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Isn't it easyier just to buy a two color one and see if it automatically make the square? Just a thought. If not, oh well, I can always say practice make perfect when trying new stuff. Pam-Doggirl3

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Kristen, I got a old magazine that has the instruction on different knots with pictures. I can always look to see what the instruction are asking.

Yes, the sewing took a WHILE! I laid out all 80-some squares on our kitchen floor and banned my roommate from the downstairs so I could sit on the kitchen floor and sew for a few hours!

~Kristen

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It's beautiful! Did you make it for you, or someone else?

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I made it for my summer house, two years ago. But I must say I am a little worried when my son, daughter and DIL takes it out in front of the bonfire! LOL! But I think, the blankets they sells for that purpose are acrylic, and much more dangerous with open fire, than this wool blanket, so it is OK. And they promise to be careful. ;-)) AUD ;-))

The other option for "a big granny square afghan" is to make just that: one huge granny square. Just start in the middle and keep going.

=Tamar

Now, that's my kind of project!

JaneB

What I did with my Aunt's afghan (that will now become a comfortghan for my cousin and her son) so that it would be more rectangular rather than square, is make two smaller granny squares and crochet them together.... then continue on from there in the granny square style.

It really is coming out looking very pretty. Jeesh, I almost broke my arm patting myself on the back that time. I actually meant the colors are pretty! ;o) I started with the two smaller squares (5 rounds) in Primary color variegated (I don't know if this was called Mexican something or other, or Crayon, or whatever, but it's bright)... then I joined them and continued in the granny square style with 2 rounds of green, then 4 rounds of variegated, 2 rounds of green, 4 variegated, etc, etc until I got it to the approximate size I wanted (actually I ran out of the variegated so I had no choice. LOL). Then I did 2 rounds of green, 2 rounds of red, 2 rounds of blue, 2 rounds of yellow (half way through the second round of yellow now), and will likely end it with 2 or 4 rounds of green. If I have any film before I get it to my cousin, I will take a picture and scan it.

Gem

I just finished a big granny square afghan and it's 34 inches square and it was fun and didn't have to joint all the smaller squares together.

Darlene in Toronto

You can also start in one corner and keep increasing 2 stitches in the center stitch (by working 3 dc in the center dc), which will automatically make a big square. It will have a diagonal line going down the middle, but you could make that a design feature by using two different colors on either side of the increase.

That's increasing only in one corner and going back and forth around two sides, right? Just one huge mitered square.

That will also work with sc, or any other stitch as well. They can make a heavier afghan than the traditional granny square because of not having the chain between groups of stitches.

=Tamar

No, increasing always in the middle of the row, with 3 dc in one stitch. This makes the center of the row "bulge out", becoming one of the points of the square, opposite the beginning.

You start off with ch 4, 2 dc in 4th ch from hook. The second row is: ch 3, turn, dc in 2nd dc, 3 dc in 3rd dc, dc in top of last ch of starting chain. Then you continue like that, always making 3 dc in the middle of the center dc of the row below.

I've seen the type of large square done with a shell stitch also, which is a bit more open. However, double crochet isn't too heavy, while single crochet might be.