This is a Corner Square I designed to accompany the Blair Road Blanket pattern by Magdalene Lee because I wanted to continue the border around the entire blanket instead of just down one side. I’m also planning on creating a continuing border corner square in the near future.
Stitches: skip – sk, chain – ch, yarn over – yo, slip stitch – sl st, single crochet – sc, double crochet – dc, half double crochet – hdc, half treble crochet – htr, back loops only – BLO.
Popcorn stitch: 5 dc in same st, drop loop from hook, insert hook front to back through top of first dc made, replace dropped loop on hook and pull through st, ch to close.
Picot: ch3 insert hook into first ch, yo, pull through.
This Square follows the original pattern rounds 1-5 for Blair Road Square as listed below.
Round 1 (1st color): 16 dc in magic ring, join to first dc. fasten off.
Round 2 (2nd color): 2hdc in dc, hdc in next dc, repeat from to 7 times, join to first hdc.
Round 3: Popcorn in hdc (first one in same st as join), ch 3 sk 2 hdc, repeat from to 7 times, join to first popcorn. fasten off. (8 popcorns, 8 ch 3 spaces)
Round 4 (main color): *sc in ch3 space, working in front of ch3 space, htr in first of 2 skipped hdc of round 2, sc in same ch3 space, sc in top of Popcorn*, repeat from *to* 7 times, join to first sc.
Round 5: sl st into next st. *2 hdc in htr, hdc in next 3 sts*, repeat from *to* 7 times, join to first hdc.
Round 6: sl st into next st. 1 hdc in that st. *2 hdc in next st, (hdc ch 2 hdc) in next st (should be above a popcorn st) 2 hdc in next st. hdc in following 3 sts. 2 hdc in next st. hdc in next 3 sts.* repeat from *to* around and join to first hdc.
Round 7 (3rd Color): sc in same st as join. *work (4dc, picot, 4dc) in the ch 2 space (this will become a corner)sc in 4th st from the ch 2 space. sc in next 2 sts. 2 sc in next st. sc in next 3 sts.* Repeat from *to* around. Should have 4 corners. fasten off.
Round 8 (Main color): BLO (use both back loops for stability) join main color to right of 4 dc corner. hdc in same st as join. *hdc in the first 2 dc of corner. sc in last 2 dc of corner. ch 2 behind picot. sc in first 2 dc following picot. hdc across all sc to next corner.* Repeat from *to* 3 times. join to first st.
Round 9: (ch up to DC height either 2 or 3 depending on you gauge) *dc to corner ch 2 space. 3dc in ch2 space.* repeat from *to* 3 times. join
Round 10: Repeat rnd 9 working 3dc in the middle dc of each corner.
Attach to blanket via the instructions included with the Blair Road Pattern.
I hope you loved this addition to an already gorgeous pattern. If you haven’t taken a look at Magdalene Lee’s page on Ravelry, you should. I think you will easily find more than a few patterns there to LOVE. ❤