It’s officially here!! Simply Crochet magazine have organised another fabulous Granny Square Day. Join in the fun and help make the largest virtual crochet blanket. Take a pic of your granny square and post it on Instagram with the hashtag #grannysquareday2022. Simply Crochet would also love to see your projects, use the hashtag #grannysquaremakes2022.
If you are looking for a granny sqyare to make, I have designed one speccially for this fantastic day.
This beauty is called Burst and find the pattern below.
Materials
West Yorkshire Spinners Elements DK – 60% Lyocell, 40% Falklands Islans Wool – 112m to 50G
1 ball of each of the following:
A – Seashell 1100
B – Cherry Blossom 1105
C – Moonlight 1101
D – Cool Aloe 1102
I have used the above yarn but any DK yarn will be perfect to use for the project.
3.5mm crochet hook
Finished size
It is not essential to achieve any particular tension for the project.
The finished square measures approximately 13 x 13cm
Abbreviations
Fpdtr – front post double treble (US front post treble – yrh twice, insert hook from front to back to front around post of indicated stitch, yrh and pull up a loop, [yrh and pull through 2 loops on hook] twice.
Bptr – back post treble (US back post double crochet) – yrh, insert hook from back to front to back around post of indicated stitch, yrh and pull up a loop, [yrh and pull through 2 loops on hook] twice.
[] – work instructions within brackets as many times as directed
* – repeat instructions following the single asterisk as directed
Approx – approximately
Beg – beginning
Ch – chain
Ch-sp – chain space
Cstr – chainless starting treble (US chinless starting dc) – Pull up your working loop to approximately the height of a treble stitch, hold the loop on hook with your index finger, turn hook towards you and then around the back, wrap hook around loop. Now you have two loops on hook, yrh and pull through the first loop (the wrap) (still two loops on hook), yrh and pull though remaining two loops. For video please visit the Reels section on my Instagram
Dc (US Sc) – double crochet
Group(s) – cluster of 3 tr
Htr (US Hdc)– half treble
Miss – skip
Rep – repeat
Rnd(s) – round(s)
RS – right side
Tr (US Dc)– treble
Sttr –standing treble (US dc) yrh twice, hold down both loops with finger and tail in hand so they do not unravel, insert hook into st or as directed, yrh and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook), [yrh and pull loop through two loops on hook] twice. For video please visit the Videos section on my Instagram
Sp – space
Sl st – slip stitch
St(s) – stitch(es)
Yrh – yarn around hook
Pattern note – please read!
This pattern is written using UK terminology with US conversion given in abbreviation list in brackets.
Change colour by sl st with the new colour to end a round, apart from rnd 8.
With colour A make 4 ch, sl st into first ch to form a ring.
Rnd 1: Ctr, 11 tr in ring, sl st to top of ctr. (12 st)
Change to colour B
Rnd 2: Ctr, 1 tr in st at base of ctr, 2 tr in every st to end, sl st to top of ctr. (24 sts)
Rnd 3: Ctr, 1 tr in st at base of ctr, ch 1, miss next st, * 2 tr in next st, ch 1, miss next st, rep from * to end, sl st to top of ctr. (12 ch-1 sp and 24 sts)
Change to colour A
Rnd 4: Ch 1 (does not count as a st) 1 dc in st at the base of ch 1, 2 dc in next st, working in front of next ch-1 sp fpdtr around missed st 2 rnds below, * 1 dc in next st, 2 dc in next st, working in front of next ch-1 sp fpdtr around missed st 2 rnds below, rep from * to end, sl st to first st. (48 sts)
Change to C
Rnd 5: Ch 5 (counts as 1 tr and ch-2 sp here and in rnd 6), 3 tr in same st as ch 5, ch 1, miss next 2 sts,* [3 htr in next st (the fpdtr), ch 1, miss next 3 sts] twice, [3 tr, ch 2, 3 tr] all in next st, ch 1, miss next 3 sts, rep from * twice more, [3 htr in next st (the fptr), ch 1, miss next 3 sts] twice, ending last rep with miss next 4 sts, 2 tr in the same st as beg ch 5, sl st in 3rd of beg ch 5. (16 tr groups)
Change to colour P
Rnd 6: Sl st in first ch-2 sp, [ch 5 and 3 tr] in same ch-2 sp as sl st, * ch 1, [3 htr in next ch-1 sp, ch 1] 3 times, [3tr, 2ch, and 3tr] in next ch-2 sp, rep from * twice more, ch 1, [ 3 tr in next ch-1 sp, ch 1] 3 times, 2 tr in the same sp as beg ch 5, sl st in 3rd of beg ch 5. (20 tr groups)
Rnd 7: Sl st in first ch-2 sp, [ch 4 (counts as first 1 htr and ch-2 sp) and 2 htr] in same ch-2 sp as sl st, * 1 htr in evey st and ch-1 sp to next corner sp, [2htr, 2ch, and 2htr] in next ch-2 sp, rep from * three more times, ending last rep with: 1 htr in the same sp as beg ch 4, sl st in 2nd of beg ch 4. (20 tr groups) fasten off colour A.
Rnd 8: Sttr in any corner ch-2 sp, ch 2, 2 tr in same space, * 1 bptr around ever st to next corner ch-2 sp, [2 tr, ch 2, 2 tr] in next ch-2 sp, rep from * three more times, ending las rep with 1 tr in next corner ch-2 sp, sl st to standing tr. (108 sts)
Happy crocheting xx
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