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I am so excited to bring you the 3rd pattern release of this month- which also happens to be the final square in the Granny Sampler Blanket CAL!
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I hope you have been following along this month with the Granny Sampler Blanket CAL, but if you missed it, no worries! Each square pattern is available for free on the designers’ blogs. Or if you prefer a PDF version, you can purchase the full blanket pattern collection using my affiliate link below:
I really had fun designing the Trading Grannies Square. That was the first day I “cheated” in a walking competition we are having at my 9-5 job! Each week there is a new challenge for who can take the most steps, and we all log into an app that syncs with our watches and logs who is walking the most. I already walk Ruby Sue for at least 3 miles per day, but the day I designed the Trading Grannies square, my watch said I walked over 20 miles!
Since then, I always make it a point to wear my watch while I am crocheting so I get the credit. Crocheting is exercise, not just for your brain and fingers, but your entire body, if my watch is to be believed! If only the scale would also recognize all of this exercising I’m doing….
The Trading Grannies Square works up really quickly and was quite fun to design. Each round is half the traditional granny stitch and half solid double crochets. And then from time to time, you’ll “trade” which set of stitches comes first! I used some leftover Red Heart Ombre yarn I had from a previous project for my design sample, but you can use any worsted weight yarn you choose. You could even change colors either when the rounds change or within the rounds when the stitch combination changes. (And frankly I hope you do try that and share photos with me because I would love to see what that looks like!)
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Trading Grannies Square Free Crochet Pattern:
Materials:
5mm crochet hook
100 yards worsted weight yarn
Stitch Markers
Scissors
Finishing Needle
Abbreviations:
ch- chain
dc(s)- double crochet(s)
dc3l- double crochet in the 3rd loop
fpdc- front post double crochet
hdc- half double crochet
hdc3l- half double crochet in the 3rd loop
slst- slip stitch
sp- space
st(s)- stitch(es)
stsc- stacked single crochet
Gauge:
8dc x 5 rows= 2” square
Finished Size:
12” x 12”
Notes:
This pattern is written in US terminology.
All stitches in parenthesis ( ) are to be done in the same chain space.
This pattern is worked in the round.
All chains within a round are counted as a stitch.
Visit my Rumble channel for stitch tutorials.
Pattern Instructions:
Rnd 1. ch4, slst to 1st ch, (stsc, 2dc, ch1 in ch4 ring), (*3dc, ch1* in ch4 ring), repeat from *to* 2 more times, slst to stsc. (16)
Rnd 2. (stsc in ch1 sp, 2dc in same ch1 sp), sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch1, 3dc in ch1 sp), sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch1, dc in ch1 sp), dc 3, (2dc, ch1, dc in ch1 sp), dc 3, (2dc, ch1 in ch1 sp), slst to stsc, (28)
Rnd 3. (stsc in ch1 sp, 2dc in same ch1 sp), *sk 3 sts, 3dc between dcs, sk 3 dc*, (3dc, ch1, 3dc in ch1 sp), repeat from *to*, (3dc, ch1, dc in ch1 sp), dc 6, (2dc, ch1, dc in ch1 sp), dc 6, (2dc, ch1 in ch1 sp), slst to stsc. (40)
Rnd 4. (stsc in ch1 sp), dc 9, (2dc, ch1, dc in ch1 sp), dc 9, (2dc, ch1, 3dc in ch1 sp), *sk 3 sts, 3dc between dcs*, repeat from *to*, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch1, 3dc in ch1 sp), repeat from *to* 2 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch1 in ch1 sp), slst to stsc. (52)
Rnd 5. (stsc in ch1 sp), dc 12, (2dc, ch1, dc in ch1 sp, dc 12, (2dc, ch1, 3dc in ch1 sp), *sk 3 sts, 3dc between dcs*, repeat from *to* 2 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch1, 3dc in ch1 sp), repeat from *to* 3 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch1 in ch1 sp), slst to stsc. (64)
Rnd 6. (stsc in ch1 sp), dc 15, (2dc, ch1, dc in ch1 sp, dc 15, (2dc, ch1, 3dc in ch1 sp), *sk 3 sts, 3dc between dcs*, repeat from *to* 3 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch1, 3dc in ch1 sp), repeat from *to* 4 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch1 in ch1 sp), slst to stsc. (76)
Rnd 7. (stsc in ch1 sp, 2dc in same ch1 sp), *sk 3 sts, 3dc between dcs, sk 3 dc*, repeat from *to* 4 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch1, 3dc in ch1 sp), repeat from *to* 5 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch1, dc in ch1 sp), dc 18, (2dc, ch1, dc in ch1 sp), dc 18, (2dc, ch1 in ch1 sp), slst to stsc. (88)
Rnd 8. (stsc in ch1 sp, 2dc in same ch1 sp), *sk 3 sts, 3dc between dcs, sk 3 dc*, repeat from *to* 5 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch1, 3dc in ch1 sp), repeat from *to* 6 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch1, dc in ch1 sp), dc 21, (2dc, ch1, dc in ch1 sp), dc 21, (2dc, ch1 in ch1 sp), slst to stsc. (100)
Rnd 9. (stsc in ch1 sp, 2dc in same ch1 sp), *sk 3 sts, 3dc between dcs, sk 3 dc*, repeat from *to* 6 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch1, 3dc in ch1 sp), repeat from *to* 7 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch1, dc in ch1 sp), dc 24, (2dc, ch1, dc in ch1 sp), dc 24, (2dc, ch1 in ch1 sp), slst to stsc. (112)
Rnd 10. (stsc in ch1 sp), dc 27, (2dc, ch1, dc in ch1 sp, dc 27, (2dc, ch1, 3dc in ch1 sp), *sk 3 sts, 3dc between dcs*, repeat from *to* 7 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch1, 3dc in ch1 sp), repeat from *to* 8 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch1 in ch1 sp), slst to stsc. (124)
Rnd 11. (stsc in ch1 sp), dc 30, (2dc, ch1, dc in ch1 sp, dc 30, (2dc, ch1, 3dc in ch1 sp), *sk 3 sts, 3dc between dcs*, repeat from *to* 8 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch1, 3dc in ch1 sp), repeat from *to* 9 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch1 in ch1 sp), slst to stsc. (136)
Rnd 12. (stsc in ch1 sp), dc 33, (2dc, ch1, dc in ch1 sp, dc 33, (2dc, ch1, 3dc in ch1 sp), *sk 3 sts, 3dc between dcs*, repeat from *to* 9 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch1, 3dc in ch1 sp), repeat from *to* 10 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch1 in ch1 sp), slst to stsc. (148)
Rnd 13. (ch1, hdc in ch1 sp), *hdc 36, (hdc, ch2, hdc in ch1 sp)*, repeat from *to*, hdc 36, (hdc, ch2 in ch1 sp), slst to hdc. (160)
Rnd 14. (ch1, hdc in ch2 sp), *hdc3l 38, (hdc, ch2, hdc in ch2 sp)*, repeat from *to* hdc3l 38, (hdc, ch2 in ch2 sp), slst to hdc. (172)
Rnd 15. (stsc in ch2 sp), *fpdc, dc3l 38, fpdc, (dc, ch2, dc in ch2 sp), repeat from *to*, fpdc, dc3l 38, fpdc, (hdc, ch2 in ch2 sp), slst to stsc. (184)
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~Malena
