Tea & Wine granny square blanket

Tea & Wine granny square blanket

In my continuing quest to use up my wool stash I made this lovely little cot blanket for charity.

It is just a random selection of granny square techniques.

Granny Square - colour blocks

With every blanket I make I'm left with a little ball of wool that sits sadly at the bottom of my basket.
Well that used to be the case...now I make these fantastic colour block blankets. All you need is small amounts of colourful wool and a base colour, in this case white.

Make a traditional run of the mill granny square. The large squares are eight rounds wide but the small ones ate anything from two to four. Add a base colour round or two then sew together.

Wallflower crochet square

Wall flower Crochet Square

This pretty square is a bit tricky at first but quick to make and very open. This lap blanket used 16 balls of 50g 8ply wool. I have provided you with both the UK and US versions of the patterns.

UK Instructions

Abbreviations: 

SC Single crochet

DC Double crochet

TR Triple crochet

Begin with a magic circle or chain three and SC to make loop.

Round 1: 

SC into ring then CH 6 (chain 6) 4 times and end with a SC at beginning of round. 

You'll now have 4 big loops.

Round 2: 

CH 1, 7 SC  into first space (loop)

SC into SC (join between loops from previous round),  CH 5 PICOT [CH 5 then SC into same SC as beginning of this chain]

7 SC into next loop followed by CH 5 picot, repeat into third loop.

7 SC into final loop, SC into final SC, CH 2 then DC into final SC. This will make something similar to the 5 CH picot except your stitch and wool will be at the top of the loop so you can start the next round.

Round 3: 

CH 4, skip 1 SC, 1 TR into each of next 5 SC, skip last SC, CH 4, SC into top of previous 5 CH picot

Repeat this twice more

CH 4, skip 1 SC, 1 TR into next 5 SC, skip SC, CH 1, 1 DC into last picot

Round 4:

ALL TOGETHER NOW! The next round brings the Stitches together in little bundles. Leave last loop of each stitch on hook, by end of each sequence you will either have 5 or 3 loops on your hook which you then bring together (yarn over and loop them all through!) 

TOGETHER: CH 3, 1 DC under DC of last round then 1 TR in picot 2 DC in next 4 CH space. 

CH 5

TOGETHER: 1 DC in next 3 TR

CH 5

TOGETHER: 1 DC in previous TR and next 2 TR

CH 5

TOGETHER: 2 DC in next 4 CH space, 1 TR in picot, 2 DC in next 4 CH space

Repeat this sequence until the end SC in top of 1st together group in round.

Round 5:

CH 1, 6 SC in 5 CH space, SC in top of bundle, 

Make a corner: in next 5 CH space - 3 SC, 3 CH picot then 3 SC. SC in top of next bundle.

*6 SC in 5 CH space, 3 CH picot in top of bundle, 6 CH in 5 CH space, SC in top of bundle.

Make a corner: in next 5 CH space - 3 SC, 3 CH picot then 3 SC. SC in top of next bundle.

Repeat * until square is complete, SC to join then fasten off.

US Instructions

Abbreviations: 

DC Double crochet

TR Treble crochet

DTR Double treble crochet

Begin with a magic circle or chain three and SS to make loop.

Round 1: 

DC into ring then CH 6 (chain 6) do this 4 times and end with a SS at beginning of round. 

You'll now have 4 big loops.

Round 2: 

CH 1, 7 DC  into first space (loop)

DC into DC (join between loops from previous round),  CH 5 PICOT [CH 5 then DC into same DC as beginning of this chain]

7 DC into next loop followed by CH 5 picot, repeat into third loop.

7 DC into final loop, DC into final SC, CH 2 then TR into final DC. This will make something similar to the 5 CH picot except your stitch and wool will be at the top of the loop so you can start the next round.

Round 3: 

CH 4, skip 1 DC, 1 DTR into each of next 5 DC, skip last DC, CH 4, DC into top of previous 5 CH picot

Repeat this twice more

CH 4, skip 1 DC, 1 DTR into next 5 DC, skip DC, CH 1, 1 TR into last picot

Round 4:

ALL TOGETHER NOW! The next round brings the Stitches together in little bundles. Leave last loop of each stitch on hook, by end of each sequence you will either have 5 or 3 loops on your hook which you then bring together (yarn over and loop them all through!) 

TOGETHER: CH 3, 1 TR under TR of last round then 1 DTR in picot 2 TR in next 4 CH space. 

CH 5

TOGETHER: 1 TR in next 3 DTR

CH 5

TOGETHER: 1 TR in previous DTR and next 2 DTR

CH 5

TOGETHER: 2 TR in next 4 CH space, 1 DTR in picot, 2 TR in next 4 CH space

Repeat this sequence until the end DC in top of 1st together group in round.

Round 5:

CH 1, 6 DC in 5 CH space, DC in top of bundle, 

Make a corner: in next 5 CH space - 3 DC, 3 CH picot then 3 DC. DC in top of next bundle.

*6 DC in 5 CH space, 3 CH picot in top of bundle, 6 CH in 5 CH space, DC in top of bundle.

Make a corner: in next 5 CH space - 3 DC, 3 CH picot then 3 DC. DC in top of next bundle.

Repeat * until square is complete, SS to join then fasten off.