My finished project is approximately 35” x 35 “ (larger than the designer’s lovey-sized blanket). After 4 sequences of white/gray/blue, I finished by crocheting three extra blue granny square rows and then a row of single crochet, a row of half double crochet, and a final row single crochet for a smooth edge.

Also, (I don’t think this was spelled out in the designer’s instructions, but)I worked each row in the opposite direction of the row before. This will prevent the square from twisting in one direction. To do this, at the end of each row, slip stitch into the top of the chain three that began the row just worked, then chain three and turn, then work two DC’s in the space next to the chain three, then continue as normal.

When I changed color, I turned the blanket, but I also varied where I began a new color. My thought was that it would make it harder to discern where all the weaving in of the ends happened if the weaving was scattered all over the blanket, rather than concentrated in a particular section where all the rows ended.

While I listed this as needing a full skein of white and gray, there was enough white left over that I could have gone around another couple times, but I couldn’t complete the whole sequence and still have enough blue to finish the blanket nicely. While 1 skein of white and gray, and 2 skeins of country blue were needed for this project, there was some yarn left over (to be used for a another project someday).

While Caron Simply Soft made a lovely finished project, I found it extremely splitty when crocheting. Time will tell how well this holds up, but I don’t think I’m a much of a fan of CSS.