Just updating on the Crochet Heart Blanket..

WE HAVE FINISHED IT!! WOO HOO!!

Our beautiful little group finally finished the crocheted heart blanket and here it is

The first photo is the original photo we chose to re-create and the second photo is our completed work of art. You can see me pictured with creator of the original Artwork Guy Whitby and these are a link to his pages
 http://workbyknight.deviantart.com/
 http://workbyknight.deviantart.com/gallery/39340175/Granny-Squares?offset=96

We are all so incredibly proud of our efforts to make this and have it come to fruition. It was a logistial nightmare as there was over 40 people from all over the world involved. Making their choosen squares before sending them to me and I joined them into this beautiful practical and usable piece of art.

Many thanks to everyone involved but I have two people I must thank. Guy for allowing us to re-create his vision and to Nikki Willis for all her work in breaking the original photo down into a graph set-up to allow everyone to choose which piece they wanted to do. The following photo shows the graphed picture.

then we had to decide on the size of the individual squares which was 7cm sq in size... Tiny!!

Our next major hurdle was to co-ordinate all the requests for the indiviual blocks of squares. We got there eventually. I couldn't have done this on my own and with Nikkis' support would not have got there. Ultimately it was a true team effort.

The next step is to donate the completed artwork to the choosen charity for this piece. For those who don't know it is The Red Cross. Talks are underway for this so will update you as information comes to my attention.

Work has already begun on our next project so keep your eyes open for information on this... new post out soon!!

Also keep up to date via our facebook page   Crochet Granny Square Art for Charity
or our twitter account https://twitter.com/cgsafcharity

wow where to start... I am only new to this blogging thing so please be patient with me...

My name is Merryn and this is our story. The idea for our delightful little group began after seeing a picture shared on a facebook crochet page. From there the idea to re-create what we had seen exploded into a flurry of "lets do this"!!

 This is our first project we are attempting to re-create.

And so the adventure began........

I started a facebook page to see if there was any real interest in having a go at making this vision a reality. I had a massive response and within days had over 60 apply to join the group. We now have over 140 in the group. Some are active members and some are just there to follow our journey.  I then had a lovely lady Nikki come on board and join me as admin of the page. This is a link to our facebook page if you want to have a look  Crochet Granny Square Art for Charity 

My thoughts on what to do with the finished project was to donate it it or sell it and donate the proceeds to charity. The charity we choose for the first project was the Red Cross. This charity was choosen as we are a worldwide group and we wanted a charity that was known worldwide. Each project we complete will go to a different charity.

I first contacted the designer of the picture and the inspiration for us, Guy Whitby from http://workbyknight.deviantart.com/ , to seek permission to re-create his pictures as some were concerned with breeching copyright. Guy was more than helpful and happy for us to do so. He was just so happy that someone was bringing his visions to life!! You see what Guy has created are actually digital images using many images of different crochet granny squares. What he has created is amazing!!

Ok let's move on with our story....

I  picked a photo to re-create but it was decided that it was a little ambitious for our first group effort so Nikki found a picture that was a liitle easier. Nikki then broke the picture down into blocks and each member choose blocks to complete. Each block contains 9 crocheted squares. The catch was to keep the size of the completed piece down was that each square was to be kept at 7cm in size. The completed blocks were then sent to me and I joined them together to create a crocheted artwork measuring 2.1mt sq in size. Big enough for a queen/king size bed!! A major project that looks incredibly amazing so very happy and excited. We are nearly finished and once we have then can go about the business of selling it so we can donate the proceeds to our choosen charity.


To finish up I have included some progress phtots. The details that some have achieved in a tiny 7cm square is amazing...

 Please excuse my ugly head but here I am (with my sister hiding and helping) holding up our work of art.

What has been done so far is incredible

So keep your eyes glued for further updates of our progress..

Happy Hooking everyone :)