Blankets!!

For this blanket I just bought 1 yard of three different colors of polar fleece. I cut 9 inch squares and sewed them into a quilt-like pattern. I didn't want to sew on backing (or buy it) so I just cut slits in all the seam allowances on the back and around the edge to make it decorative. To do the name I just did a silk stitch (zig zag really close together).

For this blanket I did dark red granny squares with one row of double crochet in black or charcoal then another row of double crochet in purple or teal around each one of them. The trick to making them actually square is doing three double crochets in the corner loop so that the square will lie flat and not curl. Once I had all my squares I single crocheted them all together in an alternating pattern. Once they were all connected I did two rows of single crochet around the entire thing, one in purple and one in teal. This blanket is surprisingly warm considering all the holes it has in it.