Granny squares in crochet

Crochet Know-How 5 gives instructions for an "Old America Square", which I would call a granny square.  It's a simple square crocheted in treble, which when finished is about 12 cm square.  The Golden hands project is an "afghan" or throw rug made up of many of these squares.  The Golden Hands squares are made up in two colours:

This crochets up into a lovely blanket:

I'm going to use this crocheting as my "portable project" to carry around with me when I'm away from home, at appointments, travelling etc., so for ease I'm using only one colour for each square.  I'm using 8 ply alpaca yarn as I have a few balls in lovely muted shades that I bought at the Nundle Woollen Mill last year. I'll have to find some more of this type of yarn at a reasonable price.

My first square:

When I was a teenager I had a long bus ride to school every day.  My friends and I went through a phase of crocheting blankets like these ones, but we would start with a square and then just keep crocheting around and around with all sorts of different yarns until it was big enough or we got sick of it!