Crochet directions for square two

"Baby blanket crochet ideas"

The crochet directions for square two are pretty easy, quick and lots of fun.   You can use this simple pattern in many ways.   This is one of my favorite squares because any way you make it up it always looks great. I often make it up in one large square for baby blankets and add a nice boarder.

Or you can make many small squares and join them together for a baby blanket. You can add as many rows as you like and stop any time. This square can be 3 rows or 333 rows. It is all up to you. Use a larger crochet hook and bulky yarn and you will accomplish different sizes with the same pattern.

Baby blanket crochet pattern

You can make one square and use as many colors as you want, just changing every 5 row or every row if that is you choice. To continue crocheting one square, stay with the pattern, increasing 4 dc on each side of the square. This can be made into a baby blanket, lap robe or afghan.

Free crochet instructions for square two 

Ch 5, sl st in first ch to form a ring.

Round 1: Ch 3, 2 do in ring, *ch 2, 3 dc in ring; repeat from * 2 more times, ch 2, sl st in third ch of ch 3. (Fig 1)

Round 2: Ch 3, dc in each of next 2 dc, *(2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in corner ch-2 space, dc in each of the next 3 dc (Fig 3); repeat from * 2 more times, (2 dc, ch 2, 2dc) in last ch-2 corner space. Sl st to third ch of ch-3

Round 3: Ch 3, dc in each of the next 4 dc, * (2dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-2 corner space, dc in each of the next 7 dc (Fig 3); repeat from * 2 more times, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in last ch-2 corner space, dc in next 2 dc, sl st to third ch of ch-3.