Sweet Flora Afghan Square
New FREE Crochet Pattern!
Who do we love? Our crochet community of course! And there is truly nothing better than working together with my fellow fiber artists to create something as amazing as our community is! The Friendship Blanket Crochet Along in 2021 was such a hit, that I knew I couldn’t wait to work on another collaborative blanket! When my amazing Helen of Sunflower Cottage Crochet reached out about another collaborative afghan pattern, I was super excited to join the fun again!!
Not only do I get to work together with my fellow crochet designers on the new Bouquet of Flowers Afghan, but I get help y’all create another gorgeous blanket too! I am so thrilled for y’all to join myself and 19 other mega talented crochet designers to crochet the beautiful Sweet Flora Afghan Square as part of the stunning Bouquet of Flowers Afghan Crochet Along! Read on to learn more and find my Free Pattern. I hope y’all love this pattern as much as I do! 💜 Happy hooking!
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Floral Blanket Square Pattern!
What I love about the Sweet Flora Afghan Square is that you get the feel of a sampler pattern, without actually having to master a whole bunch of different stitches. I’ve tried to take just a few stitches, and put them together in different ways to give you that look, without the extra work! If you want to keep things simple for this blanket square you can use a single color and get a beautiful textured square thanks to the puff stitches that has the feeling of blooms.
If however, you’re like me and you love all the color, then you can make yours multicolored instead! I recommend choosing one main neutral color, I’ve used white, and 2 accent colors of your choice, I’ve used pink and lavender. I just picked colors I had in my stash that reminded me of flowers TBH.
This square is beautiful on its own, and if you wanted to work it up in a thicker yarn, it would make a lovely pillow cover or even to hang on your wall, or decorate a tabletop. You could make 3-4 of them and sew them in a square or in a row to make a lovely spring runner too! So many fabulous possibilities!! It’s totally up to you, after all this is your project you amazing hooker! 😘 💜
Need some help with the stitches? U provide photo and (some) video tutorials within the pattern to help you with the included techniques and more! I am always happy to help you with any questions you may have. Don’t crochet yet? I would love to help you Learn to Crochet with my fun Crochet Tutorials, which are FREE right here on my blog!
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Bouquet of Flowers Afghan CAL
How does the Crochet Along (CAL) work? 18 designers including myself have each designed a 10” x 10” afghan square for a total of 20 squares, for you to crochet a fabulous Bouquet of Flowers Afghan! You can get all the details on the main Crochet Along page by clicking the button below.
3 patterns are released each week every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday through mid-April, 2022. All the patterns are free on the designer’s blog, with a free PDF download during the event as well. The links to all the afghan square patterns that have been released so far are on the main CAL page at Sunflower Cottage Crochet, just click the button below!
Bouquet of Flowers Afghan Bundle eBook:
When you purchase the Bouquet of Flowers Afghan eBook you get:
🌸 All 20 squares full printable, ad-free PDF Patterns, all in one document.
🌸 Full printable instructions for creating the border and how to join the squares.
🌸 Designer support for all 20 squares, and YOU get to support the designers!
🌸 All info is together in one place and easy for you to find and print!
The Bundle eBook is such a convenient way to store all the patterns and easily find them when you want to make another blanket! At just $15 for 20 crochet patterns, plus the border and joining squares tutorial it is hard to find a deal like this anywhere else! You are paying a mere $0.75 per pattern and get to support designers too!
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Make your Sweet Flora Square!
Materials:
- YARN: Bernat Softee Baby DK Yarn (100% acrylic, 5 oz/140 g, 3620 yds/331 m)
- Sample Colors: Petunia, Lavender, and White
- 90 – 110 yards
- HOOK: US E/4 3.5 mm crochet hook
- Yarn needle, Scissors
Finished Size: 10″ across x 10” tall (Blocked)
Gauge: 17 hdc x 12 rows = 4″ square
Experience Level: Intermediate
Pattern Key:
st(s) – stitch(es)
sp(s) – space(s)
ch(s) – chain(s)
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
yo – yarn over
FO – fasten off
RS – Right Side
WS – Wrong Side
Special Stitches:
V-Stitch (v-st): (dc, ch 1, dc) in the same stitch.
V-Puff Stitch (v-puff): (puff st, ch 1, puff st) in the same stitch.
Puff Stitch (puff st): (Keep a looser tension on loops while working for best results.)
STEP 1: Yo, insert hook in next st, yo and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook).
STEP 2: Yo, insert hook in same st, yo and pull up a loop (5 loops on hook).
STEP 3: Yo, insert hook in same st, yo and pull up a loop (7 loops on hook).
STEP 4: Yo and pull through all 7 loops on hook, ch 1 to close, Puff st completed.
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NOTES:
- Read through the entire pattern first.
- This square is worked in the round. Blocking is highly recommended.
- Beginning chain ONLY counts as a stitch on DC rounds. On all other rounds the first stitch should be placed in the same stitch as the beginning chain. Slip stitch does not count as a stitch unless otherwise noted.
- Repeat stitches between [ and ] the number of times indicated.
- This pattern is FREE, and has been thoroughly tech edited. Please feel free to share any comments or ask any questions you may have! I welcome your feedback!!
- This pattern is my intellectual property. You are welcome to make as many as you like to sell, give away, etc. You may NOT sell, or alter and claim as your own this pattern. You may not use my photographs. This pattern is not for mass production.
- If you want to share this pattern online, you must only share a link to my blog post. You may not copy and paste my text or the pattern to another site. Thank you for respecting my work.
