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Confident Beginner · Granny Square

Gingham Plaid Blanket

Forty-eight granny squares in dusty rose, mauve, and cream, joined on the bias the way gingham is woven to checker. Blocking keeps it flat; a two-round border finishes the edges. Work four rounds, make the rest of the squares the same way, and the pattern does the pleasing part.

≈ 48 x 60 inWorsted weight5.5 mm hook≈ 1800 yd
Finished Gingham Plaid Blanket in dusty rose, mauve, and cream granny squares draped over a grey couch

The Colorway

Three worsted-weight yarns in the same fiber and weight, worked as a six by eight grid. Cream pulls the pattern together; dusty rose and mauve supply the checks.

Materials

Gauge & Finished Size

One completed 4-round block = about 8 inches square after blocking. If your block comes out bigger or smaller, your blanket will too; gauge here is guidance, not law, as long as all your blocks match each other.

Finished blanket: approx 48 x 60 inches with rows of six blocks across and eight down, plus the border.

Abbreviations (US Terms)

ch
chain
sl st
slip stitch
sc
single crochet
dc
double crochet
sp
space
rnd
round
rep
repeat
beg
beginning
sk
skip
st(s)
stitch(es)

Worked in US terms; double crochet here means the US double.

Layout - 6 by 8 Blocks

Make 48 blocks: 24 in cream, 12 in dusty rose, 12 in mauve. Arrange them in six rows of six, in this weaving order, repeated four times to reach 8 rows:

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Row pattern: rows 1, 3, 5, 7 go C A C A C A; rows 2, 4, 6, 8 go B C B C B C. Cream runs down every other column and the two colors fill the columns between them, so cream always sits against a color and the checks alternate as the pattern repeats down the blanket.

The Block - 4 Rounds

Work every block the same way, in its own color. Each block is about 8 inches across with 4 loops at the corners. Start with an adjustable (magic) ring.

  1. 1

    Round 1.Ch 3 (counts as dc). Work 2 dc into ring, ch 2 - corner. 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc, ch 2. Join with sl st to top of beg ch-3. (4 corners of 3-dc groups)

  2. 2

    Round 2.Sl st into the first ch-2 corner sp. Ch 4 (counts as dc + ch 1). 2 dc in same sp, ch 1, * work [3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc] in next corner sp, ch 1 * rep from * twice more for corners 2 and 3. Then 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc in corner 4, ch 1, join with sl st to 3rd ch of beg ch-4.

  3. 3

    Round 3.Sl st into ch-1 sp. Ch 3 (counts as dc), 2 dc in sp, ch 1, * 3 dc in next side sp, ch 1, work [3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc] in corner sp, ch 1 * rep around, finishing the last corner, then 3 dc in the final side sp, ch 1, join. (Two 3-dc groups per side + corner groups)

  4. 4

    Round 4.Sl st into ch-1 sp. Ch 3 (counts as dc), 2 dc in sp, ch 1, then * 3 dc in next sp, ch 1 * across the side to the corner. At the corner work [3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc], ch 1, and continue 3 dc in each sp to the next corner. Rep around, join with sl st to 3rd ch of beg ch-3. Fasten off and weave in ends - one block done.

Assembly

Lay out all 48 blocks in the chart above before joining. Join with either the mattress stitch (invisible, our pick) or slip stitch through the back loops.

Mattress Stitch Join

Place two blocks edge to edge, right sides up. Thread cream yarn on a needle and alternate taking the outer loop of the top edge on each side, like lacing shoes. Keep it loose, then tighten and adjust so the seam lies flat and invisible. Join blocks into horizontal strips of six first, then join the eight strips to each other the same way.

Slip Stitch Alternative

Hold two blocks wrong sides together. With cream, sc or sl st through the outer loops only, working the seam from one side. This makes a slightly ridged, quicker join. Work the length of one side, one block at a time.

Border - 2 Rounds of Single Crochet

  1. 1

    Round 1.With right side facing, join cream in any corner stitch. Ch 1 and sc in every stitch around. At each corner work 3 sc in the corner stitch. Join with sl st to the first sc.

  2. 2

    Round 2.Ch 1. Sc in every stitch around, working 3 sc in the center corner sc at each corner again. Join with sl st, fasten off, and weave in all ends.

Finishing Notes