With all this grey weather we’ve been having in London lately I’ve been itching for some colour….so on a whim I started a new baby blanket. After raiding my Stylecraft Special DK stash I decided on a a rainbow of colours! Lipstick, Shrimp, Sunshine, Aspen, Cloud Blue, Turquoise and Magenta.
To make the most of these bright shades I opted for solid granny squares. Just three rounds big and with no colour change these were so quick and easy to make! If you haven’t made a solid granny square before there’s a great tutorial over on Little Tin Bird.
As this is only a baby blanket (perfect size for a moses basket or car seat) it only needed 49 squares (7×7), meaning 7 of each colour.
These are honestly so quick that it only took a couple of days to make the squares. To make the colours pop I decided on cream as a joining colour, and by using the flat slip stitch join technique I got a nice, neat finish. The trickiest bit was probably deciding on what border to put on it.
I bought this book a while ago after seeing it recommended on Instagram- ‘Around the Corner – Crochet Borders’ by Edie Eckman. It’s got a lot of variety but I would say I found most of them a bit fussy for my taste. But I persevered and found one in there I liked (#20 if you’re interested!)
This has been a really quick, fun blanket to make – 4 days in total! With the border included it measures 23″ square (using a 4mm hook). And here it is…..tada!
hollypips 
I love the colors! So many pretty little squares!
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Beautiful, could you tell me how you joined the squares
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Hi June, I used a flat slip stitch join – if you search for this term you should find some tutorials. I like it because it gave a neat, flat finish 🙂
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