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Thursday, February 6, 2025

African Flower Square and a Half

Happy February, 2025 is in full swing! This month we are going back to the basics, making basic squares, triangles, rectangles, and circles. These can be joined together to make Afghans, purses, shawls, table runners, bags and much more. This weeks pattern is for a crochet square and half square or triangle. Crochet squares such as Granny squares are fantastic since they are something you can work on while traveling or waiting at an appointment, they allow you to express yourself, are customizable, and are a great way to use up your scrap yarn. The best thing about crochet squares is they are quick to complete!

I thought I would begin with one of the most popular squares on the internet, the African Flower Square. (This pattern is inspired by the African Flower Square by Barbara Smith)

                            African Flower Square and a Half

This African Flower Square and a half uses basic crochet stitches making it great for crocheters of all levels who want create a unique floral square to use in crochet projects.


This pattern includes instructions for the African Flower Square and the African Flower Half Square or tringle. 


All of the patterns for this month are made with Madlandia, Hue-Mongous 100% cotton dk size 3 yarn. As you can see from the photos this yarn has bright and beautiful colors. The yarn is easy to work with and is a great value for the money. You can check out the yarn at Madlandia. (note: I am not receiving anything for putting this yarn information on my blog, I like using this yarn and just wanted to share it with you!)

Have a hooky day! Lynne

*All images are copyright by Lynne Samaan and D60 Crochet, please do not use without permission, Thank you!  

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Warm Up America! WS Rectangle

At the beginning of 2025,  I was thinking about putting together another crochet project that I could work on throughout the year. Making squares for my Granny Scrapghan was so much fun and gave me something to do on long drives, long flights, or waiting at doctor appointments. After organizing my yarn stash, I decided to organize my craft drawers and I came across a flier that I had picked up at the DFW Fiber Fest last September. (By the way if you ever get a chance to go to the DFW Fiber Fest it is a lot of fun!) The flier is for a charity called Warm Up America. Warm Up America is a nonprofit organization that donates crochet and knitted Afghans and clothing to people in need. You can learn more about Warm Up America Here. They collect crochet and knitted 7" by 9" squares and make them into blankets. The great thing is they have patterns you can follow and give you all the information for crochet hook size and what type of yarn to use. You can find that information in the Patterns and Yarns Section. 

Even though they have some great crochet rectangle patterns, I wanted to create a square that was quick and easy to make and uses basic crochet stitches to make a nice texture, so the WS Rectangle was born. This rectangle gets its name from the stitch used to create it, the Wattle Stitch.

Here we go a skein, fresh off the hook:

                                        WS Rectangle

I have started making these 7" x 9" squares and plan to make 10-15 a month during 2025. And if time permits maybe a baby blanket or a few beanies as well. But you never know what the coming year will bring.

Besides finding out information about Warn Up America from the link above, you can follow them on Facebook and Instagram to get updates about their current needs, see pictures of donated blankets, and blankets made from the donated 7" x 9" squares. 

I hope you join me in spreading the crochet love around!

Have a hooky day! Lynne

*All images are copyright by Lynne Samaan and D60 Crochet, please do not use without permission, Thank you!