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Saturday was a stormy day.

I do not mind the rain as our spring has been dry at times.

It was a good day to get my sampler squares ready to lay them out together. 

When I sorted all my pieces, I found there were three blocks that were smaller or had uneven edges even though they had been blocked and squared.

My yarn is acrylic which is a type of yarn that does not take well to permanent blocking.  I could stretch them to make them fit with the others, but when I ...

I chose to make these Solid Granny Squares.

For these blocks I followed this free tutorial:

Solid Granny Square ~ No Gaps @ Sarah Maker

In the tutorial it suggests starting your ring with this:

Magic Ring Technique @ Sarah Maker

rather than the more customary "chain and form a ring" technique.

I know how to do both of these techniques,

but I start blocks worked in rounds with my own method that combines the two.

I chain 4 and join with a slip stich and then I wind the tail loosely around the ...