This adorable and soft crochet daisy granny square baby blanket brings a wonderful breath of feminine charm and nostalgia to the baby’s nursery. At the same time, the blanket is wonderfully soft and practical, as it is crocheted in superwash merino wool, which is 100% scratch-free and can be washed directly in the machine.
🌼 Daisy Granny Square Blanket Pattern (US Terms)
🧶 Supplies:
- Worsted weight yarn in:
- Yellow (center)
- White (petals)
- Pink (background)
- 4.0–5.0 mm crochet hook (adjust to yarn weight)
- Scissors
- Yarn needle
📘 Abbreviations (US Terms):
- ch = chain
- sl st = slip stitch
- sc = single crochet
- dc = double crochet
- tr = treble crochet
- sp = space
- st(s) = stitch(es)
Instructions
Daisy Granny Square Pattern
Round 1. (Center Circle – Color 30 Mustard):
- Make a magic ring or, a chain 4 circle.
- Ch 3 (counts as the first dc), then work 11 more dc into the ring.
- Sl st into the top of the starting ch-3 to close the round. (12 dc total)
- Fasten off and weave in the end.
Round 2. (Petals – Color 01 Off White)
- Join the White yarn to any dc from Round 1.
- CH 3. (The CH 3 will count as a TC)
- Crochet 2 TC together into the same ST. CH 2.
- Crochet 3 TC together into the next ST. CH 2.
- Repeat step 4 into every ST of the round, untill you have 12 petals in total.
- SL ST into the first ST. Fasten off the yarn.
Round 3. (Border – Color 46 Desert Rose)
- Join the Rose yarn to any sp from Round 2.
- Ch 4.(The ch 4 will count as a tc)
- Make 2 more tc into the same ch-space.
- Ch 1. Make 3 dc into next ch-space.
- Ch 1. 3 dc into the next ch-space.
- Ch 1. Make 3 tc. ch 3. and 3 tc into the next ch- space.
- Ch 1. Repeat step 4-5 followed by step 6 all the way around. Untill you have 4 corners and 4 sides of your sqaure. The last corner will be completed by making 3 tc and ch 3.
- Make a sl st into the starting ch-3 to close the round.
Fasten off and weave in all ends.
Joining the Squares
Use the (Join-As-You-Go Technique) with Color 46 Desert Rose)
- Lay out your 48 granny squares in a grid pattern (6 rows x 8 columns), making sure the right sides are facing up.
- Start at the bottom-right corner and join the first two squares. Continue across the first row till you have joined 6 squares.
- Add the second row of 6 new squares .
- Crochet all the way around the grannysquares and join them at the same time with a sl st in every ch sp.
- Repeat this process untill every square is joined.
- After joining all the squares, join your work with a sl st, but do not cut your yarn.
The Border
It’s now time to add a dc round and a picot border for a romantic, feminine touch.
First make a round of double crochet all the way around the blanket as follows:
- Continue using the Desert Rose yarn and ch 3. The ch 3 will count as a dc.
- Dc in every st and every sp along the first side of the first square.
- Dc into the corner sp.
- Dc into the sl st where you joined the squares.
- Dc into the next corner sp, of the next granny square.
- Repeat step 2-5 across the first side of the blanket.
- When you reach the first corner of your blanket, make 4 dc into the corner sp.
- Repeat step 2-5 for the bottom edge of your blanket.
- Repeat step 7 to create the next corner of your blanket.
- Repeat step 2-5 for the other side of your blanket.
- Repeat step 7 to create the next corner of your blanket.
- Repeat step 2-5 for the top edge of your blanket.
- Repeat step 7 to create the last corner of your blanket.
- Sl st into the top of the ch 3 to join the round. Do not cut your yarn.
Now make the picot border all the way around your blanket as follows:
- Ch 3 and sl st into the next st.
- Sl st into the next 2 st.
- Repeat step 1 and 2 all the way around your blanket.
- When you have worked all the way around the blanket, make a sl st into the last 2 st to complete the round.
- Fasten off and weave in all ends.
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