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Greg,
Welcome! Smile
That's wonderful how you learned to crochet from your youngest daughter - how kind of her to teach you. And kudos for making granny square blankets! They're so versatile and can be fantastic for scrap projects or just plain mindless crochet, when you want to let your mind wander (or watch TV, lol), while keeping your hands busy.
It's so fascinating how seeing the granny square diagram helped you! My thought is that perhaps your brain deals better with crochet diagrams rather than written patterns. And if you ever want to branch out beyond the granny, there are granny square variations (unfortunately, not all designers chart them) to keep you busy. There's a sunburst, a hexagon (still using the granny stitch) and there are solid "grannies" (some of those aren't really grannies anymore, but they're still called grannies, lol, no idea why).
And if you prefer conventional grannies to variations, there's always the option for continuing to make granny square blankets, which no doubt will be treasured by your family members and friends for years! Kiss


Sharlene,

I just made a change to the test version you ran.  The link again is here.

This test version knows your member ID and is not available to other users.

Try it again and let me know.

Terry

cwhitmore,
Welcome! Smile
C2C is on our development list, but unfortunately I don't have a date to give you for when it will be available.
I know it's tempting to use the "standard" single crochet stitch (double crochet if you're in the UK) for C2C, but unfortunately standard stitches are rectangular and not square. Depending on how large your project is, the results might not work well, so it's not recommended to use this for C2C patterns.


JanetMarie,
Bobbins really are your best bet, you'll have far fewer ends to weave. By using bobbins, you can just drop one color to change, and then pick it up on the next row. I might carry for 2-3 stitches, but no more, and if it's a drastic difference in color it will show through.
Here's a pic of my cheap wood clothespin bobbins in use.
Another way is cross stitch, which is a little easier than using bobbins but takes a whole lot longer.
Here's a pic of a piece of one of my cross stitch on tunisian pieces.
Hope that helps.


Hi mstanley, you may be able to make the graph using tunisian vertical to accomodate the extra height.
However, regular crochet stitches are a bit wider than tunisian stitches and I don't know how that would effect the proportions of your image.
I've not tried this, so no guarantees. But if I wanted to use the hdc, that's what I would do.

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