Knitting Sandwich: square a month

squares of the (every other) month

since my last double v square of the month post we've unintentionally moved to a "squares of the every other month" format.

march:

may:

july:

i'm still moving forward with this project, just at a slower pace. and these days i consider any forward progress, no matter how small, something to celebrate!

7 of 9 squares done! please don't think my slow pace indicates a lack of interest - i'm loving this project especially when i get to lay them out and the squares meet up and all those right angles come together.

speaking of celebrating forward progress (at a not so slow pace...) someone turned one year old at the beginning of the month!!

she's got places to go and things to do, this one... the world had just better look out!

-melissa

Aug 26, 2016 3:21:02 PM | bundles of joy, Family, knitting, square a month

squares of joy - february edition

my february double v block has been completed! i can now finally match up the four mitered corners... (i was tempted to cheat and do it when i had the first corner of the block competed, but i want you to know i waited until today. )

yay!! totally worth the wait! i'm really enjoying watching this project slowly come together, all the sismple geometric shapes and right angles juxtaposed with those diagonal lines from the mitered squares... it's very rewarding to watch an idea you had in your head come together right before your very eyes.

already looking forward to seeing what next month will bring!

-melissa

Feb 23, 2016 12:11:24 PM | bundles of joy, knitting, square a month

squares of joy - january edition

it's been a good five months since i've made a square of the month block... coincidence that thora is also 5mo old? i think not!

i'm back on the bandwagon now though!

three finished squares! ooooh that meeting up of the mitered square corners has me so excited for next month!

all those right angles coming together in perfect garter stitch glory! it's like a neurotic crafting dream come true!

-melissa

Jan 12, 2016 12:43:25 PM | bundles of joy, knitting, square a month

squares of joy - july edition

since i was on a bit of a hiatus from blogland last month i need to quick post about july before we're too far into august! here's my july block for my double v blanket for bundles of joy:

right now my plan is to use up all the berocco comfort i have left over from making a ripple afghan for my friends' wedding a couple years ago. i'm not sure how many squares i can get out of the remaining yarn, but at least for now it's producing blocks that are somewhat color coordinated.

i'm pretty jazzed about how the blocks are going to match up. i'm looking forward to having four squares finished so they'll make a big square out of the miters in the corners...

have i mentioned how excited i am about this project?!? very excited! and the best part - it's already august, so i can start on the next square right away!!

-melissa

Aug 2, 2015 1:13:26 PM | bundles of joy, knitting, square a month

new square a month - knitted quilt blocks

two unrelated thoughts have been swirling around in my head as of late. first, a general guilt that i've been lax on my bundles of joy knitting and second, taking a quilt block pattern and knitting it. i've been obsessed with log cabin knitting ever since i first cracked open the mason dixon knitting book. but over the past few months i've been thinking about taking other quilting patterns and translating them into knitted blocks. so much so that i made a pinterest board for potential patterns.

i didn't want anything fussy - no triangles or complications, just some basic quilt blocks. i settled on the double v block for my first attempt.

as i was knitting this up i felt the calm come over me of scratching a creative itch that had been percolating for quite some time. i also found myself asking, "well *now* what am i going to do with this block?" a bundles of joy square-a-month project seemed the only logical answer.

this will serve as my june square. it also reminded me how much i like doing the square a month projects, very little pressure since it's just one block per month, and i always look forward to getting to make the next block.

my mind is already swirling with other quilts-into-knits ideas, just from the few pins i put on that board. don't expect this to be the last you hear of this idea.

does this ever happen to y'all? you can't get a crafty idea out of your head and it builds and grows until you can't ignore it and have to act - sooner than later?!?

-melissa

Jun 18, 2015 10:46:34 AM | bundles of joy, knitting, square a month

squares of joy - september edition

my september square for my square a month project for bundles of joy is finished:

this was the ninth and final square, which also means the blanket is now finished! thanks to football sunday (watching two games back to back affords one much time for crafting), i also finished the border:

i used the "lily edging" and changed colors for the last two squares of the round (lest you think i am just that creative, it was out of necessity as i ran out of teal yarn with two squares to go on the first round!)

but i turned out to really like the extra stripes of color, in a blanket this loud you really can't over do the color!

it's a bright, fun color explosion!!

i really enjoyed this project, each month it was a treat to make a new square.

now i have a couple weeks to come up with an idea for my next square a month blanket... i'm feeling hard pressed to top this one!

-melissa

Sep 15, 2013 9:11:07 PM | bundles of joy, crochet, square a month

squares of joy - august edition

in an attempt to ease out of my crafting ennui and summon back my crafting muse i chose an obvious motivator - crocheting granny squares!! because of my focus on finishing the wedding ripple last month i didn't get my july square done, so this month i had two squares to do. i just figured it was double the motivation!

here's the july square: