Magic Square Baby Blanket

From time to time, I sit down between large projects, experimenting with new small crochet pieces, such as coasters and granny squares. Sometimes nothing interesting comes out, but I think, this time, it really turned out well. A magic granny square that turns from a circle shape to almost a square, without the usual angles made of a number of chain stitches.

Since I really liked this magic granny square, I decided to come up with a project made of a number of it. I found this nice Alize cotton baby yarn, I chose two pastel colors, because they are my favorite, and here it is.

Skill level: Easy 

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Materials:

• Yarn: Alize cotton baby soft, 50% cotton, 50% acrylic, 295 yards (270 m), 3.53 oz (100 g), in the colors winter sky 514 (4 skeins) and light yellow 643 (2 skeins).
• Crochet hook, size US H/8 (5 mm).
• Tapestry needle

Measurements: 

• Granny square: 5.5" x 5.5" (14 cm x 14 cm), approx.
• Blanket: 32" x 25" (84 cm x 64 cm) approx.

Gauge: 18 sts and 10 round = 4"x 4" (10 cm x 10 cm) in double crochet. 

Yardage: 600- 620 yards (550- 570m), approx.

Crochet terms (US):

• ch: chain.
• st: stitch.
• mr: magic ring.
• sl st: slip stitch.
• dc: double crochet.

Instructions:

Make a magic ring, or ch 6 sts and slip into the first st.

Round 1: ch 4 (counts as dc and ch 1), (dc, ch 1) nine times, sl st into third ch of the first ch 4. 

Round 2: ch 4, *dc in ch 1 space, ch 1, dc in dc, ch 1, repeat from * 8 more times, dc in ch1 space, ch 1, sl st into third ch of the first ch 4. 

Round 3: ch 3, (dc 2 in ch 1 space, dc in dc, *skip ch 1 space, ch 2, dc in dc, repeat from * 3 more times), repeat between () two more times, dc 2 in ch1 space, dc in dc, **skip ch 1 space, ch 2, dc in dc, repeat from ** two more times, ch 2, sl st into the third ch of the first ch 3.

Round 4: ch 3, (dc in dc three times, dc 2 in ch 2 space, dc in dc, *skip ch 2 space, ch 3, dc in dc, repeat from * two more times), repeat between () two more times, dc in dc three times, dc 2 in ch 2 space, dc in dc, **skip ch 2 space, ch 3, dc in dc, repeat from ** one more time, ch 3, sl st into the third ch of the first ch 3.

Round 5: ch 3, (dc in dc  six times, dc 3 in ch 3 space, dc in dc, *skip ch 3 space, ch 4, dc in dc, repeat from * one more time), repeat between () two more times, dc in dc six times,  dc 3 in ch 3 space, dc in dc, skip ch 3 space, ch 4, dc in dc, skip ch 3 space, ch 4, sl st into the third ch of the first ch 3.

Round 6: ch 3 , (dc in dc ten times, dc 4 in ch 4 space, dc in dc, skip ch 4 space, ch 5, dc in dc), repeat between () two more times, dc in dc ten more times, dc 4 in ch 4 space, dc in dc, skip ch 4 space, ch 5, sl st into the third ch of the first ch 3.

Cut yarn, weave in loose ends and block if needed.

Joining the granny squares:

Note: Because the square I made has round corners, I had to come up with a flexible joining method to make the blanket look nice and tidy. I should thank  The Patch Work Heart for the inspiration. I used their method, but made minor changes to suit my granny squares' round corners.

Follow the pattern below:

First row: start making the roller coaster row from the corner of a granny square and follow the arrows I've drawn, or the full instructions in the link. But make the numbers of chain stitches I mentioned at the corners.

- Remember when you finish this row, all the granny squares will be attached and the rectangle blanket is complete.

- Only the corners attachments need care 

 

Second row: it is simpler, and goes only around the border of  the blanket, just follow the drawn pattern, or you can make your own design.

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Lastly, feel free to leave a comment if you have any questions or find something confusing in the pattern.

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