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I sent off Surly’s yarn and squares for her own Geddy Tee.

Her main color is Malabrigo Rios Denim.

I have also been playing around with a knitted granny square.  I wanted to teach the Geddy Tee as a class, but many of my knitting friends don’t crochet.  I checked out Ravelry and found a square by Barb Salpekar that I used as a starting point for my version.  I’m pretty happy with it.  I will share it initially with people who sign up for the class, but I’ll probably put it up on Ravelry at some point.

Here are the two squares (the left one is knitted):

Not perfect, but close enough!!  Happy cro-knitting!!

PS to Marina:  I did use Betty Salpekar’s pattern for my initial inspiration and asked her if I could adapt it.  She is credited in the pattern I came up with, as well.  My square is quite different than hers and will be published for free after the Geddy Tee class I’m teaching gets started.  I will announce when it is available in the next couple of weeks.

When this pattern dropped, I was the first in line to buy!  I fell in love with this cutie: Geddy Tee.  I love crocheting, especially granny squares.  This top takes 4-6 squares, and are super easy to do.  The pattern itself is well-written and straightforward.

I wanted a denim blue for my main color, but then this darker blue spoke to me.  I should have stuck with my first choice, but forged ahead (I was unable to exchange the yarn).  I had trouble coming up with the perfect color choice for the squares until I landed on this.

I think this is the cutest tee I’ve ever made.  I absolutely love it.

Sister Surly wants to make this, too, but doesn’t crochet.  I bought the lighter denim for her and will do the squares.  I will share the squares that I come up with…I will have square envy!!  😉

And if you didn’t already, you still have time to favorite my Aal Ower Toorie!!

PS to Chloe: You might be able to enlist a crocheting friend to make the squares.  Like I said, they are quite basic to do.

Ah, the tortured title strikes again!  My latest FO is chockful of ribbing, from top to extended bottom.  It is the world famous Anker, my version being based on the Anker Summer Shirt.  Petiteknit has put out multiple iterations of this sweater, and it is extremely popular.  I knit this out of Noro Silk Garden Sock Solo, color S82 Kawasaki.  The yarn is VERY thick and thin.  So much so that most patterns I tried just did not work.  That is why I settled on the very simple Anker.

It’s a great sweater.  Obviously, I added long sleeves.   I had so much yarn!!  The only problem is that it says spring, but is too warm for spring/summer.  Oh, well!!