63 Squares Crochet Along

[sandhyasudhir]

OOOh I would have loved to participate in something like this. But without the book it will not be possible.Buying one here is not an option at all.Anyway I shall enjoy reading all the posts and hope to see a lot of photographs and thinking about all you ladies crocheting something beautiful.

Regards,

[q8_crochet]

ok i made 2 squares and i`m on the third

[Yaviiniia Loenla Enath]

I clicked the link in the first post for the gallery, and it didn't come up. I would like to join this if I can find the book, but I'd like to see what it would be looking like first.

[q8_crochet]

Yaviiniia Loenla Enath

 

this is the afghan on the book

http://www.amazon.com/Easy-crochet-Patterns-Stitches-Leisure/dp/B000IEECDY/ref=sr_1_2/104-7518895-1235967?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180801245&sr=8-2

 

and these are some of the ladeis made

http://www.planetjune.com/blog/finished-the-63-squares-afghan/

http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showpost.php?p=672166&postcount=2218

[q8_crochet]

sorry this is the book of the other cal

http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=21877&page=90

 

 

our book is this

http://www.leisurearts.com/all_skills/crochet/default.asp?display=detail&item_num=555&sort=title&page=2&rec_num=10&from=BK&startRec=10

 

and there is a third book if you are intrested

63 cable stiches

http://www.leisurearts.com/all_skills/crochet/default.asp?display=detail&item_num=3961&sort=title&page=1&rec_num=9&from=BK&startRec=0

[Yaviiniia Loenla Enath]

Thank you very much for the links. I'm sold now, I'm going to have to get that book. Would I be able to get it at Joanns, do you think? I have a gift card for there.

[q8_crochet]

maybe try their website

[q8_crochet]

hello

i made my third square and i`m exited

i`m gonna try to work harder to join 1 or 2 strips yaaaaaaaay i know i can make it

[q8_crochet]

Âltaren té Hâonâu!

this also a beautiful one made by luv2stitch

http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showpost.php?p=392957&postcount=1892

[RatioAnn]

Okay, so I made my third square awhile ago. It says to make them approximately 7"... this one is close to 7, but not as close as the other ones. I kind of want to do it over, but I'm afraid the next size up will make it too big. I hate, hate, loathe gauge!

 

Anyways, I let my mom borrow the book 'cause she claimed she wanted to learn to crochet again, & I was discouraged enough to not want to look at the thing. But I haven't given up! I''l start at it again & hopefully have a new blanket for this winter.

[losingmymind2]

There is quite a bit of forgiveness when you join the squares; mine aren't perfect either, even though I went down to an F hook UGH! which makes some of the stitches harder. I think between 7" -7 1/2" should be ok. Face it, we are going to have to BLOCK these squares before assembly anyway.

[q8_crochet]

hello ladeis

welcome back

don`t worry you can add sc for the smaller squares or use smaller hook for the big ones

[RatioAnn]

oh, ya know I forgot all about blocking ... awesome.

[q8_crochet]

how is every one else???

i`m planing to complete line 2 of my afghan today

i was so busy and didn`t finish more than one line

i wish everybody are fine

[losingmymind2]

I'm doing the squares out of order, and I've had about 3 I either can't get or just don't like so far. I'm doing all the green squares, but in lilac, then the rose in rose and cream in cream. When I'm done, I'll do the skipped squares or else make one of the patterns from another color but in the color it should have been.

[jchllm]

blocking????

[Patty K]

I only have 3 squares left to finish . I started out (way back when) blocking every square. Now I just want to complete it. So I used a square up ruler (for quilting) checked after a row or 2 to be sure it was close to 7" and changed the hook if necessary and started it over. I joined them using sc in vertical rows and they are looking like blocking is not really necessary if they are close (not exact) in size.

[q8_crochet]

kathy good for you

 

lisa

we should block the squares before joining

 

 

patty

can`t wait to see yours

[jchllm]

How do you block a square? Sorry for sounding so dumb!!

[planetjune]

How do you block a square? Sorry for sounding so dumb!!

 

It's not a dumb question at all! Here's a great tutorial: http://www.crochetme.com/blog/crochetme/how-to-spray-block-crochet-or-knit-squares

 

Hope it helps!

[q8_crochet]

hello ladeis

where are all of you??

i`m done of exams and really want to finish this

[losingmymind2]

I'm plodding along, haven't done much crochet this week...too much homework. Hopefully tonight I can watch the idiot box with mom and get a square or two knocked out.

[q8_crochet]

kathy

it`s time to have more progress done

i`m planning to watch football game and crochet more squares

[Patty K]

I'm finished with mine . Couldn't get the whole thing in the picture but will try to get a better shot to post later.

[losingmymind2]

Patty that is absolutely beautiful. I can't wait to finish mine, but since it's for 'me' it gets put on the back burner sometimes. Did you do each square? I'm having trouble with some, will try them again though, and if necessary just omit them.