If it's summer, I must be knitting squares! Well, that held true in 2006, and I'm back with my bag-o'Saucy once more, inspired again by Mason-Dixon Kay. Who, in turn, was inspired by quilter extrordinaire Denyse Schmidt. The latter's book features a design called What a Bunch of Squares, which Kay replicated last summer. That freehand translation is now available on Ravelry as Buncha Squares ( as well as in the post linked above). If Kay's version is the traditional quilter's did Courthouse Steps, mine is Log Cabin. Kay called hers “Blue, Orange, Green, Green, Green, White, White, White, White”; mine is Red, Green, Green, Blue, Blue, Green, Green, White, White.” With the option of subbing in tan for a white now & then. My squares are about 12”; I’ll probably make 16 of them. I finished #7 last night. Here are the first six:
