This week I decided to learn how to make this solid granny square. You should note those little holes that go from all corners to the center of the granny square. 

I used this Youtube video at first. It went horribly wrong. I am not sure what exactly I did wrong at the beginning but the square did not turn out right at all as you can see below. 

I tried making another square with the same video and it still did not look right at all. It looked fine, but it did not look like how it was supposed to. At least this time it was an actual square though. 

I did try to do this square a third time using just what I could remember and it turned out completely wrong. I am honestly not even sure when I realized that this was going haywire but at some point I noticed it was not actually supposed to look like this. I then just started to do my own thing. I was already using the colour yellow, and what goes with flowers like peanut butter and jam? THE SUN! I somehow did this, I hope no one likes it enough to want to make it because I could not tell you how I did it. I also crocheted a basic granny square the attach to the back of it shown on the top right. The bottom left is how I attached them and the bottom right is the final square.  

However I did learn what a magic circle is which I will be using for my future granny square. A magic circle is basically a slip knot that is adjustable so when you finish a granny square you can pull the tail and it will cinch in the center of the granny square. This leaves a small circle in the middle giving it a more clean look. The images below show this. The image on the left below shows the granny square before being cinched and the one on the right shows it being cinched. 

I ended up using this pinterest post to learn how to do the solid granny square properly. I was completely guessing how to do the pattern because I had no idea what any of those lines and circles meant. I made some educated guesses and it ended up working out pretty decent. 

The video I would rate a 6/10. I can see where it could be helpful for others but it just did not work for me. I did learn a couple abbreviations from this video and of course the magic circle which was helpful but I do not think I will use this video again. 

As for the Pinterest image, I’d rate it an 8/10. At first glance my head was spinning looking at it. But once I took a second to actually look at it and use what I already know about crocheting, it was not so bad.