Crochet Social Textures Blanket

Crochet Social Textures Blanket

This Social Textures Blanket in the crochet Social Textures series.  If you missed it, the first one can be found here, Social Textures Baby Blanket.

This is called Social Textures because it’s really a simple design of moss stitch in the round followed up with touch of texture. The social part came from Mikey since I talked to others the entire time I crocheted this blanket. It’s easy to remember the repeat and you don’t always have to look down at your work.

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I break a few rules on this one, but I think the end result is a nice square. I use a hdc in the corner to close the sc rounds to create a ch-2 sp, and a sc to close the dc rounds to create a ch-1 sp. By doing this, it always keeps you centered in the corner spaces.

This blanket is exactly the same as the original, except it is a rectangle instead of a square.  I chose to use 5 Caron One Pound balls to make this design and the blanket has come out to a nice 62" x 72".  It fits the top of my queen-sized bed.  But don't limit yourself to 5 colors.  The textured rounds play into the moss stitch rounds and really this opens the blanket up to so many color option.

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Yarn
Caron One Pound Yarn, Off White
Caron One Pound Yarn, Taupe
Caron One Pound Yarn, Aqua
Caron One Pound Yarn, Medium Grey Mix
Caron One Pound Yarn, Purple

Hook
5.5 mm / I Hook

Sizing
62” X 72”

Abbreviations
Beg - Beginning
Ch - Chain
Dc - Double crochet
FPtr - Front post treble crochet
Hdc - Half double crochet
Rep - Repeat
Rnd(s) - Round, rounds
Sc - Single crochet
Sk - Skip
Sl st - Slip stitch
Sp - Space
St - Stitch

Special Stitch
Picot - Ch 3, sl st back into the last sc worked.

Instructions

Rnd 1: Color A, ch 30. In 2nd ch from hook, (sc, ch 2, sc), *sk 1 ch, sc, ch 1; rep from * until you reach the last ch. In last ch, (sc, ch 2, sc, ch 2, sc), turn to work to continue working in opposite side of ch, rep from * once more until you reach the beg ch, sc, hdc to beg sc to complete rnd (hdc counts as ch-2 corner here and throughout). - 32 sc, 4 ch-2 corner sps

Rnd 2: Sc around post of hdc, *ch 1, (sk sc, sc in ch-1 sp, ch 1) to corner**, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 corner; rep from * twice more, then from * to ** once, sc in beg ch-2 sp, hdc to beg sc. - 36 sc

Rnds 3 - 4: Rep rnd 2. Break color A and pick up color B at the end of rnd 4.

Rnd 5: Ch 2 (counts at dc here and throughout), 2 dc around post of hdc, *sk sc, FPtr around post of next sc 2 rnds below, sk sc, 3 dc in ch-1 sp, sk sc, FPtr around post of sc 2 rnds below, sk sc**, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in ch-2 corner; rep from * twice more, then from * to ** once, 3 dc in beg ch-2 sp, sc to beg dc. - 78 dc, 22 FPtr

Rnd 6: Sc around post of sc, *ch 1, (sk next st, sc in next st, ch 1) to corner**, (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-1 corner, rep from * twice more, then from * to ** once, sc in beg ch-1 sp, hdc to beg sc. Break color B and pick up color C - 56 sc

Rnds 7 - 9: Rep rnd 2. Break color C and pick up color D at the end of rnd 9.

Rnd 10: Rep rnd 5.

Continue in pattern of rnds 6 - 10 until you have 90 rounds. Then do rnds 6 and 7 once more. Follow color changing rnds below.

Border

Rnd 1: Sc around post of hdc, working into each st and ch-1 sp, sc in next 3, picot, *(sc in next 4, picot) to corner**, (2 sc, picot, sc) in ch-2 corner; rep from * twice more, then from * to ** once, (2 sc, picot, sl st to beg sc) in ch-2 corner. Fasten off.