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Pattern Release Details
This easy afghan square crochet pattern is now available for purchase in my Ravelry Shop! The pattern is free here on my blog, OR you can purchase the ad-free, printer friendly, PDF copy for a couple of dollars. The PDF also includes a photo tutorial for the puff stitches and a detailed color chart and instructions to make the same color changes that I have made.
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Pattern Download RAVELRY
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PDF VERSION INCLUDES:
* Printable, ad-free pattern in PDF format
* Detailed photo tutorials
* Instructions to make multi-colored square
*Full pattern support
SWEET FLORA SQUARE:
Pattern Directions:
USING E/4 3.5 MM HOOK
Round 1: Make a Magic Circle, ch 3 (counts as 1st dc here and throughout), 11 dc in magic circle, sl st in top ch of beginning ch 3 to join, (12 dc).
Round 2: Ch 1, (puff st, ch 2) in each st around, sl st to join, (12 ch-2 sps, 12 puff sts).
Round 3: Sl st in top of puff st and ch-2 sp, (ch 3 + 2 dc) in ch 2 sp, 3 dc in each remaining ch 2 sp around, sl st in top ch of beginning ch 3 to join, (36 dc).
Round 4: Ch 4, skip next st, [v-st in next st, ch 1 and skip next st, dc in next st, ch 1 and skip next st,] 8 times, v-st in next st, ch 1 and skip next st, sl st in 3rd ch of beginning ch 4 to join, (9 dc, 9 v-sts).
Round 5: Ch 1, sc, skip ch 1 sp, [5 dc in next ch-1 sp, skip ch 1 sp, sc in next st, skip ch 1 sp,] 8 times, 5 dc in next ch-1 sp, skip ch 1 sp, sl st to join, (9 sc, 45 dc).
Round 6: Ch 1, [(v-puff st, ch 5 and skip next 5 sts,] 9 times, sl st to join, (9 ch-5 sps, 9 v-puff sts).
Round 7: Sl st in the top of puff st and in ch sp, ch 1, [2 hdc in v-puff, 8 hdc in ch-5 sp,] 9 times, sl st to join, (90 hdc).
Round 8: (Ch 4, dc) in same st, skip next 2 sts, v-st in next st, skip next 2 sts, v-st in next st, skip next st, [(v-st in next st and skip next 2 sts) twice, v-st in next st and skip next st,] 10 times, dc in last st, sl st in top ch of beginning ch 3 to join, (1 dc, 33 v-sts).
Round 9: Ch 1, sc in each st and ch-1 sp around, sl st to join, (100 sc).
Round 10: Ch 1, [sc in next 5 sts, ch 5 and skip next 4 sts, dc in next st, ch 8 and skip next 5 sts, dc in next st, ch 5 and skip next 4 sts, sc in next 5 sts,] 4 times, sl st to join, (8 ch-5 sps, 4 ch-8 sps, 40 sc, 8 dc).
Round 11: Ch 1, [hdc, skip next st, v-puff st, skip next st, hdc in next st, 6 hdc in ch-5 sp, (2 hdc, 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc, 2 hdc) in ch-8 sp, 6 hdc in ch-5 sp, hdc, skip next st, v-puff st, skip next st, hdc in next st,] 4 times, sl st to join, (4 ch-2 sps, 8 v-puff sts, 80 hdc, 24 dc).
Round 12: Skip puffs and work 2 hdc in ch sp of each v-puff this round. Ch 1, hdc, 2 hdc in ch sp of v-puff, hdc in next 12 sts, (2 hdc, ch 2, 2 hdc) in ch-2 corner sp, [hdc in next 12 sts, 2 hdc in ch sp of v-puff, hdc in next 2 sts, 2 hdc in ch sp of v-puff, hdc in next 12 sts, (2 hdc + ch 2 + 2 hdc) in ch-2 corner sp,] 3 times, hdc in next 12 sts, 2 hdc in ch sp of v-puff, hdc in last st, sl st to join, (4 ch-2 sps, 136 hdc).
Round 13: Ch 1, [puff st, skip next st,] 8 times, puff st, (2 hdc + ch 2 + 2 hdc) in ch-2 corner sp, {[puff st, skip next st,] 16 times, puff st, (2 hdc + ch 2 + 2 hdc) in ch-2 corner sp,} 3 times, [puff st, skip next st,] 8 times, sl st to join, (4 ch-2 sps, 16 hdc, 68 puff sts).
Round 14: Work all sts this round in sps between puff sts and in corner sps. Ch 1, [2 sc in sp between puff sts,] 9 times, 4 sc in ch-2 corner sp, {skip next 2 sts, 2 sc in sp, [2 sc in sp between puff sts,] 17 times, 4 sc in ch-2 corner sp,} 3 times, skip next 2 sts, 2 sc in sp, [2 sc in sp between puff sts,] 8 times, sl st to join, (160 sc). FO and weave in ends.
Floral Afghan CAL
The Sweet Flora Afghan Square crochet pattern is 1 of 20 floral squares that create the Bouquet of Flowers Afghan CAL. This CAL (crochet along) is hosted by the wonderful Helen of Sunflower Cottage Crochet, and you can share your progress inside her Facebook Community Group. Three squares are released every week through March to mid April but you can purchase an Ebook that includes the full PDF patterns in one single collection for all 20 Squares, plus all the resources you could need to create your afghan including how to join your squares, create a border and more! Follow the links below to learn more about this CAL, purchase the eBook, and join the fun!
⭐️ Learn more about this CAL – click here
⭐️ Buy the eBook of all 20 afghan squares – click here
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