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Monday, December 01, 2008

Getting my head around the Granny Squares and discovering a new yarn

I've been practising my granny squares. Here are a few I've made recently. I think I'm getting better.

They still look a little rough around the edges - have much more practise to do.

Ages ago when I was down at I Knit London I picked up some Rowan Milk Cotton yarn. I think this is my new favourite to work with. I love how it feels so earthy and natural, and it is made from 30% milk protein - which is pretty odd when you think about it. It comes together really well. I only wish it came in a thicker weight - as then it wouldn't take so long to crochet things up. Here's what I've been doing so far.


The colourful one is actually the Koigu fingering yarn I picked up at the Knitting & Stitching Show. It looks pretty like this I think.



This one is actually a little xmas star decoration. It looks pretty hung up.

1 comment:

Emma said...

Oooh, fancy granny squares! I have yet to move beyond the classic square granny-square, except for one adventurous summer of making a hexagon granny-square afghan for a friend's wedding present. I might have to try my hand at flowery squares next...