22.12.2017

54 by 73 inches.. it is complete

05.01.2017

January

Square 1 - Moody Blue is Pink
* for the last crossed treble, did it as crossed dc so that the squares are similar size.

Square 2 - Flower in Red & Pink
* rows 7-10 changed to dc instead of trc

Square 3 - Windows in Grey & Red
* last row is hdc

• The 12” squares for me end at almost 9.5”
• I am doing a surface slip stitch with any colour not used in the square.
• Trying for uniform last row stitch count -» 40sts before corner space for bigger square -» 20sts before corner space for the smaller square.

09.01.2017

Realized that I am maybe making a 48-square afghan so have to double each month’s squares.. I hope to also double the smaller squares and use them as a border pattern.

To make it easier for me colourwise, I am just doing the opposite colours for the second square :-)

01.02.2017

February

Square 1 - Kaleidoscope Blossom
Beautiful square - used up my first ball of pink.
It is smaller even with my 5mm hook, so modified row 15 to hdc instead of sc.

07.02.2017

Square 2 for February - Window Box Granny

• I made two of them.
• on round 7, I ended with 18hdc per side ~ 2hdc, ch2, 2hdc for the corner & 14hdc side
• on round 8, corner = sc, ch2, sc then 18 side to equalize the round. I am glad they are same size as January squares

Square 3 - Marigold Mandala
I enjoyed it both times I made it.. and love that though it used all colours, each square is unique.

14.03.2017

March

I loved the square “That One Sister”.. it also fits into my idea. I only did one square in the pattern. My only adjustment was joining the leaves in Round 11 & ending on Round 12 with sc to match the size of the rest.

I enjoyed the Picture Frame square though was colour challenged by the square. My first attempt was quickly frogged as the colours didn’t rhyme. Once I completed the first one though, changing colour for the second wasn’t too hard. I adjusted Rounds 13 &14 to have dc instead of sc as in the pattern. corners also modified for stitch count to be even.

For the Popcorn Puff, I modified Round 7 & added Round 8. both are sc rounds with corner worked as 2sc and 1sc respectively per round to have a similar stitch count of 20 per side

26.04.2017

April

I have enjoyed the Key Lime Pie pattern. It was quite a challenge using my only colours, and I made the last round using hdc, with 3hdc before corner, ch2, 3hdc as my only modification.

The Filler square - Spiral Flower - was a big challenge.. getting the flower right, getting the square right..
I added 2 rounds of hdc with first round in the 3rd loop to get the right size and stitch number

I substituted the Twisted Braid square with one I saw on Pinterest.. I don’t know the name, but it was really quick and easy to make.

07.06.2017

June
I enjoyed the Charming square very much. I added a second round of surface slip stitches for it to stand out, and for me to use all the colours :)

14.06.2017

working two squares of Chocolate Delight was interesting and they worked out really fast.
In fact my challenge was getting the colours to cooperate

Shoofly Pie was fun to make - I enjoyed the round-by-round photos on the blog which made it easy to follow along.

05.08.2017

The July main square C2: Shining Sea was a real challenge that needed keen attention every line. I discovered that bullions aren’t a favourite stitch and substituted with the bead stitch.

The filler square Moon Blossom was easier to handle.. modified it slightly by doing border sc pattern 4rounds followed by a dc round on wrong side. then an alternating fpdc, dc round to bring the count to 41dc per side. I finished off with an sc round in 3rd loop in contrasting colour..

The 6” Checks and Balances Square went so fast, I couldn’t believe I had done them in such a short time.. love the result

08.08.2017

August
I was initially dismayed to see the bullion stitch in the 6” square choice.. then I found the best tutorial.. Bullion Stitch Tutorial using Tapestry needleand successfully completed Carousel
Unfortunately, it was bigger than the rest, so extended it to make it a normal sized square

28.08.2017

The main square V’s and P’s Square was really interesting.. and has two looks in the centre - puffed or depressed :) I hope the depressed look stays as it shows more of the pattern.
I did two squares of the Simple 10-Petal Afghan Square - one with the alternative petal edging and the other with V-stitch as extensions.

03.09.2017

September
For the Croco-Dahlia square, I enjoyed working on my two squares in assembly-fashion.. so could incorporate changes where needed. I stopped on Round 10 and modified it to sc instead of dc. I also made the corner as 1sc, ch 2, 1sc so as to maintain stitch count for the round as 20stitches per side.
I tacked down the petals made on Round 4 on Round 9 using the sc in sc instruction.. made them lie better.

06.09.2017

Setember Star
For the main september square, I also worked in a kind of assembly fashion - every time I needed to change a colour, I worked on the other first.. this made it again, super quick to make the two squares. I worked the border as hdc so that I could add one more row of sc to match stitch count.. the one thing I did not like were the fpsc tog stitches though they make for pretty stitches, they are easy to pull out.

15.11.2017

November
I have almost all the squares I will require.. so have been choosing the last few squares to go. I had skipped October squares but could not resist Winter Wildflowers - it is a beautiful square.. a little complicated at the beginning, but lots of help in the group.

30.11.2017

Change of plan… I actually did the October Filler Cheerful Echinacea. I enjoyed working it following the colour guide.
modifications to the last 2 rounds,
Round 1- I did two fphdc, miss one and corner 2hdc ch.3, 2hdc
Round 2- I worked it as tc, bpsc through the tc to mimic the middle nupps

03.12.2017

December Main Square
I loved the story of D’Oyley aka doilies.. and enjoyed making the square. Although I got a little stuck with the banded dc stitch, I received much assistance to complete it. I love it.

06.12.2017

November Filler
Ilmatar was such an interesting pattern. I love all the details and guidance on color change. The only thing was mine was smaller so added an extra round of 3-dc-tog and one of sc to complete it.

December 6” Square
The Winter Bliss also were a speedy crochet and a beautiful result. I did two in contrasting colours.

All 16 of my 6” squares are complete

09.12.2017

for my last square, I did Mattie’s Flower which came out beautifully. I changed round 13-15 to make it the same size as the rest.

• 13 - changed to sc, ch1 with 2hdc ch2 2hdc at corner
• 14 - did hdc, ch1 enclosing previous row’s ch1. At corner, did sc, bpdc to previous round, sc
• 15 - worked 2sc in every ch, sc in last hdc, 3 sc. In corner dc, worked sc ch2 sc, then 4sc, sc in hdc

All 31 of my 12” squares are complete

09.12.2017

for my 6” squares, joined them to make four squares. I also made a border for uniformity

15.12.2017

Join:

I decided to finally learn the flat braid join - and chose to join in black :) good choice to hide any mistakes and help in the learning process.

Border:

I was inspired by this pattern Border Patterned Blanket although I used a common ripple crochet stitch with a straightening round.

1. I then did an sc, ch1 sk 1 round
2. dc enclosing the previous round’s ch1 , ch1
3. sc in every st and space
4. fpdc, sc through fpdc (like a crossed st) all around with 3sc as corner