A little bit of crochet

[kate egg]

As part of a charity crafting group I was sent a whole pile of crochet squares all different sizes. It is easiest to join same size squares together so I worked on the odd sizes to make them fit, including making a big 12" centre piece for one blanket. The results look so pretty and all I had to do after that was join and edge them (They will either go to a Syrian refugee charity or one that send to eastern Europe.)

[Mad Chick]

They're so pretty

I was coveting at a crochet blanket in our Cath Kidston shop yesterday but really should learn how to make one myself...

[perchy]

They're so pretty

I was coveting at a crochet blanket in our Cath Kidston shop yesterday but really should learn how to make one myself...

Lucy they are pretty by Cath but you could probably make have a dozen for their price and it is so satisfying, go on u tube honestly you can do it!!

Kate they are so pretty and such a worthy cause, well done you

[kate egg]

Thank you Lucy you should have a go, it took me a while to re-learn, I first learnt in the 1970s when I was a gal, then forgot how. It took me a while to get it again, and I crochet like I knit, tensioning the yarn in my right hand and wrapping it round the hook, can never get the hang of holding the yarn in my left hand.

If you do it yourself you can choose the colours to match your room too

[p.penn]

Great job Kate! They are very pretty. How did you join them|?

I really like the idea of all different size squares joined together, and have recently bought this vintage pattern

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Also there is a lady who put a different square pattern on HER BLOGevery week or two, and she is making them into what she calls her 'homely blanket'.

Along the same lines. I have made a couple of my favourite squares from books I own, and may well end up just popping them into a basket until one day it is so overflowing that I need to join them!!!

[kate egg]

That'll be a lovely blanket Helen

The squares are joined by crocheting them together - hold the squares wrong sides together and dk the back loop of the 'v's together, simple (has to be for me to do it...)

I have always wanted to make a Babette blanket like these https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=babet ... 592%3B1728"

One day maybe.....

[kate egg]

PS The blanket on Made with Loops blog looks like it has been joined the same way as mine. It is lovely and very like a Babette.....