The Flowered Grannysquare

The *LOvEly* Flowered Grannysquare

Here it is kids... The best friking blanket ever (btw I dont call them afghans because that reminds me of old cold people in wheelchairs who smoke- dunno why). Here's how you make your beautiful garden into a blanket!

Turn over your flower. It's okay it's not dirty or anything. Just look at how the back is put together between the petals. See that "V"? Well, you should. With the color you'd like to use for your granny square, st st behind the V. For this first round, you'll be working behind the flower. Like putting on the petals. Kind of.

Round 1: ch 7. *sl st into not the next V, but the next one. (Two V's over.) ch 7. Repeat * and sl st into the original V.

Round 2: With front of flower facing you, Ch3, 3dc in loop (the big ch7 one you just made) to the left of the V. Ch2 4dc in same loop. *Dont chain right here. Just 4dc into next big loop. Ch2, 4dc into same loop. Repeat * in the next two loops. Join, without any ch's, into the 3rd of the ch3 at the beginning of this round.

Round 3: sl st back one stitch and ch3. 3dc into the hole between the two dc4's from rnd2. *Ch2, 4dc into the next gap between the next two 4dc's from rnd 2. Ch 2 and 4dc into SAME gap. ch2 and 4dc into next gap. Repeat *2 times. ch2 and 4dc into next gap. ch2 and 4dc into SAME gap.

Round 4: same as rnd 3, except allow for the extra 4dc.

Round 5: Well, I suppose you could stop here, but I like to do another round. That way, there's less to do to make a bigger blanket. This round, should you choose to do it, is the same as rnd3 except allow for the 2 extra 4dc.

Round 6: -outline- Personally, I like to use a nice white. With you new color, st st into any stitch. sc around, adding another 2 at the corners. Join and tie off.