Southwestern Blanket Square Pattern

Today I am sharing my second square in the Blog Hop Crochet Along! If you haven’t heard about it yet, here’s how it works:

• Every day (M-F) a new square pattern will be posted on one of our ten blogs.
• You can join in the fun by crocheting each day’s square on that day whenever you have time.
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• By the end of the Crochet Along you will have twenty 12″ squares all ready to be pieced together into a beautiful afghan just in time for the holiday season.
• Finally, we will be hosting a fabulous giveaway starting November 21. You could win Lion Brand yarn to make your own afghan, $100 CASH money, OR our COMPLETED AFGHAN! That’s right, I am going to be piecing all of our squares together and shipping it out to one very lucky winner.

Hopeful Honey – Persia Lou – Little Monkeys Crochet

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Southwestern Blanket Square Pattern

Today I am sharing the pattern for the Southwestern Blanket Square. I was inspired by Navajo blankets and rugs, and attempted to create a similar design working in rounds rather than piecing it together. I am happy with the way it turned out, but it is a little bit complicated, so I have tried to include lots of photos you help you make your own.

Here we go!

Materials:

• Worsted Weight yarn in four colors
• Size J (6.0 mm) Crochet Hook

Special Stitches:

Quadruple Crochet (quad): Wrap the yarn around the hook four times, insert into work, draw up another loop (6 loops on hook), yarn over and draw through two loops, repeat four times to complete stitch.

V Stitch (v st): Work dc, ch 1, dc all in the same st.

Treble Crochet V Stitch (trc v st): Work trc, ch 1, trc all in same st.

Rnd 1: With Color A, begin with a magic loop, work ch 3, 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc, trc, ch 2, trc, 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc, trc, ch 2, trc all in magic loop, sl st to 3rd ch of beginning ch 3. Finish off and weave in ends.

Rnd 2: Join Color B where you finished off. Ch 3,  working in back loops only, dc in each of next two dcs, (dc, ch 2, dc) in ch 2 sp, working in back loops only, dc in each of next four dcs, (dc, trc, ch 2, trc, dc) in ch 2 sp, working in back loops only, dc in each of next four dcs, (dc, ch 2, dc) in ch 2 sp, working in back loops only, dc in each of next four dcs, (dc, trc, ch 2, trc, dc) in ch 2 sp, working in back loops, dc in next dc, sl st to 3rd ch of beginning ch 3. Finish off and weave in ends.

Rnd 3: Round 3 is worked in the round with four triangles formed on each side of the diamond created by turning and working a few short rows. Join Color C in one of the ch 2 spaces between two dcs (see image above). Ch 1, sc in ch 2 sp, *working in back loops only, sc, hdc, dc, dc, dc, hdc, sc, ch 2 turn, dc in first dc, (trc, ch 1, trc) in next dc, dc in next dc, skip st, hdc in sc, ch 1, turn, sc in dc, ch 1, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch1 sp, ch 1, sc in dc, ch 3, (sc, ch 3, sc) in ch 2 corner sp, working in back loops only, sc, hdc, dc, dc, dc, hdc, sc, ch 2 turn, dc in first dc, (trc, ch 1, trc) in next dc, dc in next dc, skip st, hdc in sc, ch 1, turn, sc in dc, ch 1, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch1 sp, ch 1, sc in dc, ch 3, (sc, ch 1,** sc) all in ch 2 corner sp, repeat from * to **, sl st to beginning sc to join.

Rnd 4: Ch 1, sc in same st, *sc over side of ch 2 from previous round, ch 3, skip sc, sc in each of next 2 dcs, (dc, ch 2, dc) in ch 2 sp, sc in each of next 2 dcs, ch 3, skip sc, sc in next ch 3 sp, ch 1, (sc, ch 4, 4 trc, ch 4, sc) all in next ch 3 sp, ch 1, sc over side of ch 2 of previous rnd, ch 3, sc in each of next 2 dcs, (dc, ch 2, dc) in ch 2 sp, sc in each of next 2 dcs, ch 3, skip sc, sc in ch 3 sp, ch 1, sc in next sc, dc in ch 2 space of Rnd 2 (see image),** sc in next sc, repeat from * to **, sl st to beginning sc to join. Finish off, weave in ends.

