Linda is the first floral granny square in the Welcoming Blanket, a mystery crochet along for a throw blanket made up of nine 12” floral granny square patterns with borders. Linda has a layered 6-petal flower at the center.

This pattern is available for FREE on my blog HERE.

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Skills Used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, double crochet, half double crochet, single crochet, slip stitch, treble crochet
Crocheting in the round, increasing
Crocheting in the back loop only, crocheting in the front loop only (includes link to video tutorial)
Crocheting in chain spaces (includes video tutorial)
Special stitch pattern: FPsc (includes written instructions and video tutorial in pattern)

Skill Level
Easy

Finished Size
12” (30.5 cm) square.

Materials
Caron One Pound 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, or approximately 40 yd (36.5 m) in CA, 90 yd (82.5 m) in CB, and 80 yd (73 m) in CC in any medium weight yarn.

US Size J-10/6 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Yarn needle.

Gauge
Through Rnd 10 in pattern = 6” (15 cm) square. Exact gauge is not critical for this project.