Say Hello To Granny

You know that already: I love granny squares.

Had a blanket from IKEA once, 100% poly, horrible to touch but oh so beautiful! I always dreamed of owning something like this, made of real wool or cotton, but nobody in our family used to crochet...
Sure, you can buy them but that just wouldn't feel right.

Thanks to Katrin's help I now seem to have gotten a bit closer to let this dream come true.

Although  I wanted to let the hook rest a little while after my first crochet attack during which I made 23  flowers back-to-back ("I can't believe, it really works... unbelievable... I actually can do it... just one more, one more, one more...") in order to make more important things, I couldn't resist checking out a most pleasantly rather large scaled pattern for a granny square I found in the latest issue of Cotton & Paint.

You've already seen, it went well.

After the white square I've shown you in the last post I tried to make one of several different colours, using skeins  I didn't buy to combine in the  first place, but it never had worked if I had...   
There wasn't much of that yarn and because  I did  not want to get lost in a huge, never ending project I decided to stop this  rush of enthusiasm while I could and opted for a smaller sized object like a shrug, pillow case, little blanket or little blanket with ties, also called apron.
So here, for keeping my  frost susceptible bum nicely warm and cozy, is my Granny Square Apron:

Gently wrapping with highest concentration...

Tying...

A little bit adjusting...

Making the knot...

Posing proudly ;-)

And because these photos really look headless like this only because our place is annoyingly smallish and the tripod would have had to be be placed in our neighbours sleeping room just without the wall between them and us, I bowed...

To smile and say hello to you!

Alex, 38, married, mother, German, living in Japan since 7 1/2 years and finally a happy crocheter, warmly wrapped in granny squares.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving or kinro kansha no hi (Labour Thanksgivng Day) or plain Thursday!

Edit: Gosh, don't let me do the maths, I am living here for six and a half years, moved to Japan in 2000...

Comments

[karen.b]

Nice to "meet" you alex !
you're cute !
and your apron is lovely -
my firt granny sqaures ended in a vest for my daughter - she still loves it- i'm thinking of making a small balnket for the baby sister - but i only have 2 months before the dure date and so many things to do....

my husband is in Germany this week ;o)

[camille]

Hajimemashite!
Wonderful apron!
I love your blog. I've lived in Japan for 3 years and it was great!
mata ne

[ruth singer]

hey! well done. I'm impressed. I hate crochet so have lots of respect for anyone who can learn it so quickly and make such a lovely apron from it.

[julie]

Hello Alex!!!!! wow, that is brave of you and its very nice to meet you!!!
And your apron is very lovely too!!

[Aud]

Hi Alex,

nice to meet you and your lovely apron.

Greetings from Germany

Aud

[Kelli]

Don't forget to add beautiful to your list. And damn talented too!

[Kristin La Flamme]

Your apron is "Wunderbar!" But I have to ask, can you wear a Christmas T-shirt before Thanksgiving, or Erste Advent? All those cookie names are taunting me -- I have a long month of baking ahead ;-)

[futuregirl]

I love your apron! It's the perfect cool project for granny squares. I know it was an accident, but I love the color combination. :)

[Malin]

What a great post! Love the apron and the funny way you presented it :) Made me smile over here.

[Tania Ho]

It is gorgeous, Alex :)

[myra]

Aw! Hello to you too Alex. The apron is perfect and it matches your beautiful smile to a "t"!

[christina]

what a wonderful post. it is great to see you and the end result of your great crochet experience.

[Kristina]

That is so cuuute!
My Mother-in-Law has been trying to teach me to crochet. She has given up. I just don't get it. I'll stick to knitting ;o)
Nice to "meet" you btw. Love your t-shirt, did you make it yourself?

[erin]

This is such a cute way to use crochet squares. Thanks for the inspiration!

[brandie]

okay, i am soooo making one of these!
i love granny squares too and never thought of making an apron. you are brilliant!

[Sandrine (alias Didine ♥ )]

As I already told you, this apron is really too cute :) And you, you are too cute too !! Hugs

[Nic]

Hallo Alex,
so schön DICH zu sehen!
Wundervolle Schürze!
Schmunzelpost!
Wahnsinnsshirt!!!

Ganz liebe Grüße
Nic

[Heike]

Schön mal den "Kopf" zu sehen, der hinter all diesen wunderbaren Ideen steckt...bzw. diese hervorbringt!
Süße Idee mit der Wolldeckenschürze! Und eine supernette Präsentation.

Liebe Grüße
Heike

P.S.: Du hast mich infiziert...Die ersten Häkelblümchen liegen schon hier!

[littleshika]

oh Alex, it's great to see you! your granny square apron is lovely. I love the pink and dark colors...it looks great over your pants too.

yoroshiku~~

[Sasha]

Oh cute! If I had that I would wear it out!

[Alison]

Heloooo there :)
You just made Granny 'hip' :)

[eireann]

hello there! so nice to 'meet' you. :) and I'm jealous--I, too, LOVE the grannysquare blankets, but I have never gotten the hang of crochet. Someday.

[Mae]

I love the way you did that post! I think the granny square apron looks very cozy.

[Minka]

Schoen Dich kennenzulernen. Ich love your blog.... btw, I would love to know how it was that you came to be in Japan and if you had an easy time learning japanisch. Mein mann und son und ich wollen in spaetestens 7 jahren nach japan um zu reisen fuer ein bis zwei monate und ich moechte gerne japanisch lernen, aber mein mann der ja eigentlich sprachlich begabt ist, sagt es seie ziemlich unmoeglich dass in unserem alter zu lernen (wir sind auch 68-iger). Was meinst du?

[Pip]

Wonderful post!