Spring Granny Square Swap

[WriterofWords]

White is considered a cool color,, why is everyone worrying about white?

 

[rancher hicks]

Because it wasn't part of the color wheel. A white center looks nice now and then.

As for the bulbs, I have one of those drill bits for bulbs and a cordless drill. So every year I like to buy the discounted bulbs at the end of fall and plant more. The drill bit makes it easy and quick and the battery usually runs down just about the time my back gives out.

 

[WriterofWords]

Quite a few of ours have a lot of white in them. Will this be a problem? I was going by cool colors.

 

[rancher hicks]

Quite a few of ours have a lot of white in them. Will this be a problem? I was going by cool colors.

Not for me. I intend to go around all the squares with the traditional black and this ties them all together. If I were doing all the squares myself then my colors would all be the same and a more themed afghan would be possible but since there are multiple squares and crocheters and colors I think one central color to all squares would be better. Think Easter and Spring and what colors those two things bring to mind and for me a gardener it's Easter Lillies and snow drops and crocus and hyicinths and light green new grass and chocolate covered marshmallow easter bunnies. Oops sorry.

Anyhow white works for me. But then this is not my call. I suppose a nice Spring themed garden magazine would give some good ideas, but then I didn't start this swap.

That's why I said it's best to say this is the yarn and these are the colors. Lord have mercy you should have seen the colors some chose for the Knitting thing at church. People have different tastes and lets face it Olive green with light blue? I don't think so. So now Sister Trudy just buys all the yarn and we pay her for our skeins and knit our own patterns.

I had my fashionista DD match up my colors so they went together, but then I'm a guy.

Have a nice day,

Rancher

 

[Alethea]

The swap could have as easily been called the Cool Color Swap. Purple, Blue and green were chosen and a little white approve. I wouldn't worry about missing some spring flowers. Maybe next year we'll include daffodils and crocuses but for now we've gotten pictures of some gorgeous purple, blue and green squares, some with a little white. I think we (y'all, I'm not on the receiving end) will be happy with what we get.

That being said, we close today! Is our final count 21? I've got 63 squares (three sets) bagged and tagged and ready to go. Writer will get 7 pink or pink & purple ones, 8 leftover swap squares.

How do we get Betty's address?

 

[Smitty's Farm]

Not for me. I intend to go around all the squares with the traditional black and this ties them all together. If I were doing all the squares myself then my colors would all be the same and a more themed afghan would be possible but since there are multiple squares and crocheters and colors I think one central color to all squares would be better. Think Easter and Spring and what colors those two things bring to mind and for me a gardener it's Easter Lillies and snow drops and crocus and hyicinths and light green new grass and chocolate covered marshmallow easter bunnies. Oops sorry.

Anyhow white works for me. But then this is not my call. I suppose a nice Spring themed garden magazine would give some good ideas, but then I didn't start this swap.

That's why I said it's best to say this is the yarn and these are the colors. Lord have mercy you should have seen the colors some chose for the Knitting thing at church. People have different tastes and lets face it Olive green with light blue? I don't think so. So now Sister Trudy just buys all the yarn and we pay her for our skeins and knit our own patterns.

I had my fashionista DD match up my colors so they went together, but then I'm a guy.

Have a nice day,

Rancher

Oh I like your idea of how you will connect your squares. I'm not sure how I will tie all mine together. I will have to wait and see and put them all out together and arrange them in different combos. LOL!! I have a bunch of squares from past swaps and haven't connected any of them to make anything. I was going to make a hodgepodge BYC afghan will all my swaps, but not sure now.


The swap is just called "Spring Swap" b/c that is around the time frame the swaps are due and nothing to do w/ the color. The hostess gets to pick all the details of the swap and this one just happened to be "Cool Color" scheme. That is the perk of being the hostess is picking all the guide lines, dead lines, rules, yarn type, color combos etc.

We've had scrap yarn swaps in the past. Oh man...talking about weird color combos. We'd get halloween, neon or Christmas combos. LOL!!! There has been hexagon swaps, last spring was a floral granny square, but the sizes could range from 6-10", I think. We've had Fall colored 6" granny square. All kinds of different schemes and guide lines.

SunnyDawn is hosting the next crochet swap and is thinking of going with the same brand yarn and colors for those of you that like more unity, but she is still working out the details. I can't wait to see what she comes up with, but I need to try to get through this one first.

Just PM baustin (Betty) and she will send you her address.

 

[WriterofWords]

I lost one, she was worried because all of her squares had a lot of white or mainly white with purple, green, etc. trim. So it's me and 3 for a total of 4.

 

[Smitty's Farm]

The swap could have as easily been called the Cool Color Swap. Purple, Blue and green were chosen and a little white approve. I wouldn't worry about missing some spring flowers. Maybe next year we'll include daffodils and crocuses but for now we've gotten pictures of some gorgeous purple, blue and green squares, some with a little white. I think we (y'all, I'm not on the receiving end) will be happy with what we get.

That being said, we close today! Is our final count 21? I've got 63 squares (three sets) bagged and tagged and ready to go. Writer will get 7 pink or pink & purple ones, 8 leftover swap squares.

How do we get Betty's address?

You are so awesome to make so many beautiful squares to donate to give out of the pure enjoyment of crocheting. What a saint! Thank you so much for all your hard contributed work. Your squares are beautiful! Good luck on closing! Just PM Betty to get her address. Let me know if you don't hear from her, b/c I still might have it from the Fall swap. Yes, I will enjoy receiving everyone's squares. I always do no matter what the theme is. It's like Christmas or B-day when the the swaps arrive!

 

[Smitty's Farm]

I lost one, she was worried because all of her squares had a lot of white or mainly white with purple, green, etc. trim. So it's me and 3 for a total of 4.

That's a bummer! Are you sure she is dropping? I thought Betty said white was ok??? You should encourage her to stay, esp if she has a lot of the square finished already.

 

[WriterofWords]

Yeah, they were scrolling through on my laptop looking at pictures and keep seeing all the comments about a little bit of white being ok, and she says since hers aren't a little bit, they are mostly, then she doesn't want to send them. We will share what we get back and mix hers in with them and split them all between us so she'll get some no matter what. It's hard with this age group sometimes, they are very literal and serious.

That's a bummer! Are you sure she is dropping? I thought Betty said white was ok??? You should encourage her to stay, esp if she has a lot of the square finished already.