These were completed in the car trip to and from the country last weekend.  I’ve quite pleased at how I’ve stayed on top of getting two squares finished each month.  Only four to go for the year now, but then the challenge of assembling them into a blanket.  The first is called Birthday Flower.

The pattern for the next square wasn’t the one specified in the crochet-a-long.  The one they’d chosen really needed a couple of different colours of yarn to work well, so I substituted it with the Pineapple Granny 12″ square, adding a couple more rows to the outer edge to bring it up to size.

Both squares are crocheted in Cleckheaton’s Vintage Hues, using a 6.5mm bamboo hook.

I’m heading off to the country again this morning, but this time without Mr Thornberry and the kids.  The girls in my book group have planned a weekend away – and some of them want me to teach them how to crochet while we’re there.  Yarn and hooks are packed ready to go!