A crocheted moderns granny blanket can be striped instead of made out of granny squares. Have a look at this colorful piece used on a sofa. It is made out of left over of yarn which has been used in other projects.
Wanna make one yourself? Tutorial here.
Crochet a baby blanket in small and cute granny squares. It can be used in a baby trolley as well as in bed. I’ve used organically colored cotton yarn, colors yellow, beige, pink, blue and brown from M&K (in Sweden).
Worked out the pattern by placing out all the squares meanwhile working. I rarely follow any pattern som this as well as my other items is one of a kind.
Stich the squares together using the hook and finished the sides with three rowes of sc’s.
To make it extra soft and warm keeping I sew on a piece of cotton fabric on the uglier side. The blanket is washable in machine.
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After some hours if work I’ve finished my latest crochet project, a cushion and a blanket made by granny squares.
Both items are made by cotton yarn, for the blanket I crocheted 9 rows of each granny square, all joined together by sewing, using the yarn as thread.
The backside of the cushion is made of solid white furniture fabric, so this cushion can also be used as a seat on the floor.
See also: Pattern to make Granny Squares
Granny squares are made on the Craft Parties my friends and I hold, we inspire each other to create with a crochet hook.
Here I’m sharing photos of projects we’re working on. We all LOVE granny squares!
Crochet blanket, a never ending project. I’m crocheting a giant granny square and haven’t yet decides how big I want it so I keep on crocheting. At the moment the size is 72×72 cm.
The granny square blanket is made of cotton yarn in light colors with base color off white. Cotton can later on be washen in the washer on 60 degrees Celsius.
I just love to crochet granny squares, therefore my home is now looking like my grannys home with all those squares, on blankets, cushions and table cloth…
Easy to do and perfect for using the left overs of yarn.
To get started, chain 5 (ch 5), and join to form a ring.
Chain 3 (ch 3)—this one counts as your first dc. Make 2 more dcs over ring. This is your first 3 dc shell.
*Ch 2, and make 3 dc over ring. Repeat from* 2 more times, ch 2 and join yarn to the 3rd ch of the round. First row of square is made!
Join the second color of yarn in one of the ch-2 spaces (these are all corners, at this point). Ch 3 to count as your first dc. In the same ch-2 space: 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc. You’ve just made a corner.
Next, ch1, and skip the shell.
*In the next corner, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc). Ch 1, skip the previous round’s shell. Repeat from * twice and join to the third stitch of the round.
With each round, you’ll be adding an extra shell on each side, and by adding your square grows bigger and bigger.
To finish a cushion, make 9 squares, finish all the squares with the same color, I used white. Sew the squares together with a thread of the same yarn when finished and sew the grannys on a piece of fabric.
It is taking some time but soon it will turn into a blanket. A dreamproject! As a beginner when it comes to crocheting grannys squares I am feeling pretty proud of myself.
I use double thread of the Swedish acrylic yarn Carolina, with needle 5. Not too small needle is to prefer when you are a beginner, therefor this project turned out to be easier than I ever could imagine!
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