Crochet Gigi’s Block Party 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!

Keeping up with my love for self-striping yarn, I’ve chosen to use Bernat POP! in Blue Streak for this blanket.  I used 9 balls to crochet this blanket to a finished size of 56″ square.

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Tutorial

Yarn

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

Hook

• 5.0 mm / H Hook

Sizing

• 56” square

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, or use a magic circle.

Rnd 1: 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. – Four 3-dc groups, 4 ch-1 sps.

Rnd 2: 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. – 4 corners, 4 ch-3 sps.

Rnd 3: (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. – 4 corners, four 3-dc groups.

Rnd 4: 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. – 4 corners, 12- ch-3 sps.

Rnd 5: (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. – 4 corners, 12 – 3-dc groups.

Transition into Hugs & Kisses section.

Rnd 6: 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. – 72 sc

*This is when I like to place a stitch marker in the middle stitch of each corner from here out to keep track of the center stitch.

Rnd 7: 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. – 88 dc

Rnd 8: Ch 1, 2 sc in first st, sc in each st to the 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. – 96 sc

Rnd 9: 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. – 44 X-st, 20 corner dc

Rnd 10: Rep rnd 8. – 120 sc

Rnd 11: 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. – 36 pc, 92 hdc

Rnd 12: Rep rnd 8. – 136 sc

Rnd 13: Rep rnd 9. – 64 X-st, 20 corner dc

Rnd 14: Rep rnd 8. – 160 sc

Rnd 15: 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. – 176 dc

Rnd 16: Rep rnd 8. – 184 sc

The transition back to Modern Granny

Rnd 17: 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. – 4 corners, 60 ch-3 sps

Rnd 18: (Sl st, ch 3, 2 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in first 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. – 4 corners, 60 – 3-dc groups

Rnd 19: 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. – 4 corners, 68 ch-3 sps

Rnd 20: Rep rnd 18.

Rnds 21 – 22: Rep rnds 19 and 20.

Rnd 23: Sl st to corner. Rep rnd 8.

Rnds 24 – 33: Rep rnds 7 – 16.

Rnds 34 – 50: Rep rnds 17 – 33.

Rnds 51 – 66: Rep rnds 17 – 32.

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.

Designs by Jeanne