Month One: April
PennyIA (Penny) wanted to make a Ron Weasley blanket. She wanted manly earthy tones (Brown, Orange, Green) and simple squares. Her goal was to donate the blanket to the veteran's hospital.
My square for Penny was a simple Tunisian crochet square with four colours of yarn I already had on hand.
Penny's blanket is DONE! That's my square on the bottom right-hand corner.
Month Two: May
luckhappens (Kelli) wanted a sampler afghan of monochromatic squares in the cream / off-white family and she wanted her yarn to be botanical (cotton, bamboo, hemp, rayon, soy, linen, silk or a blend).
My square for Kelli was a pattern called modern alchemy in cream cotton that I bought for the project. I needed to improvise a border that would get the jagged edging to be square, but I think it worked out OK. I was in such a rush to send my square to Kelli that I forgot to take a photo. This photo was taken by Kelli which is why it shows the three teas I gave her as part of the swap. People normally give things like stitch markers and whatnot (i.e. craft-related stuff) but I don't know where to buy a lot of stuff like that so I send tea because I'm a tea-lover!
Month Three: June
omahabookworm (Susan) wanted to make blankets for kids in the local homeless shelter so she wanted squares that kids could be a bit rough on. She wanted bright colours (blues, greens, pinks, red, orange, purple, yellow) in any pattern.
My square for Susan was a velvet and lace square in purple and pink that I already had on hand. I needed to adapt the pattern a bit to make it 12" but I think it worked out well. Once again I forgot to take the photo myself so this is Susan's photo.
Month Four: July
CraftyMomOf3 (Renee) wanted to make a cream and sage blanket for her camper.
My square for Renee was a mandela in cotton yarn (I only bought the green because I had cream left from the other beige square). Yet again, I didn't take a photo; this is Renee's. The middle green part of this pattern was really fun to make.
Month Five: August
knitpixie (Aimee) just got married in June and wanted cream-coloured cotton squares to make a blanket for her eventual baby.
My square for Aimee was an on-the-huh square I made out of new beige cotton I bought for the project. I had to modify the pattern to work with a single colour but it turned out well. I took a photo but I've somehow managed to lose that memory card so I don't actually have a photo now. Aimee is very busy with her new job and hasn't posted photos of all of her squares yet. I will update this post when a photo shows up!
Month Six: September
middleofnowhere (Casey) wanted red, black, or white for a blanket for her sister's 21st birthday. She wanted eclectic and random patterns.
My square for Casey was an ice cave square in the three colours she wanted. I had the red and white on hand but I bought black for this project. This square is super dense, but I hope it gets softer once it's washed.
Month Seven: October
puzzlelover (Diane) wanted cotton fall coloured squares, preferably monocromatic, in any of: red, orange, greens, yellows, browns, etc.
My square for Diane is a 16-circles square, but I goofed and didn't read the bit about cotton. So I sent her an acrylic square using brown yarn that was leftover from when I made my first afghan for Kyle. I hope she's not mad at me :(
Month Eight: November
Irish (Maureen) wanted cream, sage or cranberry/ burgundy squares, and she wanted cables/textures. She preferred wool but said acrylic was fine.
My square for Maureen was an improvised square I created to highlight a textured green wool I had in my stash. I didn't like the look of the wool on it's own (it looked unplanned and sloppy) so I used 2 other greens I had in my stash (both acrylic). I used double-crochets alternating with chains to create texture. I like the end result but I feel like it's one of those squares you either like or hate. This is Maureen's photo and it's a bit darker and yellower than the actual yarn looks in real life.
So that's them so far! I'll post some photos when I start receiving my own squares in December. I'm planning on making a shawl out of jewel tones. I'm pretty excited. This is the photo I used for inspiration:
