Granny square blanket pattern
Classic squares, joined to any size in your colours. 80 squares, about 78 × 97 cm.
Difficulty: 5 out of 5. takes a long time, colour changes, parts to join.
Sizes may vary with the materials you use. We suggest making a small sample first.
- Squares
- 8 × 10
- One square
- 9.7 cm
- Gauge
- 18 stitches and 21 rows in 10 cm
You will need
- Worsted (4) yarn in the colours listed
- 3.5 mm crochet hook, or the size that matches your swatch
- Yarn needle and scissors
- A: Pink
- B: Peach
- C: Light green
- D: Cream
Before you start
- Crochet one square first and measure it. The blanket size comes from that square.
- The gaps at the corners are the ch-2 spaces. Work your stitches into the gap, not into the stitches.
- Make a small test piece first. If it comes out larger than the gauge, try a smaller hook. If it comes out smaller, try a larger hook.
- A number in brackets at the end of a line, such as (24), is how many stitches you should have. Count them before moving on.
- Made a mistake? Pull the yarn gently to undo the stitches back to the mistake, then carry on from there.
Abbreviations
| MR | magic ring. Make a loop with the yarn tail, work the first stitches into it, then pull the tail to close the hole. |
|---|---|
| ch | chain. Wrap the yarn over the hook and pull it through the loop on the hook. |
| dc | double crochet. Wrap the yarn, put the hook in a stitch, pull up a loop (3 loops on hook), then twice wrap and pull through 2. |
| sl st | slip stitch. Put the hook in a stitch, wrap the yarn, and pull through the stitch and the loop on the hook in one go. |
Square, make 80
Fasten off at the end of each round when changing colour.
| Rnd 1 | Make a MR. ch 3 (counts as first dc), 2 dc, ch 2, *3 dc, ch 2*, repeat from * twice more. Join with sl st to top of the first ch 3. Pull the ring closed. | (12) |
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| Rnd 2 | Join new colour in any ch-2 corner. ch 3, 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc in same corner, ch 1, *(3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next corner, ch 1*, repeat around. Join with sl st. | (24) |
| Rnd 3 | Work as round 2, adding (3 dc, ch 1) in each ch-1 space along the sides. Each side has 1 side cluster. | (36) |
| Rnd 4 | Work as round 2, adding (3 dc, ch 1) in each ch-1 space along the sides. Each side has 2 side clusters. | (48) |
Join and finish
| 1. | Block the squares to the same size. | |
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| 2. | Lay out 8 squares across and 10 down. | |
| 3. | Sew or slip stitch the squares together with the border colour, working through the back loops. | |
| 4. | Work one round of dc around the blanket in the border colour, with (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in each corner. | |
| 5. | Weave in all ends. |