10 skeins of Noro for main and 1 skein of Noro for border (ordered separately but luckily dye lot matched!)

6 skeins of white Cotton Ease

Estimated:
Each skein ≈ 11 squares
Total ≈ 110 squares

Actual:
Total = 113 squares

Will do 9 x 12 squares (108) - so will have 5 spare to pick and choose the best ones.

Each square is about 5.5” x 5.5”

Border about 4” wide
Row 1 = sc (white)
Row 2 = hdc (white)
Row 3 = hdc (Noro)
Row 4 = hdc (white)
Row 5 = sc back loop only (white) to help prevent curling
Row 6 = granny cluster (white) - 3 dc cluster, skip 2 st
Row 7 = sc (white)
Row 8 = hdc back loop only (Noro)
Row 9 = hdc (white)
Row 10 = sc (Noro)
Row 11 = sc (white)
Row 12 = (sc, ch2, skip 2 st) repeat (white)
Row 13 = in each ch 2 space - (sl st, hdc, dc, hdc, sl st) repeat (white)

Timeline

{Feb.16.2013} - 45 squares done - 24 of which also completed white border

{Feb.20.2013} - 65 squares done with white border

{Feb.25.2013} - 80 squares done with white border

{Feb.26.2013} - 100 squares done with white border & remaining 8 squares done and ends weaved with white border to put on

{Feb.27.2013} - 108 squares done with white border! Sorted the squares out into separate piles of roughly the same color - 8 ‘colors’ total (see 2nd from bottom pic). Now on to the extra fun part :-) Took me awhile but I worked out the color pattern (3rd pic from bottom) and then stacked the squares back into 12 piles of 9 (4th pic from bottom). Ready to crochet together!

{Feb.28.2013} - All squares crocheted together horizontally and then vertically with a single crochet row.

{Mar.01.2013} - Weaving the white ends in for each square before starting the border.

{Mar.03.2013} - Border started. Ordered one more skein of Noro for the border and waiting for that to arrive. (I didn’t want to use the left overs from the first 10 lots because the colors were almost all purple and wouldn’t look good. I have another project in mind for those leftovers.)

{Mar.06.2013} - last Noro skein arrived - lucky lucky it’s the same dye lot! Onward with the border!

{Mar.07.2013} - 6 rows of border completed

{Mar.08.2013} - 12 rows of border completed

{Mar.09.2013} - DONE!!!