Granny squares

A little while ago I decided to teach myself how to properly crochet. I dug out my crochet needles and my entire yarn reserve (thanks, mum!), looked up a Swedish video tutorial on Youtube and off I went! I'll be completely honest with you all - my crocheting skills prior to this attempt were limited to basic potholders, so it took me a good half hour and a whole lot of redoing to figure out what was actually going on in the video. But, once I'd been able to properly wrap my mind around the works of it, I realised that a granny square is basically the easiest thing ever to crochet (hence why I ended up making so many of them - 34, to be precise - in only about three days time). 

Once you get the hang of it, a granny square only takes about 15 minutes to make (and I'm sure there are people out there who can do it even quicker), and you can vary the colours as much as you want - the important thing is that you end up liking the final result (and enjoy the process)! 

(The granny squares can also be used to play Jenga - 

although, as you can see, my tower toppled over pretty quickly)

I've now used up all my yarn, so my granny square project will have to be put on hold for the time being. Can't wait to get started again, though - maybe I'll even try some new designs next time! Feel inspired? There are plenty of crocheting tutorials to be found all over the internet, so go have a look around why don't you! Or, you can do like me, and start with the granny squares. All you need is a needle with a hook, some yarn and a bit of patience. Good luck!