What this Crocheter Does When Uninspired

Sometimes I just have no idea of what I want to make. With the onset of the pandemic last year, I made quite a few afghans for gifts. I have created a good size stockpile of crocheted slippers to give as gifts this year. Now, I am a little stumped as to what I want my next project to be. A simple, mindless thing I make during these times is solid granny squares out of the odds and ends of leftover yarns. One day, I will then assemble into lapghans to donate. I like to use solid grannies because they are warmer than the traditional granny. When looking for a pattern online, there were numerous ones with different counts. Here’s how I make mine.

Solid Granny

I use G hook and ww yarn scraps

Chain 5 and join with sl st to make a ring.

Round 1--3 ch (Counts as 1^st dc), 1 dc into circle (2 ch, 2 dc into circle) 3 times. You will have 4 sets of three DC separated by 2 chains. 

Slip stitch into 3rd chain of starting set of chains

Round 2--  3 ch, 1 dc in same place as 3 ch, 1 dc in each of next 2 sts, (2 dc, 2 ch and 2 dc into next corner, 1 dc into each of next 2 dc) 3 times, 2 dc into next corner

Slip stitch into 3rd chain of starting set of chains

Repeat Round 2 until it is the desired size. Each side of the square gains 4 DC stitches every round. example, 1st round is 3 DC. 2nd round is 7 DC, 3rd round is 11 DC and so on and so forth. 

This method of making solid granny squares works out fine for me. For every solid granny square pattern you take a gander at, there are noticeable differences. Recently I made a pattern and used someone else's instructions to make a solid granny and it was a definite failure. Since it was a large "square" the corners started getting to be an extended, pointy length. I was very disappointed.