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Welcoming Blanket 8: Pilar Floral Granny Square
Crochet Pattern by Underground Crafter
Updated 7/24/2024
Pilar is the eighth floral granny square in the Welcoming Blanket, a mystery crochet along for a 40″ x 40″ throw blanket made up of nine 12” floral granny square patterns with borders. The Pilar pattern has an 8-petal flower at the center which is inspired by the petals on the Serene Petals Square.
Finished Size
- 12” (30.5 cm) square.
Materials for the Welcoming Blanket
- Caron One Pound (available at Mary Maxim | Amazon) yarn (100% acrylic, 16 oz/454 g/812 yd/742 m) – 1 skein each in 02005 Sun Yellow (CA), 10517 Rose (CB), and 10620 Grass Green (CC), or approximately 812 yd/742 m in each of 3 medium weight yarns.
- The Pilar Floral Granny Square uses approximately 75 yd (68.5 m) in CA, 45 yd (41 m) in CB, and 45 yd (41 m) in CC in any medium weight yarn.
- Clover Amour (available at WeCrochet | Amazon) US Size J-10/6 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.
- Yarn needle.
Gauge
- Motif = 12” (30.5 cm) square. Exact gauge is not critical for this project.
Abbreviations Used in This Pattern
- 3L – third loop only – A helpful video tutorial for identifying the third and front loop in crochet is available below the pattern abbreviations.
- BL – back loop only – Fiber Flux has a helpful video tutorial demonstrating how to identify the back loop here.
- CA – Color A
- CB – Color B
- CC – Color C
- ch – chain
- dc – double crochet
- FL – front loop only – A helpful video tutorial for identifying the third and front loop in crochet is available below the pattern abbreviations.
- hdc – half double crochet
- h-hdc – herringbone half double crochet – Yo, insert hook into next st, [yo and draw up a loop] twice, yo and draw through all 3 loops on hook. A helpful video tutorial for the h-hdc is available below.
- If you can’t see the helpful video tutorial for the h-hdc above, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
- Rnd(s) – Round(s)
- RS – right (front) side
- sc – single crochet
- sl st – slip stitch
- sp – space
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- WS – wrong (back) side
- yo – yarn over
- * Repeat instructions after asterisks as indicated.
- [] Repeat instructions between brackets as indicated.
- () Work stitches between parentheses into same stitch or space.
- A helpful video tutorial for identifying the third and front loop in crochet is available below.
- If you can’t see the helpful video tutorial for identifying the third and front loop above, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
Pattern Notes
- Ch 1 at start and sl st at end of Rounds DO NOT count as stitches.
- There are many ways to crochet into chain spaces. I used the first method shown in the video below in this pattern.
- If you can’t see the video above demonstrating how to crochet into chain spaces, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
Pattern Instructions
Motif
- With CA, ch 4, skip first 3 ch, join with sl st to next ch to form ring.
- Rnd 1: (RS) Ch 1, [dc in ring, ch 1] 7 times, dc in ring, join with sc (counts as ch 1) to top of first dc. (8 sts + 8 ch-1 sp)
- Rnd 2: (RS) Ch 1, 3 dc in same sp, [3 dc in next ch-1 sp, skip next dc] around, join with sl st to top of first dc, fasten off CA. (24 sts)
- Rnd 3: (RS) Join CB with sl st to any first dc in 3-dc group, starting in same st [ch 3, skip 2 sts, sc in next st] around. (8 ch-3 sp + 8 sc)
- Rnd 4: (RS) [(Sc, hdc, 2 dc, hdc, sc) in next ch-3 sp, skip sc] around around, join with sl st to first sc, fasten off CB. (8 petals/48 sts)
- Rnd 5: (RS) Join CC with slstBL to any skipped sc on Rnd 3, working behind petals, [ch 4, slstBL to next skipped sc on Rnd 3] 7 times, ch 4, sl st to first ch-4 sp. (8 ch-4 sp, 8 sts)
- Rnd 6: (RS) Ch 1, starting in same st [5 dc in next ch-4 sp, 4 dc in next ch-4 sp}, join with sl st to first dc. (36 sts)
- Rnd 7: (RS) Ch 1, starting in same st [2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 sts] around, join with sl st to first dc. (48 sts)
- Rnd 8: (RS) Ch 1, 2 dc in same st, *dc in next st, hdc in next 2 sts, sc in next 5 sts, hdc in next 2 sts, dc in next st,** (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next st; repeat from * around, ending last repeat at **, 2 dc in first st, ch 1, join with sc (counts as second ch in ch-2 sp) to first dc. (15 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Rnd 9: (RS) Ch 1, 2 dc in same sp, *dc in next 15 sts,** (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-2 sp; repeat from * around, ending last repeat at **, 2 dc in first sp, ch 2, join with sl st first dc, fasten off CC. (19 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Rnd 10: (RS) Join CA with sl st to any corner ch-2 sp, ch 1, hdc in same ch-2 sp, *hdcBL in next 19 sts,** (hdc, ch 2, hdc) in next ch-2 sp; repeat from * around, ending last repeat at **, hdc in first sp, ch 2, join with sl st to first hdc, fasten off CA. (21 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Rnd 11: (RS) Join CB with sl st any corner ch-2 sp, ch 1, hdc in same ch-2 sp, *hdc3L in next 21 sts,** (hdc, ch 2, hdc) in next ch-2 sp; repeat from * around, ending last repeat at **, hdc in first sp, ch 2, join with slst3L to first hdc. (23 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Rnd 12: (RS) Ch 1, starting in same st [hdc3L in next 23 sts], (hdc, ch 2, hdc) in next ch-2 sp; repeat from * around, join with slst3L to first hdc. (25 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Rnd 13: (RS) Ch 1, starting in same st [hdc3L in next 25 sts], (hdc, ch 2, hdc) in next ch-2 sp; repeat from * around, join with slst3L to first hdc, fasten off CB. (27 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Rnd 14: (RS) Join CC with sl st to any ch-2 sp, ch 1, hdc in same sp, *hdc3L in next st 27 sts,** (hdc, ch 2, hdc) in next ch-2 sp; repeat from * around, ending last repeat at **, hdc in first ch-2 sp, ch 2, join with sl st to first hdc, fasten off CC. (29 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Rnd 15: Join CA with sl st on WS to any ch-2 sp, ch 1, 2 dc in same sp, *dcFL in next st, [scFL in next st, dcFL in next st] across to ch-2 sp,** (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next ch-2 sp; repeat from * around, ending last repeat at **, 2 dc in first ch-2 sp, ch 1, join with sc (counts as second ch in ch-2 sp) to first dc. (33 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Rnd 16: Turn to RS, ch 1, dc in same ch-2 sp, *sc in next st, [dc in next st, sc in next st] across,** (dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch-2 sp; repeat from * around, ending last repeat at **, dc in first ch-2 sp, ch 2, join with sl st to first dc. (35 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Rnd 17: (RS) Ch 1, starting in same st *h-hdc in each st across, (h-hdc, ch 2, h-hdc) in next ch-2 sp; repeat from * around, join with sl st to first h-hdc, fasten off CA. (37 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp)
Finishing
- With yarn needle, weave in yarn tails on WS of square.