Granny Square Hierarchy

[CrochetAmore]

More out of curiosity than anything...

 

I know that the first row of a traditional granny square is commonly referred to as a "Granny's Daughter"

 

And a 2 row version has been dubbed a "Saltine"

 

But what about a 3 row granny? 4 rows? At what point does it simply become a "Granny Square"?

 

Your thoughts and opinions?

[nana5boys]

I didn't know there was a difference. I thought it was just a stitch.

 

jaye

[CrochetAmore]

I didn't know there was a difference. I thought it was just a stitch.

 

jaye

 

I thought the same thing until I joined the 'ville.

[papersmiles]

Whew......so glad I'm not the only one who never knew about "daughters" and "saltines" in my before C'ville life....LOL. I wonder where the names came from????

[lynns]

I asked a fellow crocheter and she said a granny daughter/saltine is made with the first two rounds

 

I love to learn new things

[nana5boys]

Umm, my question is still, what or why is named that?

 

jaye

[_Stacy_]

I asked a fellow crocheter and she said a granny daughter/saltine is made with the first two rounds

 

I love to learn new things

 

A grannie's daughter is the first round, a saltine is the first two rounds. I don't know about the grannie's daughters, but I was told the saltines were named because they are about the same size as a Saltine cracker?

I would think that the 3rd row is the point where it becomes a granny square.

[RoseRed]

... and a giant one becomes a blankie.

[Swayde]

... and a giant one becomes a blankie.

 

So true!

[CrochetAmore]

I would think that the 3rd row is the point where it becomes a granny square.

 

That's the conclusion I've come to as well.

 

... and a giant one becomes a blankie.

 

LOL Indeed it does!

 

I have some new stripey yarn from Hobby Lobby (ILTY) I'm thinking of using to make a large Grannie Blankie.

[darski]

If you get a bit fanciful... the 1st round is where you are "birthing" a granny square so that might be the thinking behind the name of granny's daughter. I always thought that anyway but I get a bit fanciful quite often

 

I have about half a dozen "daughters" I have made but I keep forgetting to make more of them for a ghan. << my bad>>

 

@ RoseRed - absolutely true

[Ellie 13]

3 or 4 rounds is a square. 4, 6 or 8 inches (not sure how many rounds) are basic sizes used in most projects.

Ellie 13

[HomekeepingGran]

Whether the second row is the size of a saltine or not depends entirely on the yarn and hook, but... that probably is the idea behind it. I am another who never heard these terms before.

[annmcc1976]

i dont know if it ws said cause i did not read them all.. but mabey the 3rd n 4th row would be called 'bread' beacuse it's eventuly the size of a slice of bread:lol

 

I never knew what a granny square was till I bought a book on em. or how to even make them other than back n forth sc/dc/hdc or Trbl. lol.

 

 

but now that i know how to make "saltines" i love it. Even thou it takes a heck lot more to make a blanket...I think this is the most fun way to make em.

 

now to learn how to make a square that is half one color half the other I\I in tht direction

[ReniC]

When one of my grand daughter's was about 12, we were talking about just this while I was making a granny square. She came up with the idea that a 4th row granny is a Graham Cracker Square.