Rnd 5: Join Color D in upper right corner of one of the 6 trc groups (see image above), Work all stitches into back loops only unless otherwise noted, *ch4, trc in same st, trc in each of next 4 trcs,  in top ch of next ch 4 trc, ch 4, sl st to same ch, trc in first sc below, trc in 2 chs of ch 3 [(work stitches into the chs not over them to create a more defined shape (see image)], trc in each of next 2 scs, trc in dc, (trc, ch 4, sl st, ch 1, sl st, ch 4, trc) all in ch 2 corner sp, trc in dc, trc in each of next 2 scs, trc in 2 chs of ch 3, trc in next sc, skip sc, trc in both loops of dc, skip sc, trc in next sc, trc in 2 chs of ch 3 sp, trc in next 2 scs, trc in dc, (trc, ch 4, sl st, ch 1 sl st, ch 4, trc) all in ch 2 corner sp, trc in dc, trc in next 2 sc, trc in 2 chs of ch 3, trc in sc, sl st to top ch of ch4 of previous round, repeat from *. Finish off, weave in ends.

Rnd 6: Join Color A in upper right corner of one of the 8 trc groups (see image above), Work all stitches into back loops only unless otherwise noted, *ch4, trc in same st, trc in each of next 6 trcs, trc in top ch of next ch 4 trc, ch 4, sl st to same ch, trc in each of 7 trc below, (trc, ch 4, sl st) in top ch of ch 4, trc in first 3 chs of ch 4 below (work stitches into the chs not over them to create a more defined shape), ch 4, sl st to 4th ch, ch 4, trc in each of next 6 trc, skip 1 trc, trc in both loops of next trc, skip 1 trc, trc in each of next 6 trc, ch 4, sl st to top of next ch 4, trc in first 3 chs of ch 4 below (work stitches into the chs), ch 4, sl st to top of ch 4 above, ch 4, trc in same st, trc in each of next 7 sts, sl st to top ch of next ch 4, repeat from *. Finish off, weave in ends.

Rnd 7: Join Color B in upper right corner of one of the 10 trc groups (see image above), ch 1, sc in same st, *working in back loops only, sc in next 8 trcs, sc in top ch of ch 4, skip 2 trc, (trc, ch 1, trc) in next trc, skip 2 sts, (trc, ch 1, trc) in next st, skip 2 sts, (trc, ch 1, trc) in top ch of ch 4, (3 quad, ch 3, 3 trc) all corner sl st below, hdc in top ch of ch 4, 3 dc in corner sl st below, sc in top of ch 4, working in back loops only, hdc, dc, dc, dc, skip 2 sts, 3 trc in both loops of next trc, skip 2 sts, dc, dc, dc, hdc, sc, 3 dc in corner sl st below, hdc in top of ch 4, (3 trc, ch 3, 3 quad) in corner sl st below, (trc, ch 1, trc) in top ch of ch 4, skip 2 sts, (trc, ch 1, trc) in next st, skip 2 sts, (trc, ch 1, trc) in next st,** sl st to top ch of ch 4, ch 1, sc, repeat from * to ** sl st to first sc to join.

Rnd 8: Ch 4, dc in same st, *(skip 2 sts, v st in next st) 3 times, v st in next 3 ch 1 sps, skip 1 st, v st in next st, skip 1 st (v st, ch 3, trc v st) in ch 3 sp, skip 1 st, trc v st in next st, (skip 2 sts, trc v st in next st) 8 times, skip 1 st, (trc v st, ch 3, v st) in ch 3 sp, skip 1 st, v st in next st, v st in next 3 ch 1 sps,** v st in next sc, repeat from * to ** sl st to 3rd ch of beginning ch 4.

Rnd 9: Sl st to ch 1 sp, ch 4, dc in same sp, *v st in each ch 1 sp on side, (v st, ch 3, trc v st) in corner ch 3 sp, trc v st in ch 1 sp on side, (trc v st, ch 3, v st) in corner ch 3 sp, repeat from * sl st to 3rd ch of beginning ch 4. Finish off, weave in ends.