Fountain Flower Granny Square Baby Blanket

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Are you looking to make a beautiful blanket that is sure to be cherished for many years? You’ve found it. This gorgeous flower granny square baby blanket pattern is sure to your next favorite crochet project. 

Using granny squares with a delicate floral motif, this beautiful granny square blanket pattern works up quickly and is a delight to make. Keep reading for all the details and the free crochet pattern or you can purchase the ad-free pdf version of this pattern here. 

Stitches

The square starts with half double crochets worked in a magic circle. Then you’ll work a round of puff stitches and chain stitches.

The next round works around those chain stitches to give you the outside part of the flower petals.

The rest of the rounds use either double crochet stitches or single crochet stitches. If you’d like to learn more about the squares, you can check out the Fountain Flower Square post. 

Once you’ve made all your squares, you’ll join them together using a flat slip stitch seam or your favorite joining method. The flat stip stitch seam is a little slower than other joins, but it is so beautiful and looks great with the squares. 

The simple border is made of a couple of rounds of single crochets and a final round of the crab stitch or reverse single crochet. 

Even though the pattern uses mostly basic stitches, it is rated at an intermediate skill level since it isn’t a beginner pattern and is just a bit above an easy pattern due to the placement of the stitches. Once you’ve done a few squares, they will be easy and you’ll fly through them.

If you’d like a step-by-step photo tutorial of the squares, you can find that in the Fountain Flower Granny Squares post. The pdf version of the pattern also has a photo tutorial and a full stitch chart of the square.

Yarn

For this granny square baby blanket, we used Brava Worsted from WeCrochet / KnitPicks. It is a category 4, medium weight yarn that is 100% acrylic. It’s machine washable and dryable which is important to me when it comes to baby blankets. It is easy to work with and comes in a large variety of great colors.

Speaking of colors, I will mention that it is good idea to read the descriptions of the colors on the website. The color we used for the sample blanket is called Cream. The description says it is “a delicate off white color with peach undertones” which is a mild version of accurate. I think I would call it a peach color with off-white undertones depending on the lighting. 

My husband thought they were two different blankets when I had it laid out and blocking away from the window compared to next to the window when I took pictures. The peach color really shines in natural light, but the yarn looks much more off-white in artificial lighting.

I would have been a little frustrated if I was looking for a true off-white or cream yarn, but thankfully the color is absolutely gorgeous and works perfectly for this particular blanket. 

Of course you can use your own color scheme to match nursery colors or add a touch of whimsy. If you’d like to see these square with different colors, you’ll want to check out the granny square table runner. 

This granny square baby blanket pattern will work well with any basic acrylic yarn or even a soft cotton. Below I have some ideas for you if you’d like to use a different type of yarn.

Skill Level

While most the stitches used are basic, the placement of the stitches makes this pattern an intermediate skill level. 

To make the squares, you will need to know how to work in the round, magic circle, puff stitch, chain, single crochet, double crochet, skip stitches and work into different rounds or between stitches. 

You’ll also need to know how to join squares and add a simple border to a blanket. 

Fountain Flower Granny Square Baby Blanket Free Pattern

Skill Level: Intermediate

Gauge: 4” x 4” = 1 square

Finished Size: 32” x 32”

Supplies

US size I/9, 5.5 mm crochet hook

Brava Worsted by KnitPicks (Category 4, worsted weight yarn, 100% acrylic yarn, 218yds/200m, 3.5oz/100g)

• Sample used approx. 1190yds/19.11oz in Cream

Large Eye Yarn Needle

Scissors

Abbreviations

ch: chain
hdc: half double crochet
sl st: slip stitch
sc: single crochet
beg: beginning
puff: puff stitch (see special stitches)
st(s): stitch(es)
dc: double crochet
sp(s): space(s)
rsc: reverse single crochet

Notes

Brackets [ ] are used to indicate the instructions within the brackets will be repeated the specified number of times.

The ch 1 at the beginning of a round does not count as a stitch. The ch 2 that starts rounds 4 and 6 does count as a stitch.

Special Stitches

Puff stitch: [yo, pull up a loop] 3 times in indicated st (7 loops on the hooks), yo, pull through all 7 loops on the hook.

Reverse single crochet (rsc): insert hook in st to the right, yo, pull up a loop, yo and pull through both loops on the hook. Continue working in the next st to the right. (If you are left-handed, you will be working in the stitches to the left.)

Fountain Flower Granny Square Baby Blanket Pattern Instructions

Squares – Make 49

Begin with a Magic Circle

Round 1: Ch 1, (does not count as a st here and throughout), 8 hdc in magic circle, tighten to close, join with a sl st to beg hdc. (8 hdc)

Round 2: Ch 1, [puff, ch 3, puff, ch 1] in each st around. (16 puff sts, 8 ch-3 sp, 8 ch-1 sp).

Round 3: [Sl st to ch-3 sp, 3 sc in ch-3 sp, sl st in ch-1 sp between next 2 puff sts] 8 times. (24 sc)

For the next round you will be working all stitches in the ch-1 sps between 2 puff stitches made in Round 2. You will work over the sl sts made in Round 3.

Round 4: Ch 2 (counts as a st here and throughout), (dc, ch 3, 2 dc) in same sp (between puff sts), [ch 2, skip 3 sc, dc in ch-1 sp between puff sts, ch 2, skip 3 sc (2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc) in next ch-1 sp] 3 times, ch 2, skip 3 sc, dc in ch-1 sp between puff sts, ch 2, skip 3 sc, join with a sl st to beg ch 2. (20 dc, 4 ch-3 sps)

Round 5: Ch 1, starting in same st as join [sc in next 2 dc, 3 sc in ch-3 sp, sc in next 2 dc, 2 sc in ch-2 sp, sc in dc, 2 sc in ch-2 sp] 4 times, join with a sl st to beg sc. (48 sc)

Round 6: Ch2, dc in next 2 sts, (dc, ch 1, dc) in next st, [dc in next 11 sts, (dc, ch 1, dc) in next st] 3 times, dc in next 8 sts, join with a sl st to beg ch 2. (52 dc)

Fasten off and weave in ends.

Assembly

Arrange the squares in 7 columns by 7 rows. Working either the rows or columns first, join the square using a flat slip stitch seam or your preferred joining method.

Border

Round 1: Join yarn anywhere on the outside of a square, ch 1, sc in each st around placing a (sc, ch 1, sc) in each corner ch-1 space, join with a sl st to beg sc.

Rounds 2-3: Ch 1, sc in each st around placing a (sc, ch 1, sc) in each corner ch-1 space, join with a sl st to beg sc.

Round 4: Ch 1,rsc in each st around, join with a sl st to beg rsc. Fasten off and weave in ends.

Blocking

You can block the individual squares before assembling the blanket or you can lightly steam block the entire blanket once you are finished. (That’s what we did!)