Lots of stuff!

I've been working on a variety of projects lately.  All the ones I've previously mentioned, plus a few more.  Here's a few more baby squares, and I'm planning on making at least 2 more today.

After Christmas, Joanns had a pretty nice sale on yarn, so of course I had to buy a box full.  Even now as I check out Joann I see they have a 30% off all yarn sale.  Uh oh!

I've always loved dusty pinks and greens together, and I love this pattern so I'm really fond of these squares.  I was thinking of making cushions for the dining room chairs with these.  I haven't measured or gotten the cushions yet so I'm not sure they'll actually fit, but I'm crossing my fingers.  If not, then I'll just have to turn these into a pillow or blanket at some point.  I think they are SO pretty.

I got another granny square book from the library, and I've been trying out the patterns.  I love making squares.  None of them take very long to do, so you get the satisfaction of completing something.  Mostly I making them when I'm watching a movie or something on tv, it's very relaxing.

A lot of them have mistakes, corners done wrong.  But since these are my own personal squares, and I'm not selling them I'm not very bothered by imperfections.  Also yesterday I figured out something I had been doing wrong the entire time on my granny squares, and since then they make MUCH more sense and are coming out better.  Yay for learning!

Went to the library to look for crochet books and came home with this one. Granny Crochet Favorites  I've noticed that granny squares are everywhere in the crochet world, and they are supposed to be fast to make.  In other words, faster squares means more charity squares and more blankets for my own use.  Woo!  First one from the book I tried is called Wagon Wheel #1.  Having never really tried this method before, I think it turned out alright.  Since I didn't measure and make sure it was a certain size, I'll probably keep this one and start up a stash of misc squares to be made into a blanket someday.

Unfortunately this book is somewhat old, so I can't just buy it outright from amazon.  I'll have to get it from ebay or scan the few pages I really want from it.