I have to say that I’ve never been a fan of the granny square; it just seems so…old fashioned, I guess. That being said, this pattern caught my eye; it is such a striking and original way to put the squares together. I just had to try it.

WARNING: This is a Russian (I think) website and besides everything being in a different language, the written instructions are very sparse; but if you have a basic working knowledge of reading crochet charts you should have no problem.