Daisy Granny Square Afghan - Scrapbuster Project

As mentioned in my previous post I was inspired by the lovely daisy centres I found here
The daisies form the first two rounds of each square

Round Three:
Join in space between any petal.    3ch, 2dc, 1ch;   3dc, 1ch into each sp between petals - join with a ss
Round Four:
3ch 2dc into space between 3dc, 1ch;  *3tr, 2ch, 3tr (corner), 1ch into next space;  3dc. 1ch into next two spaces* 3 times;  3tr, 2ch, 3tr, 1 ch;   3dc join with ss into top of starting 3ch
Round Five:
3dc, 1ch into each sp;    3dc, 2ch, 3dc, 1ch into each corer, join with ss

Since I was using rescued yarn I made 64 Daisy Granny Squares in an assortment of colours. 

Colorful Daisy Granny Squares

1 row of granny clusters and a chain "joining" row in cream

The first set of joins

Four joined Daisy Grannies per block

I made sixteen of these, chain joining them on the last round of each completed square:.  I then crocheted two rows of granny clusters and 1 chain "joining" row around each block in denim blue

Second set of joins

Border of four rows of Granny Clusters in Denim

1 row of "blanket" edging in cream - final size 200cm x 200cm

 

I love it! 

Afghan Makeovers: Part 1

A bit embarrassed to see how long it is since I last posted.

This is not so much due to having nothing to post as it is to having been too busy.     Crazy year - I can't believe we are already a third of the way through May.

It is supposed to be late Autumn here and we have had a few coldish days - but it is mostly still lovely and sunny!

Doing a bit of Autumn cleaning  I came across two really ugly (even too ugly to donate) scrap afghans I made a few years back.  My elder daughter threw two of her "not too fantastic" projects into the mix and  I unpicked them, saving as much of the yarn as I could.    I also saved a lot of the squares from my daughter's one afghan and some of the prettier squares from one of my afghans.

Remade my squares into an afghan for my youngest's three quarter bed by crocheting around the rescued squares with two shades of grey from my stash.

Large Granny Squares

Squares crocheted together on wrong side with black yarn

Right side view of the join

This is the easiest way of joining squares - only problem is you are left with an obvious right and wrong side.

Granny Border

"Blanket Stitch" Edging

I finished with a couple of rows of granny clusters using a slightly smaller hook and edged it in black with a simple "blanket stitch".

While I was unpicking I was doing some blog hopping - found a lovely little daisy centre for a granny square on another blog and voila - inspiration for the rest of the recycled yarn!   Can't wait to get started.........