Mini Crochet Squares Blanket
I recently shared my free crochet pattern and photo tutorial for the Mini Crochet Squares, including instructions for joining the squares together using the join-as-you-go method.
I designed these little granny-style squares with stash-busting in mind, making them a lovely way to use up leftover DK yarn in a mix of colours.
This post follows on from the Mini Crochet Squares tutorial and shows how I used the squares to make a small blanket, including the colours I chose, how I arranged the squares and how I added the border.
For each Mini Crochet Square, you’ll need approximately 3–4g of Stylecraft Special DK yarn. I used yarn from my stash and limited the colour palette to the following colours:
In the end a total of 196 squares were joined together in a 14 by 14 formation.
I chose the colours at random, but if you’d like to follow my layout, you can find it below.
I used a 4mm crochet hook. Each of the mini crochet squares measured approximately 6cm x 6cm (2.3in x 2.3in).
Including the border, the finished blanket measures approximately 88cm x 88cm (34.5in x 34.5in). You can add as many squares as you like to make your blanket larger or smaller, depending on how much yarn you have available.
Make sure that you weave in all the ends before moving on to adding the border.
Abbreviations/Crochet terminology
UK terms are used throughout.
beg-ch | Beginning chain |
ch | Chain |
ch-sp | Chain space |
htr | Half treble crochet |
sp(s) | Space(s) |
ss | Slip Stitch |
st(s) | Stitch(es) |
tr | Treble crochet |
[…] | Repeat the instructions inside the brackets the stated number of times |
(…) | Work the instructions inside the brackets in the same stitch or space |
Stitch Guide/Conversion Guide
UK term | US term | Description |
|---|---|---|
Treble Crochet (tr) | Double Crochet (dc) | Yarn over hook. Insert hook into stitch, yarn over hook, pull through stitch (3 loops on hook), yarn over hook, pull through two loops (2 loops on hook), yarn over pull through remaining two loops to leave 1 loop on the hook |
Half Treble Crochet (htr) | Half Double Crochet (hdc) | Yarn over hook. Insert hook into stitch, yarn over hook, pull through stitch (3 loops on hook), yarn over hook, pull through remaining three loops to leave 1 loop on the hook |
Slip Stitch (ss) | Slip Stitch (ss) | Insert hook into stitch, yarn over hook, pull through stitch and through loop |
Border for the Mini Crochet Squares Blanket
The border for the Mini Crochet Squares Blanket is made up of five rounds: a foundation round of htr clusters followed by four rounds of the Half-Treble V-Stitch Crochet Border.
As this was a stash-buster project, I wanted to use yarn for the border selected from my stash, but in colours that had already been used in the blanket itself.
Border Foundation Round (RS facing): With right side facing, using Silver yarn pull up a loop in the top right corner space, ch2 (counts as 1htr), work 1htr in the same space (Fig 1).
*Skip the next 2 htr stitches and work 2htr in the next space (Fig 2)*.
Fig 1
Fig 2 Fig 3
Continue working from * to * along the first side of the blanket (Fig 3). Where one square meets an adjacent square, work 2htr in the corner space of the first square and then 2htr in the corner space of the next square (as seen in Fig 4).
Fig 4 Fig 5 Fig 6
Continue working along the top of the blanket, working htr clusters in each space (Fig 5). When you reach the top left corner, work [2htr, ch2, 2htr] in the corner space, and turn the corner (Fig 6).
Continue working *skip the next 2 htr stitches and work 2htr in the next space* down the side of the blanket (Fig 7).
Fig 7 Fig 8 Fig 9
Work [2htr, ch2, 2htr] in the corner space. Then work along the final two sides in the same way with [2htr, ch2, 2htr] in the corners. Upon reaching the corner where you started the round, work [2htr, ch2] in the first corner of the round (Fig 8), then ss into the top of the beg-ch2 (Fig 9). Fasten off Silver yarn.
Once you have worked the border foundation round, you can progress to adding the Half-Treble V-Stitch Crochet Border. This can be found on a separate page here.