When Jenn told me she wanted to make a granny square baby blanket for a friend, I hesitated. It seemed like quite the undertaking for what would be only her second crochet project, the first being a single crochet scarf in one color. Hoping to make this second project more simple, I suggested that she make the blankie as one large granny square. I’ve done that myself to avoid the tedious task of sewing together a billion squares (which I’ve also done).
But, from the start Jenn knew what she wanted: a baby blankie made up of lots of little, colorful granny squares. And so we started by practicing the stitch (incorrectly at first, thanks to my scatterbrain). Once we had the stitch straightened out Jenn made it her business to get it right. Then, after we parted ways, she started pumping out the squares in her spare time.
A few weeks later we had a little lesson on how to stitch the squares together. We laid all of the pretty pieces out and decided to stitch them together through the back loops only, which produces a very neat and aesthetically pleasing seam.
I don’t have a picture of the finished product but I did see one, and the end result was very impressive and I imagine the mom and baby that it went to live with love it very much.
Jenn, you did such a great job with this – I was silly to think it might be too much. Now, I just want to know… Are you ready for project #3? 
Tags: baby blankets, granny squares
Yey! I made Monday Crochet!!! I am definitly ready for project 3! Perhaps the crochet hook holder??…