Treasures Made From Yarn: Mobius Ripple Cowl Pattern

I love this cowl think I need to get some yarn and get busy.


Treasures Made From Yarn: Mobius Ripple Cowl Pattern: So I did write up a pattern for the ripple mobius ripple cowl.  For the first cowl I used a plastic crochet hook and don't know the exact si...

crochet a granny a day

Whilst browsing on Twitter yesterday I noticed that there were some people who had started making a granny square a day with the aim of making a big blanket (or two smaller ones) by the end of the year. I think this is a fantastic idea - especially with my new found love of granny squares, so I contacted Ali (@CrochetAli) and told her that I would be joining. I looked on her blog and website and was very inspired by this lady's work. I got to work straight away and now have 6 little squares to sew together. My only fear is that the colours in my stash won't all go together but I have been assured that this does not matter, and to be honest after looking at other peoples work, this is true. I will have to go around the outside when the squares are all completed though to tie it all together, so hopefully this colour will be in the squares somewhere!
some of my grannys

 This one is a bigger square for a project for a friend - We are making a blanket but the squares are donated from lots of different people.

Granny Squares

I have decided that as I have no requests for goods at the moment that I would make a start on some stuff for me and the family. My mum has expressed an interest in a granny square throw or afghan. I have an endless supply of scraps of wool - it is taking over a room in my house! So I thought that this would be a useful project and possible present for my mother.
Yesterday I made 10 granny squares, they are fairly easy to make and quite pretty. This morning I got to thinking where on earth does the name granny square come from?? I looked on wikepidia - as this is the fountain of all modern day knowledge but after reading their page I was still left wondering.

Further web based searching I found out this:-

According to a 1946 article attributed to the Oregon Worsted Company, the thrifty women of early America would carefully save scraps of yarn and fibre unravelled from old sweaters and socks.  As these scraps accumulated, they were crocheted into small squares; the colours combined on the whim of the craftsman.  The squares were then sewn together to make a blanket which was both functional and colourful.  Because grandma was no longer up for manual labour, she was often the one to sew the squares together, thus they became GRANNY SQUARES

and so now I know!!!