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Easy Granny Square Baby Blanket

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To give myself a break from baby hats for awhile but still have something baby-like to donate, I decided to make a super easy granny square baby blanket. Even baby blankets can take a while to crochet, but you have got to love the good old granny square pattern to make life easier. Here are the supplies I used:

I hook

1 skein of TLC Baby Amoire

1 skein of yellow Bernat Baby Yarn

1 skein of green Bernat Baby Yarn

  • I started my granny with 4 chain stitches before securing them into a loop using a slip stitch.
  • Then I made 7 rows using TLC yarn for the center square.
  • After that, I alternated with 3 rows of green, TLC, then yellow until I had two sections each of green and yellow, ending with a yellow section.
  • Finally, I used TLC to make a single crochet row to trim all around the blanket.

The final blanket measures about 36×33 inches, and it is super soft!

Author: Tammy

Welcome to the Crafty Princess Diaries, my weblog and site where I get to blab about my passion for crafts, primarily jewelry making, and my crafting career. My name is Tammy Powley, and I decided to call my blog the Crafty Princess Diaries because of this very dorky picture I have of myself and because my husband often refers to me as “the princess and the pea,” which is just another way to say that I tend to be particular sometimes. Along with this weblog, I have a number of jewelry making books published.

2 Comments

  1. Hi! When you change the yarn, how do you secure the loose ends of each color in the end? Do you weave it through?

  2. Hi Traci – I weave it. I do not knot unless I make amigurumi toys. There is a good video on how to weave in the ends here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vaY8S7y1Lc

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