Stash-buster Squares

I have had a lot of requests on social media for the pattern for these squares. To be honest, I have not yet completed the full blanket design yet and was planning to publish the full pattern once I had done this and written it up in full, with a full supporting video tutorial, like I usually do.

However, it appears that there are loads of people who cannot wait for this and are ‘demanding’ the pattern for the square NOW!

So, in a break from the usual, the written pattern for the square is detailed below.

This is a stash buster project to use up leftover yarn from other projects. You can use any yarn you want to use. I used leftovers of Stylecraft Special DK – each square used approximately 7-8g of DK yarn (each square measured approximately 11.5cm x 12cm). I used a size 4mm hook. You can purchase Stylecraft Special DK yarn here.

The stitches used in these squares are double crochet (dc) and half treble crochet (htr) (UK terms). The main body of the square is based on a modified lemon peel stitch (the lemon peel stitch alternates between double crochet and treble crochet, but this pattern uses a half treble instead of the treble crochet).

I left a long tails of approximately 30cm, so that I can sew the squares together using these long tails.

Abbreviations/Crochet Terms

UK terms are used throughout.

ss	Slip stitch
dc	Double crochet
htr	Half treble crochet
ch	Chain
to	Instructions between asterisks will be repeated as specified
st(s)	Stitches(s)
beg-ch	Beginning chain

Stitch Description/UK-US Conversion

UK term	US term	Description
Double Crochet (dc)	Single Crochet (sc)	Insert hook into stitch, yarn over hook, pull through stitch (2 loops on hook), yarn over hook, 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
Chain (ch)	Chain (ch)	Yarn over hook, pull through loop

Written Pattern (UK terms)

Foundation chain – Ch18
Row 1 – dc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch to the end, turn. [17 stitches]
Row 2 – ch1 (does not count as a st), htr in the first st, *dc in the next, htr in the next* repeat from *to* to the end, ensuring that the last st worked is a htr. Turn.
Row 3 – ch1 (does not count as a st), dc in first st, *htr in the next st, dc in the next st*, repeat from *to* to the end ensuring that the last st is a dc. NOTE: the dc’s are worked into a htr st from the row below and the htr’s are worked into a dc.
Rows 4 -15 – repeat row 2 and row 3
Row 16 – repeat row 2
Row 17 – ch1 (does not count as a st), dc in each st to the end. Cut yarn leaving a long tail of approximately 30cm (if you are going to sew your squares together).