I’m sure we all know and fear the granny square whether we consciously know it or not. It haunted the 70′s with atrocities like this:

When I learned to crochet, I learned on flowery lace motifs, and simple block stitches. I have been avoiding granny squares like a plague. I came up with the idea to crochet over 100 flowers and join them into a quilt for my mom. The flowers were easy to make, and turned out beautifully- but have since been sitting in a bag because I have NO CLUE how to join them. I tried crocheting leaf motifs in between the flower petals and stitching down the sides to connect them, but that was taking forever. I tried to crochet a grid around each flower, but it sagged and gaped horribly.

The project sat in hibernation for a little over a year. I had intended to give it to my mom as a mother’s day/birthday present and it was starting to really bug me that I couldn’t finish it. Well, as I was flipping through an old issue of Vogue Knitting, I saw a lovely lacy-flower granny square. Problem solved. I can easily turn the flowers into squares, and connect as I go: