If grannies wore knickers...

If Grannies wore knickers, would they look like these?

Just an opportunity to show off my latest craft project really.

Several years ago my amazing big sister sent me a link to this pattern http://www.sfmgs.co.uk/2016/09/granny-square-crochet-shorts-free-pattern.html, and suggested that I might make her some at some point.  (She blogs at http://www.seasidebelle.com/)

It takes me a while.  I got around to it eventually.  My other crochet project has reached a fiddly hiatus and needs some concerted effort to continue, so granny squares seemed like a great idea.  I dutifully followed the pattern given on the link above.  In fact, I was pretty excited and thought I'd almost finished.  Then I tried them on.  There is something wrong with the pattern.  By following the pattern you get just the bottom half of the shorts shown above.  To call them hipsters is being very ungenerous to hipsters.  I know I have a largish bottom, but these didn't even come halfway up the cheeks!  So I made another four squares and built an extension!

 I tried them on for size and was suitably happy.  My sister's bottom is considerably smaller than mine, so if they could stretch around me, they would be fine for her.  I don't often wear holey clothing, I'll be honest, but mum assured me that "if anyone could carry off an item of clothing like that, Jo can."  It's true - photos on her Facebook include her dressed as: Betty Boop, the fairy on the Christmas Tree, a Greek goddess and Scary Spice.  However, apparently her child #3 has put his foot down and suggested that she needs to line them as it's not right for her to wear shorts where people can see her pants!  

I feel reasonably sure that she will defy him and that these shorts will get at least one outing, and that she will carry them off with style nothing like a granny!