Baker's Dozen Squares to date

Many of you know already that I am participating in a swap on Ravelry. It's called Baker's Dozen and we have to make twelve 12" squares over the course of 13 months, and we receive 12 squares during our own month. I've made eight squares since April, and I'm the member of the month for December. I figured it was a good time to tally them up and show them off.

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: