Hi friends! I am delighted to bring you the tenth square of the Granny Stitch Sampler Blanket CAL today.
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I had such fun designing this square for the CAL. I love how versatile the Granny Stitch is and how you can combine it with more complex stitches to create something unique and lovely with a vintage feel. The Granny Stitch is the first stitch I learned when I was a beginning crocheter, and I made SO many blankets using only the Granny Stitch. All of my blankets looked different though because of the colors I chose for each one. I also varied whether I was doing grannys in rows, in small squares that I joined, one big granny, or even a giant granny rectangle.
As I grew in my crochet talents, I somewhat abandoned the Granny Stitch as I learned and mastered new stitch techniques and combinations. The old Granny Stitch began to feel stale and boring to me as I had spent so many years (like seriously a decade or more) working up countless blankets using that stitch.
Now, it is fun to come back to my roots as a crocheter and pair that with my more advanced design skills to create a square for the Granny Stitch Blanket Crochet-A-Long.
This is the second year I have participated in this event. Last year I had designed a very complex square but when I went to send it in a few days before the deadline, I realized that I had completely neglected to include the Granny Stitch element in my design. Now I had only a short amount of time to come up with an entirely new concept, so I went a little bit easy and whipped up the Trading Grannies Square, which ended up turning out beautifully!
This year though, I not only remembered to include our dear Granny Stitch, but I also gave myself plenty of time to come up with a concept that I love. (In fact, I might be stealing part of it to use in another design that has been tumbling around in my brain!)
This pattern is Square # 10 in the 2024 Granny Stitch Sampler Blanket CAL. Each square will be available forever free on the designer’s respective blogs. If you prefer the PDF version of all 12 squares, PLUS the joining and finishing instructions, you can choose to purchase the pattern bundle using my affiliate link below.
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See the main post for links to all of the 12 squares in the Granny Stitch Sampler Blanket
Lotus Blossom Square
Materials:
5mm crochet hook
Worsted weight yarn in 3 colors
I used KnitPicks Brava Worsted
Color A- Red
Color B- Rouge
Color C- White
Stitch markers
Scissors
Finishing Needle
Abbreviations:
ch- chain
dc- double crochet
dc3l- double crochet in the 3rd loop
hdc- half double crochet
hdc3l- half double crochet in the 3rd loop
htc3l- half treble crochet in the 3rd loop
sc- single crochet
sc3l- single crochet in the 3rd loop
sk- skip
slst- slip stitch
sp- space
st(s)- stitch(es)
stsc- stacked single crochet
tc- treble crochet
tc3l- treble crochet in the 3rd loop
tstsc3l- triple stacked single crochet in the 3rd loop
Gauge:
7dc x 4 rows = 2” square
Finished Size:
12” x 12”
Notes:
This pattern is written in US terminology.
Chains within a round are counted as a stitch.
Stitches marked with ( ) are all placed in the same stitch or space
The traditional granny stitch is marked with [ ]
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Pattern Instructions:
Color A.
Rnd1. ch 10, slst to 1st ch, stsc, ch1, *2dc, ch1*, repeat from *to* 6 more times, dc, slst to stsc, slst to ch sp, change to Color B (24)
Color B.
Rnd2. (stsc, ch1, 2dc in ch1 sp), *sk 2 sts, (2dc, ch1, 2dc in ch1 sp)*, repeat from *to* 6 more times, sk 2 sts, dc in first ch sp, slst to stsc, slst to ch sp (40)
Rnd3. (stsc, 4dc in ch sp), *ch1, sk 4 sts, (5dc in ch1sp)*, repeat from *to* 6 more times, ch1, sk 4 sts, slst to stsc, change to Color A (48)
Color A
Rnd4. ch1, *hdc 5, tc in sp between sts in Rnd2*, repeat from *to* 7 more times, reverse slst to 1st st, change to Color C (48)
Color C.
