Fast Fair and Square Baby Blanket

By: The Designers from yarnspirations.com/caron

By: The Designers from yarnspirations.com/caron

You can make this Fast Fair and Square Baby Blanket without any trouble as long as you follow this tutorial. You will make the simple square motifs using two colors for each, which will be a combination of denim, sunflower, and white. You will love the squares separately but, once the crochet baby blanket comes together, you will love it even more. The colors chosen for this afghan are neutral, almost masculine shades but you can change out one, two, or all three colors to use your own hues of choice.

Easy

Crochet HookH/8 or 5 mm hook

Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)

Crochet Gauge12 dc and 6 rows = 4" [10 cm]. Motif = Approx 8" [20 cm] square.

Finished SizeApprox 40" [101.5 cm] square

Materials List

Caron® One Pound™ (16 oz/453.6 g; 812 yds/742 m) - 1 ball of each Contrast A Denim (10623), Contrast B Sunflower (10549), Contrast C Off White (10514)
Size U.S. H/8 (5 mm) crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge

Instructions for BLANKET:

MOTIF
Make 8 with A as Color 1 and B as Color 2.
Make 9 with C as Color 1 and A as Color 2.
Make 8 with B as Color 1 and A as Color 2.

Note: Carry color not on use up WS of work.

With Color 1, ch 5. Join with sl st to first ch to form ring. (See diagram below).

1st rnd: Ch 4 (counts as 1 dc and ch-1 sp). (3 dc. Ch 1) 3 times in ring. 2 dc in ring. Join with sl st to 3rd ch of ch-4.
2nd rnd: Join Color 2 with sl st to 1st ch-1 sp. Ch 1. (1 sc. Ch 3. 1 sc) in same sp as last sl st. Ch 3. *(1 sc. Ch 3. 1 sc) in next ch-1 sp. Ch 3. Rep from * twice more. Join with sl st to first sc.
3rd rnd: Join Color 1 with sl st to first corner ch-3 sp. Ch 4 (counts as 1 dc and ch-1 sp). 3 dc in same sp as last sl st. 3 dc in next ch-3 sp. *(3 dc. Ch 1. 3 dc) in next ch-3 sp. 3 dc in next ch-3 sp. Rep from * twice more. 2 dc in first ch-3 sp. Join with sl st to 3rd ch of beg ch-4.
4th rnd: Join Color 2 with sl st to first ch-1 sp. Ch 1. (1 sc. Ch 3. 1 sc) in same sp as last sl st - Corner. Ch 3. (1 sc in sp between next two 3-dc groups. Ch 3) twice. *(1 sc. Ch 3. 1 sc) in next ch-1 sp - Corner. Ch 3. (1 sc in sp between next two 3-dc groups. Ch 3) twice. Rep from * twice more. Join with sl st to first sc.
5th rnd: Join Color 1 with sl st to first corner ch-3 sp. Ch 4 (counts as 1 dc and ch-1 sp). 3 dc in same sp as last sl st. 3 dc in each ch-3 sp to next Corner. *(3 dc. Ch 1. 3 dc) in next Corner ch-3 sp. 3 dc in each ch-3 sp to next Corner. Rep from * twice more. 2 dc in first ch-3 sp. Join with sl st to 3rd ch of beg ch-4.
6th rnd: Join Color 2 with sl st to first ch-1 sp. Ch 1. (1 sc. Ch 3. 1 sc) in same sp as last sl st - Corner. Ch 3. (1 sc in sp between next two 3-dc groups. Ch 3) 4 times. *(1 sc. Ch 3. 1 sc) in next ch-1 sp - Corner. Ch 3. (1 sc in sp between next two 3-dc groups. Ch 3) 4 times. Rep from * twice more. Join with sl st to first sc.
7th rnd: As 5th rnd. Fasten off.

Instructions for FINISHING:

Join Motifs tog as seen in Assembly Diagram below.

Instructions for BORDER:

With RS facing, join A with sl st to any corner ch-1 sp of Blanket.

1st rnd: Ch 1. Work sc evenly around entire edge of Blanket having 3 sc in each corner. Join with sl st to first sc. Fasten off.

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Hippie Chick

Feb 24, 2017

Love the look of this baby blanket and love the combination of the colors denim, sunflower, and white and the way they work together. Very cute. This blanket looks more like it would be for a baby boy, but I could see this used for a girl also with the yellow mixed in. Girls like denim too, so start them young.