CAL 10-12 Not very exciting!

This is a composite picture so it doesn’t show the relative size of the squares.

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The first squares that I could make while watching TV

BUT

Square No. 10

I started this square while sitting in the garden in what was probably the last of the summer sun.

I realised that the corner granny square had showed me that being relaxed made the stitches bigger so I decided to be much more relaxed in my crocheting in the hope that the square would thus end up a full 6 inches instead of a little below.

I came in half way through and picked up my tape measure only to discover that the square was 7 inches wide and likely to be the same high if I continued. So I decided this had been a failed experiment, undid all the stitches and went back to my normal crochet style.

Perhaps I should be content with just under 6 inches.

Square No. 11

I hated this square even before I started it, maybe it was the colours in the book but I didn’t think I’d really like it in any colours. It also takes about twice as long to make and is wasteful of yarn with all the changes.

I started it three times.

• Firstly I made it the way it said at the back of the book with the yarn trailing across the back and I had only done two rows of squares when I decided that the back looked messy and that if it was made into a blanket it would be easy to catch on things.
• The second time I got about half-way when I realised that there was something wrong with the corner between the first row and the foundation row and, much as I hated making it, I was too much of a perfectionist not to have to start again.
• This final attempt by the time I had got to the beginning of the sixth row I had worked out the best way to approach each row and was finishing the ends as I went.  However I still only continued it by sheer will power and having an F1 Grand Prix to watch as a distraction! 😉

I knew early on that it would be the smallest of the squares at only 5.5 inches but I think I want to use it for something other than the finished blanket anyway.

In fact I can see that there are a few squares I would miss out if it was just down to me. Maybe they would go for a cushion or something because I think they are all solid squares made with just dcs.

Square No. 12

With this square I don’t like the fact that it is close to symmetrical without actually being symmetrical and I would have made it symmetrical except for the fact that I realised that the thin lines had to be created on even rows and so that was not possible. I did at least keep the colours symmetrical.

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With my peg bag out of the way, I have finaly got around to finishing the ends on all the squares and will try to do this as I go from now on.