … Continue reading →

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On the Border

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

I’ve been working on the Zig-Zagged Granny’s border and have so far completed three rounds of granny clusters in deep teal, royal blue and black, alternating with single crochet rounds of ecru. I knew that I wanted a warm color … Continue reading →

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Zig-Zagged Grannies

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

The joining process is going very well! Conscious of how BOLD an ecru join would be against these dark colors, and that these are only three-round squares, smaller than those in the other two blankets on which I’ve used the … Continue reading →

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Progress on the so-called “Dark” Granny

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

A while back I showed you the seventy-some 3-round granny squares that I crocheted from tiny “dark” scrap balls – not nearly enough for a blanket. Laying them out helped me to decide what color of squares I should make … Continue reading →

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Playing with Scraps

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

As you probably already know, I enjoy finding a use for every last scrap of a yarn. Scrap balls the size of a tennis ball or larger end up in scrappy ripples, while smaller balls go into scrap grannies. As … Continue reading →

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Catching Up

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

Seeing this picture of me wearing warm flannel jammy pants while joining pink and white granny squares made me realize that you’ve waited a very long time – nearly two months – for a progress report on this blanket. How … Continue reading →

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Granny Kit #2

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

Remember the pink and white granny squares that Karen of MA made? – two strips, each with seven squares, and ten loose squares. I briefly considered using a 7 x 11 layout until I realized that would mean making fifty-three … Continue reading →

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An Ideal Finish

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

It turns out that RHSS ‘Soft White’ is a very close match to the white in Karen’s granny squares. Luckily, I had most of a skein in stash, more than enough to start on a simple border with one round … Continue reading →

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Coming Along

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

I began with 59 five-round granny squares, a gift from Karen of MA. Thought that I would use 54 of them in a 6 x 9 lay-out. But, after trying to arrange them into some kind of a pattern, I … Continue reading →

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Not Just One

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

or two, but three boxes appeared on my porch the other day! I already knew a little about what was inside each; the littlest box held 3 two-year old blueberry plants, twigs really, that we ordered from Indiana Berry and … Continue reading →

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