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How To Make A Crochet Blanket
Granny squares make a stunning and colourful blanket, which is also perfect for using up small scraps of yarn. You can also vary the size to create smaller or larger blankets.
5 x 50g – approx 450m (490yds) – Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran, 55% merino wool, 33% microfibre, 12% cashmere: Yarn A: shade 101, cream
2 x 50g – approx 180m (196yds) – Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran, 55% merino wool, 33% microfibre, 12% cashmere: Yarn B: shade 502, green; Yarn C: shade 033, orange; Yarn D: shade 43, light pink; Yarn E: shade 036, purple; Yarn F: shade 205, teal; Yarn G: shade 038, dark pink
*5mm crochet hook
Skill
This project is designed for children of seven upwards to do but beginners will need guidance when they first start crocheting. It's a perfect project for adult beginners!
Budget
A set of four crochet hooks costs about £6; a 50g ball of Debbie Bliss yarn costs around £4.50.
Time
Beginners should allow at least an hour for their first square - after that, they will speed up as they become more confident.
Step One: Basic Square
Each square is approximately 12cm x 12cm. The blanket overall has 64 squares and is designed to be around 100cm x 100cm. You can use any colour yarn you wish to for the first two rounds of each square, but do not use yarn A for the third round. See below for a guide to crochet jargon.
Using any yarn and 5mm hook, ch 4, join to first ch with a sl st to form ring.
Step Two: Round One
Ch 3 (counts as first tr), 2tr in ring, ch 3, (3tr in ring, ch 3) three times, join rnd with a sl st to top of first ch. Fasten off yarn. Attach next yarn to any 3-ch corner sp of rnd 1.
Step Three: Round Two
Ch 3 (counts as first tr), work (2tr, ch 3, 3tr) all in same 3-ch sp, ch 1, *work (3tr, ch 3, 3tr) all in next 3-ch sp, ch 1; rep from * twice more, join rnd with a sl st to top of first ch. Fasten off yarn. Attach next yarn to any 3-ch corner sp of rnd 2.
Step Four: Round Three
Ch 3 (counts as first tr), work (2tr, ch 3, 3tr) all in same sp for corner, ch 1, 3tr in next 1-ch sp, ch 1, *work (3tr, ch 3, 3tr) all in next 3-ch sp for corner, ch 1, 3tr in next 1-ch sp, ch 1; rep from * around, join rnd with a sl st to top of first ch. Fasten off yarn.
Step Five: Join The Squares
Once all central squares have been made, block them all lightly and you can begin to join them with yarn A.
Step Six: Make The First Square/Round Four
Work 4th round complete as follows:
Using 5mm hook and yarn A, join yarn in any 3-ch corner sp, ch 3, work (2tr, ch 3, 3tr) all in same sp, ch 1, (3tr in next 1-ch sp, ch 1) twice, *work (3tr, ch 3, 3tr) in next 3-ch corner sp, ch 1, (3tr in next 1-ch sp, ch 1) twice; rep from * around, join rnd with a sl st to top of first ch.
Step Seven: Start The Second Square/Round Four
Now you will have one finished square. However, we are not going to finish each square like this, we are going to join the next square along one side to the first square as we go.
Work along one side of the square as for first square, then attach to first square as follows:
Using 5mm hook and yarn A, join yarn in any 3-ch corner sp, ch 3, work (2tr, ch 3, 3tr) all in same sp, ch 1, (3tr in next 1-ch sp, ch 1) twice, ch 1, work 3tr, ch 1 in next 3-ch corner sp, now sl st into 2nd ch of any 3-ch corner ch of first square, with RSF, ch 1.
Finish off second square corner with final 3tr in 3-ch corner sp of working square.
Step Eight: Finish Off The Second Square
Now (sl st into next 1-ch sp of first square, 3tr in next 1-ch sp of rnd 3 of the second square) twice, sl st into next 1-ch sp of first square, 3tr in next 3-ch corner sp of rnd 3 of the second square, ch 1, sl st into 2nd ch of next 3-ch of next corner ch of first square, ch 1.
Finish off second square corner with final 3tr in 3-ch corner sp of working square. Now finish off second square edging as a normal granny rnd; (ch 1, 3tr in next 1-ch sp) twice, ch 1, work 3tr, ch 3 and 3tr in next corner sp, (ch 1, 3tr in next 1-ch sp) twice, end ch 1, join rnd with sl st to top of first ch.
Fasten off yarn. Two squares are now joined.
Step Nine: Complete The Third Square
Join next square to bottom of last square as you joined the first two squares, and continue in the same way until you have a strip of eight squares.
Join first square of next row to right side of top square as previous squares.
Second square of second row, work along one side of the square as usual, then attach to bottom side of first (top) square and right side of square from first row as follows:
Ss into 2nd ch of 3-ch corner ch of bottom right corner of square above, with RSF, ch 1. Finish off working square corner with final 3tr in 3-ch corner sp. Now (sl st into next 1-ch sp of first square, 3tr in next 1-ch sp of working square) twice, sl st into next 1-ch sp of first square, 3tr in next ch-3 corner sp of working square, ch 1, sl st into 2nd ch of next corner ch of first square, ch 1. Finish off working square corner with final 3tr in corner sp.
Now attach working square of first strip by slip stitching into ch sps along joining sides while finishing last rnd of working square as before, then finish final edge, (ch 1, 3tr in next 1-ch sp) twice, end ch 1, join rnd with a sl st to top of first ch. Fasten off yarn.
Step 10: Continue To Join Squares
Continue to join squares in this way, along two sides, until eight squares have been joined in one long strip that is two squares wide.
Step 11: Finish Off
Continue in this way until eight rows of strips eight squares long have been joined together. Finish off by weaving in all ends and block lightly to shape.
- Any Aran weight yarns will make the same sized blanket, but you can use any weight of yarn that you wish.
- This project is perfect for scraps of leftover yarn, and they needn’t even be exactly the same weight – so long as they are not too different in size, you can simply use a hook relevant to the heaviest yarn, and hook away!
- Here's a quick guide to the jargon used in this project: Ch=chain; Rep=repeat; Rnd=round; Sl=slip; Sp=space/open mesh; Ss=slip stitch; St=stitch; Tr=treble crochet.
Taken from Crochet For Children by Claire Montgomerie. Photography by Martin Norris. Published by CICO Books
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