Crafty Fail: Giant Granny Square Afghan

The latest project that’s been popping up all over Flickr is the Giant Granny Square Afghan. Basically, crochet a granny square. Then keep crocheting around and around the giant granny square, until you have a lap blanket.

Easy enough, but it’s the colors people are choosing that are making the simple granny square look fantastic. Here are just a few:

I mean, how gorgeous are those colors? A lot of folks are making them from the scraps they have left over from previous projects. Seriously, how amazing is that?

I figured I’d give it a try. I have a few skeins of acrylic in my stash from a mega-sale at Joanns, so I figured they’d work for something like this:

Pretty, bright colors! So much potential!

Here’s the problem: I have no sense of color. None. I have the WORST time putting colors together in multiple color projects, and this granny square afghan was no exception. Want proof?

Here is a big square of “meh.” So much potential, so little reward.

I posted this on Flickr, and Flickr friend Anne mentioned that it might be easier for me to choose a color family to work with, like all blues or blues and purples, rather than the entire color spectrum. This makes sense, but unfortunately I don’t have a large enough stash on hand to make a full lap blanket.

Oh well. It was worth a try. For now I’ll just admire the beauty of the virtual afghans, and plan on another project to work on instead.