Third time's a charm.
Any time I try to crochet something, I usually have to fiddle with it at least three times before I get it right. Same goes for my first attempt at making granny squares. I'm finally happy with the one on the lower left. I've been wanting to find a way to use up spare bits and leftovers of sock yarn and Koigu, and was considering doing something like this which I like very much. But I know I won't have enough leftovers to finish this type of design during my lifetime, and lately I've been enjoying looking at all the beautiful granny square blankets folks are creating and showing online. So I thought I'd try out a square using some Fleece Artist sock yarn leftovers.
I really like how it's turned out. I'm using Dale Baby Ull in black as the contrast color. Most of the socks I knit are reasonably colorful (or are made from lighter neutrals) so the sock yarn scraps that I've been saving up so far should work well with black as the contrast color. I'm sure this will still end up taking a long time before it is ever finished, but it's fun to crochet these little squares so I know I will enjoy the process.