Wool Goddess

The basics

Making a granny square crochet blanket is so soothing and relaxing due to the repetitive nature of the stitches. No complicated patterns to follow and total mindfulness.

Not sure how to make a Granny Square Blanket then simply pop over to YouTube as there are millions of great tutorials so I am not about to make one as that would be like redesigning the wheel.

Simply type in the search bar “How to make a crochet granny square” and hey presto!

I get asked so many times how to make my blankets, what yarn I used and which colour combination I have used. There are many different ways to create a granny square so you have to decide what is best for you. You can make them with bigger chains at the corners, smaller chains at the corners, no chains in the middle, more chains in the middle. It’s entirely up to you and how you want your square to look and which method you find most relaxing.

My best advice would be to experiment and just have fun!

My style of Granny Square Happiness

• Size down crochet hook so if the yarn suggests 6mm I prefer using a 5mm or 5.5mm as I prefer tighter stitches,
• Start the blanket by chain 5 stitches.
• No chain stitch between clusters.
• Chain 2 at the corner.
• Turn after each colour.
• Sew in the ends as you go.

How to make my Daydream Doris granny square blanket

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You will need:

Crochet Hook, Scissors & Needle

Yarn: 12 x 100g balls of Stylecraft Special Chunky & 1 x 100g Stylecraft Special Baby Chunky

Shades:

Stylecraft Special Chunky

2 x 100g Mustard

1 x 100g Duck Egg

1 x 100g Mustard

1 x 100g Pomegranate

1 x 100g Storm Blue

1 x 100g Teal

1 x 100g Cream

1 x 100g Lipstick

1 x 100g Pale Rose

1 x 100g Burgandy

1 x 100g Gold

and 1 x 100g Stylecraft Special Baby Chunky Shade Baby Pink

The quantity next to each yarn shade is an example of how many 100g balls I used. Everyone crochets slightly different so please use this as a rough guide only as you may need slightly more or less.

Row By Row

Main Body
Granny Clusters of three treble stitches UK Terms

 Row 1 Burgundy

 Row 2 Burgundy

 Row 3 Lipstick

 Row 4 Gold

 Row 5 Teal

 Row 6 Storm Blue

 Row 7 Duck Egg

 Row 8 Burgundy

 Row 9 Mushroom

 Row 10 Pale Rose

 Row 11 Mustard

 Row 13 Pomegranate

 Row 14 Baby Pink

 Row 15 Duck Egg

 Row 16 Cream

 Row 17 Teal

 Row 18 Storm Blue

 Row 19 Gold

 Row 20 Lipstick

 Row 21 Pomegranate

 Row 22 Baby Pink

 Row 23 Mushroom

 Row 24 Pale Rose

 Row 25 Lipstick

 Row 26 Burgandy

 Row 27 Pale Rose

 Row 28 Lipstick

 Row 29 Baby Pink

 Row 30 Burgandy

 Row 31 Pomegranate

 Row 32 Gold

 Row 33 Mustard

 Row 34 Storm Blue

 Row 35 Duck Egg

 Row 36 Teal

 Row 37 Cream

 Row 38 Mushroom

 Row 39 Mustard

BORDER
Stitches are simple double crochet or treble crochet UK Terms

Border 1 Gold double crochet

Border 2 Storm Blue double crochet

Border 3 Mustard Treble Crochet

Border 4 Mustard double crochet

Border 5 Mustard double crochet

Alternatively

If you don’t fancy doing the blanket exactly like my one then that’s up to you. Just buy the colour combination and have fun as you crochet some love and magic into every stitch.

If you make this design please tag me into the image as it truly makes my day thinking I have inspired someone.

Remember, that is why I took the time to create this blog, it was because of them beautiful crochet moments when someone told me my blanket inspired them to make one.

Hope your day is magical and you notice the small precious moments.

Love & healing hugs