Brown Granny from repurposed yarn

 Hello, all. 

Last spring, I stitched some filet crochet curtains for our front sitting room. I knew they weren't done, but finished them mostly so I could hang and make adjustments. 

Only, once I saw them up, I pretty much, well, hated them. 

I'd made such curtains previously in another home where they worked great. I thought perhaps I was "too close" to the project, so I let them hang, partially done, for six months. (Yes, people came to my house during this period. Sigh.)

In October, I gave up and took them down. We took a car trip in November, so I spent my riding time frogging and winding balls. I made myself a quick backpack to use while walking around on our trip, and worked the rest of the yarn into granny squares. Over the holiday, I connected them with a ball of cream yarn I picked up for this purpose. I just didn't have a coordinating color in my stash. 

I experimented with a type of connecting that I had never used before. Here's the result: