Crochet Gigi's Block Party Blanket Pattern + Tutorial

The Crochet Gigi's Block Party Blanket is freshly revised using Bernat POP yarn. A crocheter, Laura Thiele, a friend, took it upon herself to crochet the sample for her pleasure to revise the stitch counts for the entire blanket.

I hope you enjoy crocheting this new blanket today, Gigi's Block Party Blanket.  It's another combination of my two best patterns - The Hugs & Kisses Blanket and the Modern Granny!

Revised Version

Laura, who retested the pattern, used colour strategy. She used Red Heart Bitty Stripes in the colours called Horizon and Moonbeam. She used 2.5 balls of each. You can use the picture to see how she did the colours.

Keeping up with my love for self-striping yarn, I chose to use Bernat POP! in Blue Streak for this blanket.  I used nine balls to crochet this blanket to a finished size of 56" square.

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Tutorial

Yarn & Details

• Bernat POP! - 140g / 5oz, 256 m / 280 yds,.
• Blue Streak - 9 Balls

Hook: 5 mm / H/8 Hook

Gauge: 13 sc and 14 rows = 4"

Size: 56" x 56"

Abbreviations

• Beg - Beginning
• Ch - Chain
• Dc - Double crochet
• Rep - Repeat
• Rnd - Round
• Sc - Single crochet
• Sk - Skip
• Sl st - Slip stitch
• Sp - Space
• St(s) - Stitch, stitches

Special Stitches

• X-St - Skip next stitch and place dc; dc into skipped stitch.
• Popcorn - Work 4 dc into the next st, drop the loop from the hook, insert your hook from front to back under the top 2 loops of the first double crochet of the group, grab the dropped loop and pull it through the stitch; 1 pc made.

Instructions

Start with the Modern Granny section.

Ch 4; join with sl st in first ch to form a ring.

1st rnd: Ch 3 (counts as dc here and throughout), 2 dc in ring, ch 1 [3 dc in ring, ch 1] 3 times; join with sl st to top of beg ch. 3 dc.

2nd rnd: Sl st in next 2 dc, [(sc, ch 3, sc) in next ch-1 sp (corner made), ch 3] 4 times; join with sl st in first sc. 1 ch-3 sp, 2 sc.

3rd rnd: (Sl st, ch 3, 2 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in first corner ch-3 sp, 3 dc in next ch-3 sp, [(3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in next corner ch-3 sp, 3 dc in next ch-3 sp] 3 times; join with sl st to top of beg ch. 9 dc.

4th rnd: Sl st in next 2 dc, *(sc, ch 3, sc) in next corner ch-1 sp, ch 3, sc in next sp between corner and next 3-dc group, ch 3, sc in next sp between next 3-dc group and corner, ch 3; rep from * 3 more times; join with sl st in first sc. 3 ch-3 sps, 4 sc.

5th rnd: (Sl st, ch 3, 2 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in first corner ch-3 sp, 3 dc in next 3 ch-3 sps, *(3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in next corner ch-3 sp, 3 dc in next 3 ch-3 sps; rep from * 2 more times; join with sl st to top of beg ch. 15 dc.

Transition into Hugs & Kisses Section

6th rnd: Sl st in next 2 dc, (sl st, ch 1, 2 sc) in first corner sp, sc in each st to next ch-1 sp, *3 sc in ch-1 sp, sc in each st to ch-1 sp; rep from * 2 more times, sc in same sp as beg 2 sc, sl st to beg sc. 17 sc. - see note below.

This is when I like to place a stitch marker in the middle sc stitch of each corner to keep track of the center stitch. See the diagram in the printed pattern.

7th rnd: Ch 3, 2 dc in same st as join, dc in each st to marked corner, *5 dc in corner st, dc in each st to marked corner; rep from * twice more, 2 dc in same st as beg ch 3, sl st to beg ch 3. 21 dc.

8th rnd: Ch 1, 2 sc in first st, sc in each st to marked corner, *3 sc in corner st, sc in each st to marked corner; rep from * twice more, sc in same st as beg st, sl st to beg st. 23 sc.

9th rnd: Ch 3 (counts as dc now and throughout), 2 dc in same st as join, dc in next st, [*sk next st, dc in next st, dc in skipped st (X-st), rep from * to marked corner st], **5 dc in corner, dc in next st, X-st to next marked corner; rep from ** twice more, 2 dc in same st as beg 3 dc, sl st to beg dc. 11 x-st, 5 dc. 27 dc total.

10th rnd: Rep rnd 8. 29 sc.

11th rnd: Ch 2 (counts as hdc now and throughout), hdc in same st, hdc in next 2 sts, *pc in next st, hdc in next 2 sts; rep from * to marked corner st, **[3 hdc in marked corner st, hdc in next 2 sts, *pc in next st, hdc in next 2 sts; rep from * to marked corner st]; rep from ** twice more, 1 hdc in same st as beg, sl st to ch 2. 9 pc and 22 hdc. 31 sts total.

12th rnd: Rep rnd 8. 33 sc.

13th rnd: Rep rnd 9. 16 x-sts and 5 dc. 37 sts total. X-sts increased by 5.

14th rnd: Rep rnd 8. 39 sc.

15th rnd: Ch 3, 2 dc in same st, dc in each st to marked corner, *5 dc in corner st, dc in each st to next marked corner; rep from * twice more, 2 dc in same st as beg ch 3, sl st to beg ch 3. 43 dc.

16th rnd: Rep rnd 8. 45 sc.

Transition back to Modern Granny Section

TIP: In the next rnd, the first ch-3 sp skip over 3 sc but the re-maining ch-3 skips over 2 sc per side.

This provides balance to transition back to the modern granny.

17th rnd: Ch 1, (sc, ch 3, sc) in same st, ch 3, sk 3 sc, *sc in next st, ch 3, sk 2 sc; rep from * to marked corner, **(sc, ch 3, sc) in corner st, ch 3, sk 3 sc, (sc in next st, ch 3, sk 2 sc) to corner; rep from ** twice more, sl st to beg sc. 16 sc, 15 ch-3 sps. Spans
over 47 sts per side.

18th rnd: (Sl st, ch 3, 2 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in 昀椀rst corner ch-3 sp, 3 dc in each ch-3 sp to corner, *(3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in corner ch-3 sp, 3 dc in each ch-3 sp to corner; rep from * twice more, sl st to beg ch. 51 dc.

19th rnd: Sl st in next 2 dc, *(sc, ch 3, sc) in next corner ch-1 sp, ch 3, sc in next space between corner and next 3-dc group, ch 3, sc in next space between each 3-dc group to corner, ch 3; repeat from * 3 more times; join with sl st in first sc. 18 sc, 17 ch-3 sps. 53 sts total.

20th rnd: Rep rnd 18. 57 dc.

21st rnd: Rep rnd 19. 20 sc. 19 ch-3 sps. 59 sts total.

22nd rnd: Rep rnd 18. 63 dc.

23rd rnd: Rep rnd 6. 65 sc.

24th rnd: Rep rnd 7. 69 dc.

25th rnd: Rep rnd 8. 71 sc.

26th rnd: Rep rnd 9. 35 x-st, 5 dc. 75 sts total.

27th rnd: Rep rnd 8. 77 sc.

28th rnd: Rep rnd 11. 25 pc, 54 hdc. 79 sts total. Popcorns in-crease 16.

29th rnd: Rep rnd 8. 81 sc.

30th rnd: Rep rnd 9. 40 x-st, 5 dc. 85 sts total.

31st rnd: Rep rnd 8. 87 sc.

32nd rnd: Rep rnd 15. 91 dc.

33rd rnd: Rep rnd 8. 93 sc.

34th to 50th rnds: Rep rnds 17 to 33.

51st to 66th rnds: Rep rnds 17 to 32.

Stitch counts in the repeat are provided below.

• 34th rnd: 32 sc, 31 ch-3 sps. Spans over 95 sts per side.
• 35th rnd: 99 dc.
• 36th rnd: 34 sc, 33 ch-3 sps. 101 sts total.
• 37th rnd: 105 dc.
• 38th rnd: 36 sc. 35 ch-3 sps. 107 sts total.
• 39nd rnd: 111 dc.
• 40rd rnd: 113 sc.
• 41st rnd: 117 dc.
• 42nd rnd: 119 sc.
• 43rd rnd: 59 x-st, 5 dc. 123 sts total.
• 44th rnd: 125 sc.
• 45th rnd: 41 pc, 86 hdc. 127 sts total. Popcorns increase 16.
• 46th rnd: 129 sc.
• 47th rnd: 64 x-st, 5 dc. 133 sts total.
• 48th rnd: 135 sc.
• 49th rnd: 139 dc.
• 50th rnd: 141 sc.
• 51st rnd: 48 sc, 47 ch-3 sps. Spans over 143 sts per side.
• 52nd rnd: 147 dc.
• 53rd rnd: 50 sc, 49 ch-3 sps. 149 sts total.
• 54th rnd: 153 dc.
• 55th rnd: 52 sc. 51 ch-3 sps. 155 sts total.
• 56th rnd: 159 dc.
• 57th rnd: 161 sc.
• 58th rnd: 165 dc.
• 59th rnd: 167 sc.
• 60th rnd: 83 x-st, 5 dc. 171 sts total.
• 61st rnd: 173 sc.
• 62nd rnd: 57 pc, 118 hdc. 175 sts total. Popcorns increase 16.
• 63rd rnd: 177 sc.
• 64th rnd: 88 x-st, 5 dc. 181 sts total.
• 65th rnd: 183 sc.
• 66th rnd: 187 dc.

Border

Rnd 1: Ch 1, 2 sc first st, sc in next st, [sk next st, sc in next st, sc in skipped st] to marked corner, *3 sc in corner st, sc in next st, [sk next st, sc in next st, sc in skipped st] to marked corner; rep from * 2 more times, sc in same st as beg 2 sc, sl st to beg sc. Fasten off.

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