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Crochet Afghan Block / Crochet Motif #81

Hi There,
I am still on my journey of creating 1000 squares, but in the middle of this road, I still want all squares to be useful and at the end joined into blankets. Lately, I decided to try to create bigger squares, so the entire blanket would contain about 25 of them. I already plan to join smaller granny squares into a 100 different squares blanket, and with this square, I start another project – a throw blanket made of 25 different squares. Maybe there will be more of them, like 36. We will see. You can find all squares for this project by following 25 squares blanket tag.
As for now, I like this square. I think a blanket made of multiple copies of this square will look great.

Yarn: weight 4, worsted Hook: 5 mm Size: 9.5 inches, 24 cm

Crochet Terms: US
Abbreviations: st – stitch, sl-st – slip stitch, ch – chain, sc – single crochet, hdc – half double crochet, dc – double crochet, tr – treble crochet, fp – front post, bp – back post, fl – front loop, bl – back loop. puff st – Yarn over, insert hook in indicated st or space, yarn over and pull through, repeat 4 times, 9 loops on hook, yarn over and pull through all 9 loops. popcorn – 5dc in same st, remove hook from loop and insert from front to back of 1st dc and into dropped loop and pull through. To close popcorn ch 1. Ch 1 counts as a part of popcorn st. cluster of 2dc – Yarn over, insert hook into indicated stitch or space, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through 2 loops. Repeat once more in same stitch or space. 3 loops on hook. Yarn over and pull through all 3 loops. cluster of 3dc – Yarn over, insert hook into indicated stitch or space, yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and through 2 loops. Repeat twice more in same stitch or space. 4 loops on hook. Yarn over and pull through all 4 loops. cluster of 4dc – yarn over, insert hook into indicated stitch or space, yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over and through 2 loops. Repeat 3 more times in same stitch or space. 5 loops on hook. Yarn over and pull through all 5 loops. fpdc3tog – Yarn over, insert hook from front to back and from back to front around 1st indicated st, yarn over and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through 2 loops, repeat around 2nd and 3rd indicated st. 4 loops on hook, yarn over and pull through all 4 loops.

ROUND 1. Magic ring (R1.1) , ch1 (R1.1), 8 puff st into ring. Join to 1st puff st with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. (R1.4)

ROUND 2. Join with a standing fpsc around any puff st (R2.1), *ch3fpsc around next st (R2.2)*, repeat ** 8 times. Omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. (R2.3)

ROUND 3. Join with a standing sc between any two puff sts of round 1 working in front of ch3 space of round 2 (R3.1), *skip ch3 space of round 2, fpsc around next st of round 2, in ch3 space (hdc, 9dc, hdc), fpsc around next st of round 2, sc in space between two puff sts of round 1 working in front of ch3 space of round 2 (R3.2)*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last sc. Join to standing sc with a sl-st. (R3.3)

ROUND 4. Join with a standing sc in any skipped ch3 space of round 2 working in back if round 3 (R4.1), *ch3, working in back of all rounds puff st in free space between 2 puff sts of round 1, ch3, sc in next skipped ch3 space of round 2 working in back of round 3 (R4.2)(R4.3)*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last sc. Join to standing sc with a sl-st. (R4.4)(R4.5)

ROUND 5. ch1sc in same st (R5.1), *5sc in ch3 space, sc in next st, 5sc in ch3 space, sc in next st (R5.2)*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st. (R5.3)

ROUND 6. ch2 (R6.1), cluster of 3dc in same st (R6.2), *ch3, skip next 2 sts, sc in next 7 sts, ch3, skip next 2 sts, cluster of 4dc in next st (R6.3)*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last cluster of 4dc. Join to 1st cluster of 3dc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. (R6.4)

ROUND 7. Join with a standing fpsc around any sc of round 3 (R7.1), * bl sl-st in next 6 sts of round 3, in next st of round 3 (bl sl-st, ch3, bl sl-st), bl sl-st in next 6 sts of round 3, fpsc around next st of round 3 (R7.2)*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. (R7.3)

ROUND 8. Join with a standing fpsc around any cluster of 4dc of round 6 (R8.1), *in ch3 space (hdc, 5dc, hdc), fp sl-st around next 7 sts, in ch3 space (hdc, 5dc, hdc), fpsc around next st (R8.2)*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. (R8.3)

ROUND 9. Join with a standing popcorn in any ch3 space of round 7 and 4th sc of round 6 together (R9.1)(R9.2), * ch3, fp sl-st around 7 sts of round 8 made in ch3 space (hdc, 5dc, hdc), ch7, skip next st of round 8, fp sl-st around next 7 sts, ch3, popcorn in ch3 space of round 7 and 4th sc of round 6 together (R9.3)*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last popcorn. Join to standing popcorn with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. (R9.4)

ROUND 10. Join with a standing sc in any 3rd dc of round 8 made in ch3 space of round 6 before cluster of 4dc (R10.1), *ch3, working in back of round 9 puff st in skipped st of round 8, ch3, skip next 3 sts of round 8, 3sc in next st of round 8, 4dc in ch3 space of round 9, fpdc around next st of round 9, 4dc in ch3 space of round 9, 3sc in 3rd dc of round 8 (R10.1)*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last sc. Join to standing sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. (R10.3)

ROUND 11. Join with a standing fpsc around any puff st of round 10 in front of ch7 space of round 9 (R11.1), *in ch3 space of round 10 (hdc, 5dc, hdc), ch1, skip next 3 sts of round 10, bpsc around next 9 sts of round 10, ch1, skip next 3 sts of round 10, in ch3 space of round 10 (hdc, 5dc, hdc), fpsc around next st of round 10 working in front of ch7 space of round 9 (R11.2)*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. (R11.3)

ROUND 12. Join with a standing sc in any 5th bpsc (R12.1), *sc in next 2 sts, hdc in next 2 sts, fpdc3tog over 3 skipped sts of round 10, skip ch1 space of round 11, bpsc around next 7 sts, ch2, skip next st, bpsc around next 7 sts, skip ch1 space, fpdc3tog over 3 skipped sts of round 10, hdc in next 2 sts of round 11, sc in next 3 sts (R12.2)*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last sc. Join to standing sc with a sl-st. (R12.3)

ROUND 13. ch1, sc in same st (R13.1), *sc in next 4 sts, ch1, skip next st, sc in next 3 sts, hdc in next st, skip next 3 sts, in ch2 space ((cluster of 2dc, ch2) 3 times, cluster of 2dc), skip next 3 sts, hdc in next st, sc in next 3 sts, ch1, skip next st, sc in next 5 (R13.2)*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. (R13.3)

ROUND 14. Join with a standing fpsc around any 1st cluster of 2dc made in ch2 space, *2sc in ch2 space, fpsc around next st, in ch2 space (sc, hdc, ch1, hdc, sc), fpsc around next st, 2sc in ch2 space, fpsc around next st, bl sc in next 4 sts, skip ch1 space, fpdc around skipped fpdc3tog of round 12, bl sc in next 9 sts, fpdc around next skipped fpdc3tog of round 12, skip ch1 space, bl sc in next 4 sts, fpsc around next st (R14.1)*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last fpsc. Join to standing fpsc with a sl-st. (R14.2)

ROUND 15. ch1, sc in same st, sc in next 5 sts *in ch1 space (sc, ch1, sc), sc in next 31 sts*, repeat ** 4 times. Omit last 6sc. Join to 1st sc with a sl-st, fasten off, and secure ends. (R15.1)

Use this square to create a crochet granny square blanket.

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