My First Granny Squares Cardigan!!

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Hello, incredibly talented and wonderful peeps!!:smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

So I just wanted to share my plan of trying out granny squares and making wearables for the first time ever! I’ve been really motivated to make various squares to crochet a patchwork cardigan. This is pretty new to me since the only wearables I’ve really made are simple hats​:sweat_smile: I honestly am not too sure about how to figure out how many squares I’ll need total.

The goal is to use 7x7in squares for the back/front panels, and 9x9in for sleeves. I’d probably do a 2x, maybe 3x since I’d like to be able to button it up!

You all are amazing, and it would be so awesome if anyone with advice and experience could share some tips and tricks with me​:smiling_face_with_three_hearts: Thank you so very much!!🩷🫶🏻

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I’m in the progress of making a granny square cardigan (almost done!), And my only advise is to block all of the squares. This helps a lot to make them all the same size because tension can sometimes make the squares different sizes.

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Thank you so much! Ive been trying to figure out a diy blocking board since money os tight atm​:smiling_face_with_tear: Do you have any ideas? May I ask what you use?:grin:

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this is definitely on my list of things to make one day! ive only ever made a granny hexagon cardigan, unfortunately i have no tips for patchwork! but i wish you lots of good luck with it!

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Thank you lots!!:smiling_face: I might be in over my head since ive never made any granny squares lol

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Gauge and tension are important! I would make one granny square and measure it to see the length and height (should be the same since its a square) then decide how many to make depending on the length and height of what you want to wear on you. For example I’ll say some random numbers to get the gist of it better, lets say you want the front height of the panel to be 20 inches and a granny square is 5 inches you would need 4 granny squares to reach that height obviously these are random numbers but it should hopefully get the point across

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Thank you so much! I will definitely keep that in mind​:blush:

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No problem! If you wanted every square to be the same size before you connect/sew it on I would probably consider blocking it as well, although its not necessary and more of a preference and will still look great regardless :smile:

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I will definitely try it out! I’m just trying to figure out a cheaper diy blocking board hehe

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I know this is for blocking squares but here’s a low cost idea for blocking. I use those foam floor mats and no rust pins

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You could use a cardboard box, and put long nails and/or pins in it

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I use a foam blocking board, but I’ve seen others use cardboard.

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That sounds great, thank you for that suggestion!!

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I’m definitely going to try this out! I feel like the foam bloacks would be more secure!

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I have a corkboard, wall board. I agree with the rust proof pins.

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This here is available for free and is really cute and nice. I like it.

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I just saved this to help someone with.

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Thank you sooo much!!:smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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I can’t wait to make my own blocking board! Thank you lots!:smiling_face:

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Block the squares after making them. Measure yourself, and the squares to see how many you need, use a skein of yarn to see how many squares each skein makes. Then divide how much squares the skein made, by how much you need. And you get the amount of how many skeins you need! It really helped me with the amount of skeins I needed!

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