I’ve been dying to jump on the granny bandwagon. I mean, look at all these pictures? How can a crocheter not be inspired? This picture is what completely inspired me to get started - the colors, the shape, the way it all fits together - gah, I’m swooning!

But where to find a great tutorial on how to go about making a granny square? First place I looked was on our very own site with our very own Heather (if you haven’t done this yet and want to learn, Heather’s instructions are very clear, even for a knucklehead like me). I did great creating the ring and adding the first row. But after that, I was getting really frustrated mainly because the pattern wasn’t making any sense. So I found a different pattern - the same square, different instructions and those were just as bad. I finally (finally, after almost two hours and a hissy fit later) found a video tutorial for how to make a granny square and the visual catapulted me to my first finished granny square. Behold!

It looks a little unpolished, but after all the frustration I was just glad I was done. Normally I just give up when it gets really tough and I can’t seem to get it, but I just love crocheting so much, I knew I had to power through and I did. I would love to do one incorporating other colors, but ya know, I just don’t know if I’m ready. Someone please tell me it’s easy?