Circles in Square Grannies Blanket

Blanket made for my brother's birthday!

 COLOURS:

Top Left to Right:      
Maroon and Saxe Blue;    Jade and Teal;   Orange and Cream;  Red and Dark Grey

2nd Row Left to Right:
Lime and Avo;  Turquoise and Baby Blue;   Lime and Avo;    Rust and Beige

PATTERN:  CIRCLE IN A SQUARE GRANNY

Each block is made up of four Circles in Square Grannies joined using the join-as-you-go method with a 3 row border in light grey; 

The blocks are then joined using my  VISIBLE JOIN

 

YARN:  100% Acrylic (mostly Elle).

I love crocheting with Acrylic - it is very easy on the hands and the end product is very easy to wash.    Provided the blanket is cared for properly it holds its shape for many years!    I have blankets made in the early 90's that still look new!

I use a gentle washing liquid (NOT powder as that is inclined to leave a residue) and baby fabric softener to machine wash my crochet blankets.      Set the machine to the full delicate cycle (including spin), temp 30 degrees C.   Hang on the line to dry - fold the blanket in half over the line, rather than pegging the corners as this stretches your blanket!

I always pop the dried blanket in the tumble dryer for half an hour (on the coolest setting) with an anti-static tumble dryer sheet.      This fluffs up the fibres and makes the blanket smell super fresh!

I buy a few bars of delicious smelling soaps, wrap them in white tissue paper and pop them in between the blankets when I pack them away.  

BORDER:  Four rows of block stitch;    1 row single crochet

EDGING:  One row blanket stitch