Granny Square Mood Crochet Lap Blanket
This guide introduces the Granny Square Mood Crochet Lap Blanket from Creative Crochet Workshop as an overview, not a full tutorial. It gathers the supplies, finished size, and construction notes from the source so you can decide whether the project fits your stash and schedule.
The source describes the blanket as a fun challenge built by associating color with daily mood. Over time, the joined squares turn a simple lap blanket into a soft visual diary of weeks and seasons. For the complete instructions, visit the Original designer’s pattern and instructions.
Granny Square Mood Crochet Lap Blanket
The designer lists one set of supplies she used, and she stresses that those exact choices are not required. Use what you have, and mix yarn types and colors to suit your own mood plan. The checklist below gathers every item named in the source, so you can check your basket before you start.
- Yarn: Nurturing Fibres Eco-Fushion Sport, a cotton/bamboo yarn in Sport weight (12 wpi)
- Approx 500 g (10 x 50 g balls, or 50 mini balls of 10 g; approx 1370 yards / 1250 meters)
- Hook: (E); the designer used a Clover hook
- Scissors
- Yarn needle
The finished sample measures 30 x 30 inches (77 x 77 cm), and the blanket can be made as small or as big as needed. Gauge is not critical for a good result, which keeps the focus on color choices and steady joining rather than exact tension.
This is also a super project for using leftover yarns, since each small square can carry a different color from your stash. The designer even encourages mixing different yarn kinds, so matching every skein exactly is not required.
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Weave in ends as you go, since a blanket made from many squares creates many tails. Because several pieces need to be joined, count stitches carefully to keep the layout successful. Above all, the designer encourages makers to have fun and enjoy the process.
The base is a traditional granny square that starts with CH 6 joined with a slip stitch to form a ring. Each square is worked through four rounds; squares after the first are joined to their neighbors during the fourth round with a join-as-you-go method. The source layout uses a 9 x 9 arrangement, and the same approach can be adjusted to any size.
Once the squares are joined, the blanket is finished with a traditional granny stitch border worked around the outer edge, followed by a picot edging made from CH 3 joined with a slip stitch into the third chain from the hook. Between border rounds, the designer notes that makers may change yarn or continue with the same yarn.
The pattern uses US terminology, so the abbreviations below follow the meanings given in the source. Keep this glossary nearby while you work, especially if you usually read UK terms.
- CH: chain
- SL ST: slip stitch
- SC: single crochet (UK DC)
- HDC: half double crochet (UK HTR)
- DC: double crochet (UK TR)
- TR: treble crochet (UK DTR)
- BLP: back loop
- RS: Right side
- WS: Wrong side
When a step is unclear, recheck the abbreviations above before assuming a UK meaning.
Full pattern support is available through the Joanita Theron Designs Facebook Group and Ravelry Group, where makers can post questions and tag the designer. Questions about permission or usage can go to the designer by email.
The design, pattern, and images belong to Joanita Theron Designs and Creative Crochet Workshop, and the pattern may not be reproduced without written permission. No video tutorials are allowed without written permission from the designer. Finished items may be used for personal use or charity, and sales of finished items are encouraged with credit to the designer. The web pattern is free, and the designer asks readers to share the link rather than sending the pattern itself.
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