Mini granny square purse

After the success of my granny square sunnies case I made yesterday (my friend wants me to make her one too), today I decided to use up some more of my stash of mini squares.
I just so happened to have a purse clasp lying around, I think it was a freebie from a magazine awhile ago, so set about making a purse from 8 mini granny squares.

I stitched four of them together using double crochet and then treble crocheted around all four of them to make it slightly larger to fit the purse frame better.

I did this twice then slip stiched the two sides together. I lined them with some pink felt by just placing the folded over felt with stitched up sides into the two granny square sides.

Next this was a tricky job I stiched the felt and crochet sides into the frame, this is tricky as you have to push the both fabrics into the gap in the frame and get the needle at the right angle to pass through the hole in the frame and go through the two layers of material at the same time. It took me a while to do this and I pricked my fingers a few times (didn't bleed to much over the project thankfully) but it is now finished and looks fantastic! I'm really pleased, what do you think? Pipx

Granny square glasses case.

My new crochet magazine landed today!   Both my children were out enjoying the sunshine, the housework was already done, well downstairs anyway, where it matters lol! (done by my early rising husband <3), so I decided it was a crochet day! lucky me :)

I read an article about using granny squares for smaller projects other than blankets, and had a think to myself about the basket full of granny squares that I have crammed in one of my ever expanding crafty cwtches! Would I ever realistically make a blanket with those squares? The answer was a big fat NO, I really do not like large projects I love to finish something within a day or two or even less, a few hours even better! I love the satisfaction of seeing something finished and although I know I would absolutely love to be able to finish a large project like a granny square blanket, I just know I would get bored and never finish, this being the reason I have a basket full of granny squares!


So today I was inspired to make a sunglasses case out of 4 pretty little squares I had. It was quite simple, quick and very satisfying.

I simply joined 2 squares together twice, using any stitch you enjoy will do, I used double.

Then I simply layed them on top of each other and treble crocheted all around making sure I left one of the narrow sides open for the top.

Once I had done this I treble crocheted around the top to give it a better finish, them sewed on a button crocheted a small chain making sure it was long enough to go go around the button and ta dah! It was done!

Ta Dah!

So if you have any granny squares hanging around you just know are not going to be used as intended this is as good a use as any and an ideal quick gift for someone. Post any photos of your granny square uses for me to see I would love some more ideas! P.x

Thumb Twiddling is boring!

With two big projects on the go I try and cram in as much hooking as I can. I even take it to work with me..... Usually. I find myself at loose end this morning as I left the house in a rush, knowing I didn't have any gaps in my Clinic (I'm an Allied Health Professional) so I left my hook and bag at home. My first client didn't turn up so I find myself twiddling my thumbs for half an hour....grrrr so frustrating. I'm going on holiday next week too so I need to cram in as much as I can to stay on schedule with the square count. Obsessed much????

Magazine Day woohoo!

My new copy of Simply Crochet landed this morning. So nice to come home and see it waiting there in its little plasticc wrapper, calling out for an accompanying cuppa and a biscuit (or three). Lovely mmmm. I just know though that my last 2 project have come from this and there's bound to be something tempting in this one too. I'm thinking of saving it until I go on holiday next week so I will have something to read on the flight ( yes I'm of to sunnier climates for a fortnight) but another part of me thinks 'ooo10 hour flight, lots of hooky time and no interruptions'. Question: can you take a crochet hook on an airplane? Hmmm, best google that sometime this week....Tx

Yeah, I couldn't wait a whole week to open it!