Square Swap (For Crochet/Knitting)

Bit · 12-26-2009, 10:07 AM

I finished one granny square (including ends) but I find myself wishing for a different pattern, so I'm experimenting with a bedspread motif, hoping the difference in fiber will up the final measurement to 12". I may or may not go back to granny squares, lol....

Arwen · 12-26-2009, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bit

I finished one granny square (including ends) but I find myself wishing for a different pattern, so I'm experimenting with a bedspread motif, hoping the difference in fiber will up the final measurement to 12". I may or may not go back to granny squares, lol....

If it is not 12", maybe try crocheting a border?

Bit · 12-26-2009, 11:56 AM

Oh! No Arwen, tis the other way, tis likely to be way too big, rather than too small... the yarn is twice as thick as bedspread cotton, yanno?... er, maybe more than that, even....

I may be crocheting but frog-it-back girl is still utterly appropriate!

amiyesiam · 12-26-2009, 12:09 PM

what colors did you go with Bit?

I finally got my yarn in the mail

and i should have been

but i was

cause the colors are

but they didn't make my

so we went shopping and I got new yarn

and now I have been

Bit · 12-26-2009, 02:03 PM

Well, I got two different brands, so my color names don't match... in Vanna's Choice I got Mustard and Autumn Red, which I think translate to Gold and Deep Claret. In Caron Simply Soft I got Deep Teal Heather, which I think translates to Greenhouse.

And then, yanno, I did a granny square and realized I was working with red green and gold... holiday colors.

lol.... but Autumnish, oh so very Autumnish!

What did you end up with, Ami? It sure is hard matching colors to computer screens, but then, it can be hard matching colors to themselves too; my first green was a lighter jade green to match that first one we picked, and the yarn skeins held together seemed wonderful! But then when I started the granny square it was actually boring and needed a different green, and I had to go get the teal to make the colors pop again.

amiyesiam · 12-26-2009, 02:25 PM

i looked up your colors, they are wonderful!

i posted a pic in my gallery! (of my first square)

amiyesiam · 12-26-2009, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by amiyesiam

i looked up your colors, they are wonderful!

i posted a pic in my gallery! (of my first square)

of my crocheted square!

View Poll Results: What color would you like the first swapghan to be? (Please vote ONLY if you are participating)
Purple (any shade of including variegated)	2	6.45%
Neutral	5	16.13%
Autumn Jewel (Gold, Rust, Red, Purple, Yellow, Brown, etc)	13	41.94%
Blue (any shade of including variegated)	9	29.03%
Rainbow Squares	2	6.45%
Voters: 31. You may not vote on this poll

12-26-2009, 12:09 PM	#4
amiyesiam Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: she/they Relationship Status: single Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: pa Posts: 2,703 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 17,488 Thanked 10,135 Times in 2,161 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	what colors did you go with Bit? I finally got my yarn in the mail and i should have been but i was cause the colors are but they didn't make my so we went shopping and I got new yarn and now I have been __________________ A year from now you will wish that you started today~Karen Lamb

12-26-2009, 02:25 PM	#6
amiyesiam Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: she/they Relationship Status: single Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: pa Posts: 2,703 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 17,488 Thanked 10,135 Times in 2,161 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	i looked up your colors, they are wonderful! i posted a pic in my gallery! (of my first square) __________________ A year from now you will wish that you started today~Karen Lamb

12-26-2009, 10:07 AM	#1
Bit Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Stonefemme Relationship Status: married to Gryph Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 2,177 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,126 Thanked 3,770 Times in 1,264 Posts Rep Power: 10778871	I finished one granny square (including ends) but I find myself wishing for a different pattern, so I'm experimenting with a bedspread motif, hoping the difference in fiber will up the final measurement to 12". I may or may not go back to granny squares, lol....

12-26-2009, 11:56 AM	#3
Bit Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Stonefemme Relationship Status: married to Gryph Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 2,177 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,126 Thanked 3,770 Times in 1,264 Posts Rep Power: 10778871	Oh! No Arwen, tis the other way, tis likely to be way too big, rather than too small... the yarn is twice as thick as bedspread cotton, yanno?... er, maybe more than that, even.... I may be crocheting but frog-it-back girl is still utterly appropriate!

12-26-2009, 02:03 PM	#5
Bit Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Stonefemme Relationship Status: married to Gryph Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 2,177 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,126 Thanked 3,770 Times in 1,264 Posts Rep Power: 10778871	Well, I got two different brands, so my color names don't match... in Vanna's Choice I got Mustard and Autumn Red, which I think translate to Gold and Deep Claret. In Caron Simply Soft I got Deep Teal Heather, which I think translates to Greenhouse. And then, yanno, I did a granny square and realized I was working with red green and gold... holiday colors. lol.... but Autumnish, oh so very Autumnish! What did you end up with, Ami? It sure is hard matching colors to computer screens, but then, it can be hard matching colors to themselves too; my first green was a lighter jade green to match that first one we picked, and the yarn skeins held together seemed wonderful! But then when I started the granny square it was actually boring and needed a different green, and I had to go get the teal to make the colors pop again.