Today I want to talk about granny squares. They were one of the first things I learned to make when I started crocheting. I made dish cloths, placemats, and pot holders. They are my go to for most any project. The possibilities are endless with both color and style. For my Easy Granny Square Blanket, I tried the All in One Granny Square yarn to make my squares. 

When I was asked to make an afghan for a family friend, I was excited to finally be able to try the Red Heart All in One Granny Square yarn.  I had been drooling over it for weeks but had yet to buy any to try. I ended up with three skeins of the Hot Stuff colorway to design a blanket with.  Now that I’ve had a chance to try it, I have mixed feelings about this yarn. On one hand, it’s great not having to change colors and weave in a bunch of ends. On the other, it takes some time to get the tension just right so, in the beginning  there was a lot of frogging to get the colors to line up.   

Of course, I went with the classic join as you go granny square blanket... it’s my favorite pattern for granny squares.  In all I used 3 skeins of Hot Stuff and  3 1/2 skeins of Heart Super Saver Burgundy yarn.  

 

Materials: 

Yarn:  3 skeins Granny All in One Square – Hot Stuff  

3 1/2 skeins Red Heart Super Saver – Burgundy (I had some left over from the 4th skein) 

Hook: 5.5 mm 

Yarn needle to weave in a few ends 

Scissors 

 

Notes:  

Pattern is written in US terms

Each skein made 14 granny squares 

I used the join as you go method to join the squares 
Tension is very important to make the colors end in the right place.   

 

Squares: Make 42 squares

start with Hot stuff yarn

Ch 4 and slst in 1st ch to form a circle.  

Rnd 1: ch. 6, 3dc in circle;  * ch 3, 3dc in circle** Repeat from * to ** 2  more times to make 4 sides and 4 corners.  

Rnd 2: Ch 6 , 3dc in same st.; (3dc, ch. 3, 3dc) in next corner., ch. 1; (3dc, ch.3 , 3dc) in next corner, ch.1; 2dc in last corner, join with slst.  

Rnd 3: Ch. 6) ,3dc in same st. , ch 1; *3 dc in ch. 2 sp., ch. 1; (3dc, ch. 3, 3dc) in corner sp. , ch 1**; Repeat from * to ** to beginning corner. 2dc in beginning corner, join with slst.   

Rnds. 4-5: Repeat Rnd 3.  

Rnd 6: Repeat Rnd 3 using burgundy yarn.  

 

 

Joining : 

I used the join as you go method to join my granny squares. Secret Yarnery has a great tutorial on YouTube on how to use this method. Click Here to watch the tutorial.

 

Border:

Join with burgundy yarn in any corner. 

Rnd 1 Ch3, sc in same st. * Ch3, sc between each dc cluster. ** 1sc, ch 3 1sc in corner ch3 sp.  Repeat from * to ** on all sides to beginning corner. Join with slst. 

Rnd 2: Ch 3. Dc in each stitch to end. (3dc, ch 3, 3dc) in each corner. Join with slst. 

Rnd3: ch 2. Hdc in blo to end on each side. (2hdc, ch 2., 2hdc) in each corner. Join with slst. 

Rnd4: ch 1 sc to end of row on each side (2sc, ch.2, 2sc) in each corner. Join with slst. F/o yarn

Rnd. 5: attach Hot stuff yarn and do 1rnd of crab stitch. Crab stitch 1sc, ch.2, 1sc  in each corner. F/O yarn and weave in any ends. 

 

Other Patterns to try:

Happy Colors Granny Square Blanket

Crystal Waves Baby Blanket

Midnight Waves Blanket