Rnd 5. tstsc3l, tc3l, htc3l, dc3l, hdc3l, sc3l, sc3l, hdc3l, dc3l, htc3l, tc3l, tc3l, ch2, *tc3l, tc3l, htc3l, dc3l, hdc3l, sc3l, sc3l, hdc3l, dc3l, htc3l, tc3l, tc3l, ch2*, repeat from *to* 2 more times, slst to tstsc, turn. (56)
Rnd6. (stsc, 2dc, ch2, 3dc in ch2 sp), * [sk 3 sts, 3dc in sp between sts], repeat [ ] 2 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch2, 3dc in ch2 sp)*, repeat from *to* 2 more times, repeat [ ] 3 more times, sk 3 sts, slst to stsc, turn. (68)
Rnd7. stsc in sp between first and last sts, 2dc in same sp, [sk 3 sts, 3dc in sp between sts], repeat [ ] 2 more times, *sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch2, 3dc in ch2 sp), repeat [ ] 4 more times*, repeat from *to* 2 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch2, 3dc in ch2 sp), sk 3 sts, slst to stsc, turn. (80)
Rnd8. stsc in sp between first and last sts, 2dc in same sp, *sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch2, 3dc in ch2 sp), [sk 3 sts, 3dc in sp between sts], repeat [ ] 4 more times*, repeat from *to* 2 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch2, 3dc in ch2 sp), repeat [ ] 4 more times, sk 3 sts, slst to stsc, change to Color B, turn. (92)
Color B
Rnd9. stsc in sp between first and last sts, 2dc in same sp, [sk 3 sts, 3dc in sp between sts], repeat [ ] 3 more times, *sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch2, 3dc in ch2 sp), repeat [ ] 6 more times*, repeat from *to* 2 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch2, 3dc in ch2 sp), repeat [ ], sk 3 sts, slst to stsc, change to Color C, turn. (104)
Color C
Rnd10. stsc in sp between first and last sts, 2dc in same sp, [sk 3 sts, 3dc in sp between sts], *sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch2, 3dc in ch2 sp), repeat [ ] 7 more times*, repeat from *to* 2 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch2, 3dc in ch2 sp), repeat [ ] 5 more times, sk 3 sts, slst to stsc, change to Color A, turn. (116)
Color A.
Rnd11. stsc in sp between first and last sts, 2dc in same sp, [sk 3 sts, 3dc in sp between sts], repeat [ ] 4 more times, *sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch2, 3dc in ch2 sp), repeat [ ] 8 more times,*, repeat from *to* 2 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch2, 3dc in ch2 sp), repeat [ ] 2 more times, sk 3 sts, slst to stsc, change to Color C, turn. (128)
Color C
Rnd12. stsc in sp between first and last sts, 2dc in same sp, [sk 3 sts, 3dc in sp between sts], repeat [ ], *sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch2, 3dc in ch2 sp), repeat [ ] 9 more times,*, repeat from *to* 2 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch2, 3dc in ch2 sp), repeat [ ] 6 more times, sk 3 sts, slst to stsc, turn. (140)
Rnd13. stsc in sp between first and last sts, 2dc in same sp, [sk 3 sts, 3dc in sp between sts], repeat [ ] 5 more times, *sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch2, 3dc in ch2 sp), repeat [ ] 10 more times,*, repeat from *to* 2 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch2, 3dc in ch2 sp), repeat [ ] 3 more times, sk 3 sts, slst to stsc, turn. (152)
Rnd14. stsc in sp between first and last sts, 2dc in same sp, [sk 3 sts, 3dc in sp between sts], repeat [ ] 2 more times, *sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch2, 3dc in ch2 sp), repeat [ ] 11 more times,*, repeat from *to* 2 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch2, 3dc in ch2 sp), repeat [ ] 7 more times, sk 3 sts, slst to stsc, turn. (164)
Rnd15. stsc in sp between first and last sts, 2dc in same sp, [sk 3 sts, 3dc in sp between sts], repeat [ ] 6 more times, *sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch2, 3dc in ch2 sp), repeat [ ] 12 more times,*, repeat from *to* 2 more times, sk 3 sts, (3dc, ch2, 3dc in ch2 sp), repeat [ ] 4 more times, sk 3 sts, slst to stsc, finish off and weave in all ends. (176)
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~Malena
