Do you like Granny Squares?

[crazycrochet]

I HATE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know I am in the minority, but I think they are ugly and have never liked them. I have been crocheting for 50 years and I always thought that there were just way too many ends to weave in. JMO.

[Elle]

I like to make them. I like that there are so many variations on the granny square theme. I don't even mind joining them. So I voted yes. I'm 52.

 

I DON'T, however, like weaving in all the frickin' frackin' ends!!

It gives me a twitch in my eye just to THINK about all those ends!

[LadyLighthousePearl]

you won't beleive this ...

I am 53 ...

... have been crocheting most of my life ...

... and I have only just discovered granny squares!

... and I love them so much I am just designing a waist coat around them )

[mandymae]

I'm 24 and I LOVE granny squares (or any kind of patch motif, really). You can finish one square so quickly so they really are the perfect project for when you don't have a lot of time to sit and work but you want to get something done.

[1wani]

Love to make them !! Hate to put them together.

I second that sentiment.

[grannyzkraftz]

I love granny squares even more now that i know how to flat braid join them it is so easy and fun to do and the end result is marevelous

[strandjss]

I love granny squares because there is so much you can do with them and there are lots of variations. Check this bag out that is made with hexagonal grannies.

 

http://www.ingahelenejuul.no/default.asp?cmd=620&Page=12&Kat_ID=1

[Flia]

It seems the age doesn't matter in this case.

 

I neither love nor hate granny's.

To me they're useful for some projects.

 

But having learned the tecnique is very useful, I adapt different granny details to a lot of projects.

[Jolan]

Love them ! (31 y/o next week)

 

definitely hate putting the show together

[vonnie]

Here is a ghan I just finished for the Chemo unit at out local hospital....I crochet mine together as I finish them.....so when I am done, I am done:cheer

[tellayarn]

Vonnie, I LOVE your afghan!

[oliveoil]

In my 20's, I made a lot of different style grannies. I made my two children granny square ripple afghans. Now these children are soon to be 34 and 36. Would you believe that I still have some of the yarn that I used for their grannies!!

But now that I am "55", I don't mind making squares, BUT JOINING THEM, THAT IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY, DON'T LIKE, DON'T LIKE!! :lol And there are soooo many neat grannies out there since the '70's!! :lol

[erinnpayne]

i am only 13 it doesn't have my age range

- Erinn Payne

[Katieallen311815]

I love Grannies too! I have made many grannie square afghans. Don't really mind putting them together either! lol

 

Same here, as they were the very first thing I crocheted, and I don't mind putting them together, it's fun to play with colors and patterns! I sometimes flat braid them, or whip stitch them , and really doesn't take very long once all the sqaures are made! I love the colors, and all the different kinds you can make too!

[HomekeepingGran]

I need a button that says, "It depends." I've seen granny squares I loved and those I didn't care for at all. I was born in 1950. You figure out how old I am! I do dislike sewing/crocheting/knitting motifs together. Doesn't matter if they are officially "granny squares" or something else.

[ducky73]

i learned at the age of 9-10 to crochet granny squares and im 37 now

[TheChaoticCrafter]

I'm 27 almost 28 and I voted YES!!!. Granny's where the first fancy pattern I learned how to do. Now I do granny blankets, hats, and stockings.

[distinctives123]

I enjoy all types of granny sq's.

[jessicali]

I love making & using them! Just wish I could find more patterns! Seems all the ones I'm able to find on google are all the same lol. I gotta learn how to google better.

[DebraKay]

Nothing says crochet quite like a granny square. I think if you like crochet, you just about have to like granny squares. No matter what your age.

[grannytme]

I love grannies!!

[DebraKay]

Thank you all for answering, despite being in the wrong category.

 

I must be a weirdo, because I love making granny squares (traditional pattern) especially because of the join as you go method. LOL I am currently working on a granny square treeskirt. I just thought it would look so cool... we'll see!

 

What's the wrong category? Looks like Liking Granny Squares won out in every age group with the most any Not liking them got was 5.5% -- I only look at percent because different number responded in each age group.

 

You say you love them too so that must be the "right" category.

[DebraKay]

I am very curious of those who voted "NO, they don't like granny squares" -- why that would be. Is it just the joining? If so, I have to admit, I do not like that part one bit either. But, I love the granny square so much, that I do the yuck part regardless. One of my favorite afghans to crochet is the large rectangular granny -- just one huge rectangle -- no joining! Now that is some relaxing crocheting that I can do with my eyes closed. One of my granddaughters actually picked that out of all my patterns and then pick 6 colors she wanted it done in. She loves it! But I actually prefer the ones that have been joined in different square arrangements, too. So many variations! I guess that is what I like best about grannies -- skies the limit on variations.

[chrisdfriend]

I don't like traditional granny squares, I prefer more complex designs. I'm 40.

[Yomrag]

Absolutely! I'm 26. I have a long list of projects to do just with granny squares.