Grace Blanchard Leads One-Evening Granny Square Workshop at Concord Library

Grace Blanchard led a Granny Square Workshop at Concord Public Library in Concord, N.H., on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 6:00 p.m., an event listed on Off the Hook Crochet’s Free Library Workshops calendar and posted on Patch as a community event. The session focused on the classic granny-square motif and was scheduled as a single evening, hands-on workshop beginning at 6:00 p.m.

Patch’s event listing described the class goal in detail: “Learn to create one of the most iconic motifs in crochet—the classic Granny Square! In this fun and skill-building workshop, you’ll discover how to crochet in the round, an intermediate technique that opens the door to countless new projects.” The Patch posting included explicit participation requirements: “This is not a class for beginners you will need to know basic crochet stitches to participate,” and it instructed attendees to “Please bring a selection of crochet yarn with you since it won’t be supplied.”

Off the Hook Crochet placed the Concord workshop among several Free Library Workshops on its site, listing the Granny Square Workshop for Concord Public Library on Tuesday, Feb. 24 at 6:00 p.m. alongside other offerings such as Amigurumi Heart Workshop at Griffin Free Public Library on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 11:00 a.m., Beginner Crochet Workshop - Part 2 at Chelmsford Public Library on Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 6:00 p.m., and an Easter Egg Workshop at Chelmsford Public Library on Monday, Mar. 30 at 6:00 p.m. Off the Hook also cautioned prospective registrants: “Please note: if the registration link brings you to an empty event page, this just means that the library has not yet posted the event. But don't worry - the following dates have been confirmed! Please check back again to register for a spot in the workshop!”

Patch’s Concord events page showed Grace Blanchard as the contributor and displayed her profile picture next to the Granny Square listing. The Patch entry carried the platform’s contributor disclaimer: “This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.” The same Patch events page lists Concord Public Library programming with the address 45 Green St, Concord, NH for other library events such as Tween D&D Workshop on Mar. 3 and Preschool Storytime on Mar. 4.

Off the Hook’s listing for the Concord workshop also included an image credit for the event listing: “Image by Srozan Nadzmi.” The organizer behind the Free Library Workshops appears on the Off the Hook site, which invites local libraries and residents to request programming: “If you are local to the Southern New Hampshire (Concord, Manchester, Nashua) area, or the Northeastern Massachusetts (Westford, Andover, Amesbury) area and want us to host a workshop at your local library, please inform your library director or contact us directly so that we can make an inquiry!”

The Feb. 24 evening offered Concord stitchers a focused, intermediate-level session on crocheting in the round and the classic granny square motif, with participants expected to bring their own yarn and basic stitch skills.