This year I have the great honor to be one of four Ambassadors for Granny Square Day 2022 (GSD 2022)!

As an Ambassador I was asked to create a Granny Square that represents something about my life. I have a huge love for the nature and immediatly knew I wanted to make a square with a flower! Flowers comes in all shapes and colors with a range from petite, sheer and soft colored to big, bold with vivid colors. And I love them all!
My square “Oriental Bloom Square” is made with rich colors that makes me happy. The flower has a textured center and petals that stands up. The petals are perfect for little fingers to fidget on if you fancy making a baby blanket. Around the flower is a 3D frame that also creates a beautiful pattern when several squares are joined togeter. As with all Granny Squares you can use this square to make anything you fancy; a bag, throw, scarf, table cloth, cushion, cardigan, wallhanging etc. Depending on what yarn you use the look and feeling will change. Use your favorite yarn and make your favorite flower!

I used the yarn Scheepjes Catona (100% Mercerised Cotton) for my Oriental Bloom Square. The Catona yarn comes in 113 colors and I´m sure you can find your favorites among them.
I used the colors 383 Ginger Gold, 413 Cherry, 517 Ruby and 391 Deep Ocean. How to place your colors are described in the pattern. I wanted a firm square and used hook 3.0 mm, but if you like a softer square use 3.5 mm. The size of the square depends on which yarn and hook you use, but my square measures 11.5 x 11.5 cm after blocking. I hope that you will enjoy this pattern as much I did designing it. If you post pictures in social media you can use #mijocrochet #OrientalBloomSquare and #GrannySquareDay2022 to make it easier to find your picture.

Pattern features:

• Written pattern in English (US and UK terminology), Danish, Dutch, German, Greek, Russian, Slovak, Spanish and Swedish.

• Photo tutorials to show the neccesary steps of the pattern.

• Stitch count.

• Information about yarn and colordistribution.

Stitches used in this pattern (US terms):

Slip stitch, back post slip stitch , chain(s), single crochet, half double crochet, double crochet, back post double crochet, treble, puff.

Stitches marked with an * are described in my Stitch Guide, always available on my blog, mijocrochet.se.

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This pattern have been fully tested, many thanks to Kathy Haire for your great help with this pattern.

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Copyright Mijo Crochet 2022. This pattern is for personal use only. Reproduction and publication of pictures and/or pattern is not allowed.