63 Squares Crochet Along

[Donna]

Hooray, Kristina!! :woohoo I'm so glad! Your colors sound fabulous! I love brown!!! I'm glad to see someone else does too!

[RebeccaVelasquez]

i'm a brownie too i love earthtones and neutral colors :bigsmile

[Tiffany]

Yay!!!! :woohoo So glad you'll be joining us soon!

[crochetlady]

Hi All,

Just stumbled along here through a myriad of links . My name is Vims and I am from India. I would love to do this CAL as soon as I get my book back from my mil . Also I am going to do this in thread as its very hot here to work with yarn! I hope this is ok. Will probably be starting this weekend.

 

hugs

Vims

[Donna]

Hi, Vims! Yes, please do join us! :woohoo I will add you to the list.

[bythehook]

Those colors sound so yummy!

[leaderladyk]

Thanks for responding everyone. The colors are some of my favorites and they look really good together. I was going to post the pics of my completed squares here, but I will instead post the links to my gallery. Below is the picture of the yarn I am using.

 

 

 

Square 1

 

Square 2

[Donna]

Great colors, LadyK! Love your gallery! Your squares look great!

[crochetlady]

Your squares look very nice and the colors are so yummy:)

 

Great job!

 

Hugs

Vims

[Guest bramble]

folks,

yesterday i got both the booklet and my yarn in the mail! yay. i made the first two squares last night, but after finishing the second one to the proper gauge, i realized that i must have been delirious when i decided that the first one was good! so i'll have to re-do that one.

 

how does everyone measure? i mean, since these things are stretchy, i don't know how to really get an accurate measurement. i am trying to just be consistent, but thinking maybe there is a standard way that i missed?!

[Donna]

Yay for getting the booklet and yarn AND finishing two squares!

 

I lay mine flat on a table and measure without stretching. If I've messed with it too much (tugging and such) I let it sit while I go do something else so it can bounce back to normal before I measure. Hope that helps you. :bigsmile I have had to use different size hooks for different squares to get them the right size. I have my hook sizes listed in my 63 squares photo album.

[RebeccaVelasquez]

i haven't had any problems with my squares being different sizes????

maybe i'm just weird;)

[Guest bramble]

thanks donna. it helps just to know what even one other person is doing! i will try it that way. i have been trying to do it on my lap, b/c i'm deciding whether to make another row or not, and i guess that's not the best procedure.

[Donna]

You're welcome, bramble! Yeah, I understand about wanting to take a quickie measure to see if the darn thing's the right size or not. But I force myself to clear out a little space amongst the junk on my coffe table so I can measure on a flat surface.

 

Rachel, that's great that you haven't had to change hook sizes! Mine just don't come out the same size without switching hooks.

[Guest bramble]

donna, the other obstacles to leaving my squares anywhere are my two devilishly playful cats! in mere seconds i think that square would again be a pile of yarn if not finished off already. i'll have to keep a close watch.

[Donna]

I understand! :b It's fine to just measure it without waiting as long as you don't stretch or tug it. I only let it sit if I've been messing with it, which is usually when I'm getting closer to the middle or end and I want to be sure I haven't gotten off gauge. I am constantly measuring my squares as I go along due to my Virgo perfectionism.

[leaderladyk]

I did the first two squares without any trouble and then last night I did the third one...BOOM- problem. It measured at 9.5 inches when completed with the H hook...I will have to redo that one with a G or something... Glad to hear that i am not the only one having issues!

 

Kristina

[Deb]

I've been working like mad on squares since Sunday; completely neglecting my afghan project! Oh well...

 

I don't have a digital camera.. so I thought I'd try scanning my squares [hey.. they fit in the scanner - why not?]. The only thing is... the color doesn't show so well.

 

I am using a nice sturdy yarn, made by Red Heart (the TLC Essentials line). So far I have just used the 2883 Country Blue (seen below). I'm also going to use 2880 Steel Blue and 2772 Lt. Country Rose. I think I'll be putting them all together with the darker of the two colors.

 

Here are my scans. I'm doing them OUT OF ORDER. (that's just how I am.. hahah )

 

#62 - Basket Weave

 

#58 - Soft Clusters

 

I've got two more squares finished too. #1 - Single Crochet and #11 - Horizontal Relief Stitch

 

Thanks for letting me share.

[Tiffany]

They look great Deb! I'm doing the squares out of order myself - kinda fun.

[RebeccaVelasquez]

those look really good deb! i've been debating on which color to do the joining with, too....

and i'm going all kinds of out of order

[Piper0110]

I think I'm going to attempt the Trinity Stitch again tonight. That thing gave me fits for reasons I can't explain. Wish me luck!

[Donna]

Deb, your squares look great!

 

Piper, I hope the trinity stitch worked out for you this time. If not, let us know if we can help!

[RebeccaVelasquez]

i feel like i've been absent for a while. i had to put my squares aside to finish a baby blanket that is needing to be done soon. i'll pick back up again soon..

[Donna]

Don't feel bad! I let seven weeks lapse between square #7 and square #8!

[Julie]

Everyone has done such great work while I've been gone! I hope to pick mine back up this week, I've missed working on it. Deb, those squares look great! I'll never get it done if I don't work on it, and I have so many things waiting to start (and finish) that I hate to keep shoving this one aside. I need a push!!