Granny Squares Rug - with a bit of knitting too!

...... just sitting in front of the tv - I always keep some needles and yarn nearby and cant resist doing something! I have made some granny squares and also knitted linings for each of them. 

Granny Square:
Make 6 chain and join into a circle with a slip stitch.
Start: 
3 trebles, 1 chain all the way around the row - so you have 4 blocks and 4 spaces.
Next round: 
Slip stitch into centre of corner group, and make 3 trebles, 2 chains and 3 trebles,
then 1 chain and 3 trebles into each 1 chain space. Repeat all way round - see pic for more clarity.

Continue in this manner, with your 2 treble groups in each corner (see pic) and a group of 3 trebles  in each single chain space.  
This increases the size of the square each time you go around.

Diagonal garter stitch: ...... (good for easy scarves too)
Cast on 3 stitches.
At the end of each row - inc 1 stitch - (ie: k1 then through back of loop into the same stitch.)
- that's more or less it!
To start going straight - just k2tog (dec.) on the opposite edge but still increasing on the other edge - until you have your length.

If you want a neat edge or at least one that's easy to stitch when you seam the squares up: 
slip 1 kw (or tbl) at the beginning of each row and p1 at the end of each row.