Granny Square a Week-Week Forty Seven

For this square we are doing something a little different. This week is my daughter's 14th birthday! And in honor of that I made a square for both afghans that reflect one of her most favorite things: My Little Pony, specifically Rainbow Dash's cutie mark. Which looks like this:

http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/logo/rainbow-dash-cutie-mark

I made a basic granny square out of blue-lucky enough my one color for my main afghan is very very close to the color blue that Rainbow Dash is. 

Then I made the cloud. I had to write my own pattern because I couldn't find one anywhere that 1-worked and 2-didn't charge an arm and a leg for (I understand you have to charge for your artistic ability but $9 for a pattern of a cloud that takes less than 5 minutes to make is ridiculous).

Here is the pattern:

Chain 10

Row 1-place a sc in 2nd chain from the hook and every chain there after (9 sc).

Row 2-Turn and make a sc in every stitch on the row

Row 3- Turn and make a sc in every stitch on the row

Now we are going to work in the round(which is different from a row in that you don't turn, you work continuously around)

Round 4- Turn, slip stitch in next stitch, in next stitch make 4 dc. Repeat that 3 more times. Slip stitch in last stitch, and turn the cloud on its side make 4 dc in the side of the cloud (try to aim  toward the middle row but it isn't a big deal if it doesn't land there). Turn again and make a sc in every stitch in the bottom of the chain. When you get to the end turn on it's side and make 4 dc in a stitch on the other side. Slip stitch into the first stitch on that round. 

Sew in ends and attach to your square.

For the lightening I just did basic embroidery. I am not very good at it LOL so I won't even attempt to tutorial it.

Since I just made two of these in the same colors, I will only share one picture this week.

Until Next Week!

Granny Square a Week-Week Forty Six

A little sunshine for your day:

Sunburst Granny Square by Rhonda Rowley

This is a very quick and easy square. The only adjustments are as follows:

As you begin round 2, make a chain 3 so the height and stitches are consistent. Because you are adding a chain, do one less DC since the chain counts as the first DC.

Do the same as you start Round 4, removing one DC from the cluster.

Round 5 you will do the same as above, removing the first dc from the set of 4 in the chain.

This was done with Vanna's Choice yarns in Goldfish and Aqua

Until Next Week!!

Granny Square a Week-Week Forty Five

It is getting to be that time of year where everything dies off and you don't get to see the pretty flowers anymore. So we will make our own!

Dahlia in a Square by Kinga E.

This square is made in 2 parts: the flower and then the square around it.

First adjustment is with the flower itself.: When you do Round 2, I found it is far easier to work subsequent rounds if you work Round 2 in the front loops only. Otherwise you will be struggling to get the stitches in.

The last round on the flower, I would suggest doing back loops instead of front loops for ease of the next round, which is the building of the square.

Also, I stopped at round 3 of the square for size.

Other than that it is fairly easy and straight forward and brings a lot of interest since it is a 3D square.

This was done in Caron Simply Soft in Soft Pink and Vanna's Choice in Heather Gray

Until Next Week!

Granny Square a Week-Week Forty Four

Happy Halloween! Hurray! I love Halloween and this week I have two squares, both in the Halloween theme, one I have been looking forward to sharing for a while.

The first one:

Spider Web Square by Dayna Audirsch

This is a very straight forward square, worked up easily. I stopped after Round 6 for size. It is very cute and practical for the afghan!

The second one is my own creation: I call it my Frankie Square! I just made a basic granny square with green and when I was working up my last round, I did one side and 2 corners in black, for hair then added eyes.

The eyes were made like this:
In white, make a magic circle or chain 4 and slip stitch in the 4th chain. Chain 1 and make 7 sc in the round. slip stitch to the first sc. Then work 2 sc in each sc around (you will have 14 at the end), slip stitch to the first sc.  Leave a long tail for sewing. There is the white of your eye!

In black, make magic circle or chain 4 and slip stitch in the 4th chain. Chain 1 and make 5 sc in the round. Slip stitch to the first sc. Leave a long tail for sewing. There is your pupil!

Sew the black to the white and then sew that to the green anywhere you want. I also added a scar above the eye, I just made long stitches with a piece of black yarn.

And here he is:

Done with Red Heart Super Saver in Honeydew, Vanna's Choice in Black and Bernat Super Saver in White

Until Next Week!!