53::365

Pattern: "Bev's Soft Flower Square" by Beverly A. Qualheim

I made a couple of small modifications to this pattern. Instead of turning after each round of yellow, I slip stitched to the next ch space and crocheted from the right side of the square. Funny, when I first learned to make granny squares, I always turned at the end of each row unless I was changing color because none of the tutorials I read showed how to slip stitch across the next two stitches and into the following empty space. It was like a revelation when I finally figured it out. I also changed the final round from sc to hdc to get the size I wanted.

The center of this block reminds me of the "Bright Flower" square (#51) from 200 Crochet Blocks. In fact, it may be exactly the same. Apparently I never blogged about the potholder I made with "Bright Flower" below way back in April. I am not a fan of variegated yarn at all really, but I think it looks okay in this.

I do not, however, like the way the variegated yarn looks on the back of that same potholder. I've learned since not to even bother buying the stuff. This pattern is motif #105 from Beyond the Square.