Like Granny, Like Grandson

Hey, readers! It’s been a while since my last post, and for good reason. Last time I posted, I was updating you all on my learning experience with the single crochet. Now, you must be wondering what could possibly better than a single crochet? THE DOUBLE CROCHET. As you’ve probably already guessed, my favourite way to learn about different stitches and crochet techniques is definitely YouTube. So, that’s exactly where I went to figure out how to double crochet.

I instinctively went to a channel called Bella Coco that I’ve used before because their videos and commentary were extremely helpful the first time around. The channel already had a playlist including some beginner crochet methods that I used. One of the videos was focused on the double crochet.

After following along, I was able to successfully form a nice string of double crochets and felt I could do a bit more so I built on top of the first row to practice more of my double crochets.

With my double crochets and my single crochets pretty much nailed down, I decided I wanted to do something a bit more expansive. After scratching my head for a little while trying to decide what I wanted to do, I thought about a comment from Alannah Uliski and from Bernice Hauck in my EDTC 300 class. They both suggested that I try making a blanket, more specifically, Alannah had mentioned I should try making a granny square blanket. Having no idea what a granny square blanket was or why it was so elderly, I searched for some answers on YouTube. It wasn’t long until I found this fantastic video by Amanda Crochets detailing exactly what I needed to know.

Now, I didn’t want to dive straight in with the fancy new acrylic yarn that I bought in case I messed up horribly, so I decided to practice the first few rounds with my cotton yarn. The slideshow below shows my steps as I formed the magic ring, my first few crochets, the completed central square, and the completed first two rounds.

Having the confidence that I knew the steps necessary to make my blanket, I whipped out my fancy yarn and got to crocheting. I didn’t have much of a chance to grab many photos as I found myself doing this project wherever I could – at work, on the bus, and between classes. Regardless, I’m happy with the progress I made and still have much further to go.

That about wraps up this post for this week. Next week I’m hoping to explore different ways of documenting my progress like some sort of timelapse or video format and trying new learning platforms like TikTok. See you then!