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I am completely obsessed with crocheting Granny Squares lately! They make me the happiest person, especially with this bright, fresh and fun colour palette I’ve chosen for this pattern. (Stay tuned for more granny square patterns including a vest and a superwash merino blanket).

I wanted to spice things up with this blanket and aline the squares diagonally so that they actually look like diamonds which I think is really pretty. Sidenote, I’m a quilter and for some reason this blanket just reminds me of a quilt which I really love. In fact, you’ll catch me calling it a quilt in the tutorial video haha— I couldn’t help it I guess. (I’m planning on doing a quilt tutorial as well so definitely subscribe to my email list and get notified when the blog post goes live!)

For this blanket I used Bernat Premium Yarn in 10 different colours (full supply list below). But, you definitely do not need to use all 10 or even the palette I’ve chosen. Stash bust and use whatever you have on hand. I had picked a few of these up from an estate sale some years ago and purchased the rest from Walmart. These 10 skeins will make a few projects for sure! So far, I’ve crocheted 2 granny square vests, this blanket and a couple smaller projects, so they’ll go a long way. Keep in mind, because I bordered each granny square and the entire blanket in white, you will definitely use more of this colour.

Not everyone wants to hear this but I do recommend steam blocking the blanket pre-assembled (especially the quarter squares) and again once its assembled because it will be much easier to crochet the border on and also because the quarter and half granny squares don’t always lay flat which makes it difficult to assemble. It only takes a minute to do and yields really great results. There was once a time I loathed wet or steam blocking and now I love it because it really does clean things up (ie: your stitches) and make your piece pop!

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
CROCHET HOOK

5mm | H8

YARN

Bernat Premium Worsted Weight Yarn in (I’ve used a lot of colors; you do not need every color listed, simply choose 3 if you want to keep things simple and on budget. We will be using this yarn for 2 other projects I have planned so stay tuned for those!):

• White (x2) this colour will be the base
• Iced Aqua
• Lilac
• Pink Macaroon
• Coral Peach
• Candy Pink
• Pink
• Yellow Balloon
• Green
• Botany Teal

Square color is completely based on your preference so be creative!

NOTIONS

Scissors
Darning needle
Blocking foams
Blocking pins

GAUGE

6 rounds granny square should measure:

approx. 7.25” square

FINISHED SIZE

(depends on border width which is your preference)
approx. 35” wide x 44.5” long

FOR THIS PATTERN YOU WILL NEED TO CROCHET:

18 full sized granny squares

10 half granny squares

4 quarter granny squares

Each granny square consists of 6 rounds. Choose what color combination you like. For some, I did 4 different colours for 4 rounds and white for the final 2 rounds. For others, I did 2 rounds of each colour, ending with 2 rounds of white. Be creative and make your own colour combos, or look over my blanket and the different colour combos I chosen and copy them.