I’ve done giant granny square blankets before but this is the first time I have done a traditional granny square, seamed crochet blanket and let me tell you I am smitten, absolutely head over heels smitten with it.

I thought that I would struggle and procrastinate over the sewing up at the end but I was so keen to get it done that I powered through a few sewing and netflix sessions and had a finished blanket in no time.

If it weren’t for the unfeasibly warm weather we have had in the UK during July and August this would have been finished a whole lot sooner, let me tell you.

I’ll put the full details below if you want them but for this I used Stylecraft Special Chunky (144m/157yds per 100g) and a 6mm hook - and my word - chunky yarn works up very quickly doesn’t it.

For each square I did 4 rounds and then finished off with a round of a neutral shade (Parchment). This was also the yarn that I used to seam it all together - just using mattress stitch. I did experiment with using various crochet methods for joining the squares together but in the end I just decided to stick to what I knew best.

Placement: A little too late into proceedings I came across this Permutations blanket idea. I love the idea of sequentially working your way through each possible colour permutation but it would have required a lot more time (and yarn). But I am definitely bookmarking this for a future project. In the end I just tried to keep the colour distribution as even as I could and to fiddle around with the placement of the squares to avoid too much colour clustering. But the idea of a more methodical approach is very appealing - so many potential projects, so little time.

Border: Once I’d sewn the squares into a 5x6 grid I knew that I wanted a border and by happy coincidence I had 2 balls of the neutral Parchment left over. So I just decided to work a (UK) treble stitch all the way round and kept going until I ran out of yarn. This gave me 4 full rounds in total.

I haven’t ruled out the possibility of adding more to it - possible more of the neutral to make a super large border or maybe even tiny, coloured granny squares around the edge. But for me, that’s the beauty of blankets like this. You can make one, live with it for a bit, and then decided to add to it at a later date - if you want.

Or maybe…just start another one :)

Finished size: 5 squares by 6 squares plus a border of (UK) treble crochet - 43” by 38” (a comfortable, small lap-sized blanket)

Colours used: 1 ball of each colour and 4 balls of Parchment

Graphite 1063

Copper 1029

Mocha 1064

Duck egg 1820

Lime 1712

Sage 1725

Teal 1062

Parchment 1218