There are so many fab ideas for using the venerable crochet Granny Square. Yet when I read the headline ‘This ain’t your granny’s Granny Square’!  it felt wrong, like it was dishonoring the work of the women before us. 

Yes, I know there have been ‘yarns’ about the thousands of Granny Square throws that have draped over the couches of American homes.  Jokes about the durability of the chosen yarn, but I won’t join in.  Strip away the color choices of the era and the few choices of yarn quality of the times and you find women who have held up the craft of crocheting over the generations.  Women who have chosen to put time aside for themselves to express their creativity. They designed items that brought originality into their homes, welcomed babies and celebrated marriage.  

We applaud the return of the Granny Square and encourage all of us textile artist to not focus on how much better we can make them, but be inspired to crochet these squares to respect and honor the work of the women before us.