Crochet meets Patchwork Blanket: Green Squares Pt. I
The Crochet meets Patchwork Blanket is an ongoing project that I started on my old blog in July 2014. It is inspired by scrappy, patchwork quilts and provides a great opportunity to play with colours, try different motifs and learn new crochet stitches.
All the patterns for the squares used in this blanket are free - some are mine, some are by other designers (always credited; if you spot one I've credited to the wrong person please get in touch). You can find details of the project, including step-by-step tutorials to my own patterns, on the Project Page. A complete ebook guide will be available in due course.
You can also find all the patterns and tutorials mentioned below on the Crochet meets Patchwork Pinterest Board, and follow along with my progress on the Emmy + LIEN instagram account.
Crochet meets Patchwork Blanket
- green square pattern round-up Pt. I -
The green palette is the one I started off with, and I still adore it. It's so soothing to look at, don't you think? Wherever possible, I’ve linked to the original patterns and their designers. As you’ll see, however, there's one that I can’t track beyond Pinterest. If you know who owns the copyright, I’d be very grateful if you could get in touch.
Notes
2.5 mm (C) and 3.5 mm (E/4) hooks
DMC Natura Just Cotton 4-ply
Colours: Jade (A), Ivory (B), Gris Argent (C), Aswan (D)
Individual square size: 10 cm x 10 cm (ca. 4" x 4")
Total square size: 40 cm x 40 cm (ca. 15" x 15")
Patterns
- "Square Target" by Jan Eaton - I found this as part of a set of four diagrams on Pinterest
- “Sunburst” Granny Square by Priscilla Hewitt. I used this photo tutorial by Jenny at Nittybits to learn how to make the square.
- “Ribbed Cross” Granny Square by Eline Alcocer at Emmy + LIEN
- “Triple Puff” Granny Square by Eline at Emmy + LIEN
- Standard Granny Square - goodness knows who came up with this pattern first (!) but I used this step-by-step photo tutorial by Allison at Dream a Little Bigger to learn how to make granny squares.
- “Paeonia” Granny Square by Djaya - this pattern is in Russian but there are very clear photographs for every step as well as a diagram at the bottom of the post.
- Standard Granny Square - see no. 5
- Unnamed - this is an extension of a pattern for a tiny granny square, which appears as part of a tutorial on how to read crochet charts by The Best Knitter’s Guide. Instead of doing the picots in round 3, I simply kept repeating rounds 1 and 2.
- “Snowflake on the Square” by Laura at Baking Outside the Box.
Joining the squares
Before joining the squares together I made sure they were all the same size by adding an extra round of DCs (SCs in US terms) using the smaller hook here are there, and blocked them individually. I then used this joining tutorial by Carina at Carina's Craft Blog to crochet them together.
Border
- Details coming soon -
