"This simple loop granny square crochet border is just one way to beautifully finish off a blanket. There is just something addicting about a granny square blanket. Once you get the hang of it, the possibilities are endless. Switch up the yarn colors, change the crochet edge, or even add in a few new styled granny squares. They are just so versatile and gorgeous. I spent most of last winter crocheting the squares. The end result was not in sight. I just kept making squares in colors that I thought worked well together. Then after joining them, it was fun to be creative the have a completely different overall look to each blanket as the edge was finished."

Crochet HookH/8 or 5 mm hook

Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)

Crochet GaugeEach square is approximately 6 3/4 inches around.

A total of 20 squares. 10 squares with four rounds of perfect pink and two rounds of charcoal grey. 10 squares with four rounds of charcoal grey and two rounds of dusty grey.

The blanket is four squares wide and five squares long.

Finished SizeSize is approximately 31 inches wide by 39 inches long.

Materials List

• Perfect Pink Red Heart. 1 Skein or 364 yards.
• Charcoal Red Heart. 3 Skeins or 1092 yards.
• Dusty Grey Red Heart. 2 Skeins or 728 yards.
• Size H crochet hook
• Yarn Needle
• Scissors