Over the years I have made some tweaks and changes when I use A Better Granny Rectangle. I thought it was time to share those changes in a new post. There are 2 versions included here.
Continue reading “A Better Granny Rectangle Revisited”
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Granny Rectangle Dog Mat
Every dog deserves a beautiful hand crocheted mat to lie on.
Granny Rectangle Throw
You can’t make just one…
The colors are brighter than in the photos, nice rich fall colors. I think the solid center one is my favorite, today at least…
Sneak Peak
I have been itching to make a fall color throw for years. The design just never quite got there, never quite hit on what it should be, other than in pretty fall colors.
The design finally fell into place in my mind, it needed to be a Granny Rectangle. I have been wanting to make a throw with the A Better Granny Rectangle technique, and have not done that. Two birds and all that…
Another way to get those itchy fingers actually to work is to get a new crochet hook, this one is a Furl’s Odyssey. So far, I am loving it. Nicely made. They do need to put the size on it somewhere though, that is a necessity it is lacking. Since I only have the one, I think it will be okay. No, it won’t, I will forget. It is size H, there, it is here for posterity and absentmindedness (like I will remember where, exactly I posted the size!!).
And now I have actually started! I think I have it to a pleasing (to me) proportion for a throw. I will post the actual pattern at a future time. For now, a photo will have to do.
A Better Granny Rectangle
Well, I think it is better : ) As I said before, in my other Granny Rectangle post (I think this one is better), I have always been unsatisfied with how the center of granny rectangles line up in the middle, instead of alternating like it does in the rest of the fabric. It seems weaker and is not as pleasing to me, I just don’t like it : ) Don’t know why I didn’t do it this way the first time I got the idea, but at least I thought of it now.
A Better Granny Rectangle (or a variation) has been used to make:
Granny Rectangle Dog Mat (has a longer starting center)
Granny Rectangle Throw
Updates
2/9/17: I have a new post A Better Granny Rectangle Revisited. I have made some tweaks to how I do them since I first posted this and thought it deserved a new post. I include another version for doing them with 3dc, ch1.
1/17/17: I have added a Granny Rectangle V2.0 diagram (at the end of this article). This one has ch2 corners and ch1 in between the 3dc’s, to show that version of granny squares.
2/25/16: I have added another diagram that shows another round added so you can see how I continue on in the same color, it is near the end of the article.
For the size I did in the example:
Ch 22Â Â Ch 21 (corrected 8-24-13)
In the 6th chain from the hook, 3dc.
Skip 2 stitches, 3dc in same stitch.
Continue across, skipping 2 and doing 3dc in the same stitch. When you reach the last ch, 1dc. Ch3 (counts as a dc)
In the space on the end created by the dc and foundation ch; 2dc, ch3, 3dc, ch3, 3dc. 2 corners on the end made.
3dc in each space between across…
At the next end; in the ch 5 space 3dc, ch3, 3dc, ch3, 3dc to make the corners on the other end.
Now, go across the other side, making 3dc in each space between…
Slpst into the top of the beginning ch3 and there you have it!
I find diagrams so helpful (pretend you don’t notice that I forgot the ending slpst in the diagram):
and another, to help with the maths of the repeats in case you want a different size…
Updated 2/25/16:Â Here is a diagram with another round of crochet added. To continue on, you would repeat as in the 2 rounds shown. Update: you can do ch2 in the corners if you find ch3’s are too much. Ch3 works fine for smaller projects, but ch2 would be better for larger items.
Update 1/17/17
This is A Better Granny Rectangle v2.0. The difference is ch2 on the corners and ch1 in between the 3dc’s. For those times you are using this to make a blanket and want to make your grannies with the ch1 between clusters. To change the size, adjust by 4 ch’s.
I am feeling that the added space in the starting chain in this 2.0 version is too much, not working as neat and tidy as I would like. Looks like this will be evolving even more, stay tuned!
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