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CHILD blanket = 3 sq x 4 sq (36" x 48")
ADULT
blanket = 4 sq x 6 sq (48" x 72")
Materials:
Any colors of 4 ply worsted
weight yarn (less than 1 ounce of each if you use 3 colors)
Red Heart works great.
Size I hook
Rnd 1: Ch 5
and
sl st in first ch to form a ring.
Ch 3 (counts as a dc in this
and all following rnds), 4 dc in ring; (ch 3, 5 dc in
ring)
3 times; ch 2; join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3; finish off.
(or if using one color, sl
st to the next ch 3 space).
Rnd 2: (Now proceed
as with a normal Granny Square) Ch 3, in same sp work (2 dc, ch 3, 3
dc):
corner made; * ch 1, sk next 5 dc, in next ch-3 sp work (3 dc,
ch
3, 3 dc): corner made; rep from * twice more; ch 1, sk next 5 dc;
join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3
Rnd 3: Join color 2
(if you wish) in any ch-3 corner sp: ch 3, in same sp work (2 dc,
ch
3, 3 dc): corner made; * ch 1, sk next 3 dc, 3 dc in next ch-l
sp:
3-dc group made; ch 1, sk next 3 dc, in next ch-3 corner sp work
(3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc): corner made; rep from * twice more; ch 1, 3 dc in
next
ch-l sp: 3-dc group made; ch 1, sk next 3 dc; join with sl st to 3rd ch
of first ch 3.
Rnds 4-9 Work the
next
rounds (changing colors as you wish) exactly the same as
rnd
3, but work the following into each ch1 sp on each side of square. (Ch
1, 3 dc, ch 1).
Rnd 10: Sc in each
st around making 5 sc around corners. Do not cut yarn.
Rnd 11 Loopy EDGING:
Starting in middle sc or corner, ch 4, sk 2 sts, sc into next st.
* Ch 4, sk 2 sc, sc in next st.
Continue around from * to
*.
(To form corners: Ch
4, sk 2 sts and sc in middle sc of corner, ch 4, sk 2 st, and sc
into next st.)
When all the way around,
join
with sl st to beginning of first ch 4. Fasten off. and snip off leaving
a 4" tail to weave under the backside sts. WEAVE in the yarn tail
-- PLEASE.
IMPORTANT: Please weave in all yarn tails, it would really help me. Thanks :-)
Now, to join these pretty
squares,
simply do the following:
It's easy to crochet these
together since they have a loopy edge. I just start at the end
attaching
the yarn and then chain 3 and sc it to the same loop on the other
square.
Ch 3 again, and sc onto the 2nd loop on the first square and so on and
so on to the end of the square. I make strips like that, then crochet
them
together the same way.
You can do that with granny
squares too, just going from open space to open space on the
squares.
