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By Cheryl Bennett Updated: February 16, 2024

Ready to add a touch of floral charm to your next crochet project? Enter this
Darling Daisy Granny Square Blanket.
Learn how to crochet a beautiful daisy granny square afghan in 3 lovely sizes
perfect for gift giving or just keeping for yourself!

I have a secret love of any granny square crochet project. There’s something
so rewarding about crocheting squares out of bits of yarn and then sewing
them together at the end into one glorious afghan.
This Darling Daisy Granny Blanket has all the things I love: A dramatic
contrast between the granny square background, the puffy textured daisy
petals and that simply breathtakingly beautiful scalloped border.

It looks equally great with a different color background (a bright blue is just
stunning), or change everything up with a variety of yarn scraps for a scrappy
afghan vibe.

This little gem of a pattern started out as a baby afghan pattern and I’ve
completely revamped the pattern to include two additional sizes: a lapghan
and a larger sized afghan! And.. yes.. that gorgeous border has been carefully
calculated to work out beautifully on the larger sized afghans too!
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Afghan Borders
Many people only ever crochet the simplest of borders because they are
easy. A more complicated border, like this scalloped border can be
challenging. After all the scallops need to be evenly placed on each edge and
the corners need to be treated perfectly.

A perfectly placed border requires math and computations. If you want to

better understand this process, pop on over to the crochet border for the
Happily Ever Afghan and you’ll be on your way to calculating a masterpiece.

For those of us who want an easier approach, just pick one of the 3 Daisy
Granny Square afghan sizes and enjoy having it all calculated out for you!

Let’s dive into this Darling Daisy Afghan!

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Daisy Granny Square Blanket Pattern

Materials
US H 8/5.00 mm crochet hook (these are my absolute favorite crochet
hooks I recommend to everyone!).
Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice yarn. This yarn is a 4 worsted weight yarn,
100% acrylic, 170 yds/156m per 3.5 oz skein. Quantity needed for baby
(lapghan, afghan):
Center of Flower: Rose 100 (150, 250) yards
Flower Petals and Border: White 475 (860, 1275) yards
 Blocks: Silver Heather 530 (1075, 1660) yards
Tapestry needle and scissors

Gauge:
With the yarn and hook size given, a completed daisy square is approximately
5” x 5”

Resources and crochet tutorials you may find helpful in following this
pattern: Crochet Abbreviations, US to UK Crochet Conversion Chart. Find
links to stitches and basic crochet skills on the “Tutorial” menu: Getting
Started will show basic stitches such as the slip stitch, single crochet, double
crochet stitch and chain stitch used in many patterns and Crochet Stitch
Dictionary shows our growing collection of crochet stitch tutorials.
Crochet Abbreviations:
ch = chain
dc – double crochet
sc = single crochet
sl st = slip stitch
st = stitch(es)
tr = treble crochet

Finished Afghan Sizes

Baby afghan (shown) is 30” x 35”. Lapghan is 40” x50” and afghan is 50” x
60”.
Special Stitches
Standing Treble Crochet: To make a standing treble crochet, start with a slip
stitch on the hook. Carefully yarn over twice, holding loops in place on the
hook, insert hook into stitch. Yarn over and pull through 2 loops. Yarn over
and pull through 2 loops. Yarn over and pull through final 2 loops on hook.

Note: this stitch is only used at the start of the petal round. If you are
uncomfortable with this technique, you can instead join yarn with a slip stitch
in the indicated stitch and chain 3 (the ch 3 will count as the tr).

Picot: Ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook. Picot made.

Crochet Daisy Granny Square

Be sure to check out my Daisy Granny Square post for a detailed photo
tutorial of making these fun daisy granny squares!
With Pink, ch 5 and join to form a ring.

R1: Ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), 11 dc in ring (12 st). Fasten off Pink

R2: With white, make a standing treble crochet in any dc from the previous
row. Work 3 more tr in same stitch. Remove hook from loop and insert it into
the top of starting tr, then use hook to pull loop through the top of the first
stitch. Petal made. Ch 2. *4 tr in next dc, remove hook from loop, insert into
the top of the 1st tr of the petal and pull the last loop through. Ch 2 Repeat
from * 10 more times. (12 petals). Join with a sl st to 1stst in round. Fasten off
White.

In the next row, work groups of stitches into each of the ch-2 spaces from
row 2 as follows:
R3: Join gray with a slip stitch in any ch 2 space. Ch 3 (counts as 1st dc). In
same space, work 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc (1st corner made). Work 3 dc in each of the
next 2 spaces. *In next space, work 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc (corner made), work 3 dc
in each of the next 2 spaces. Repeat from * 2 more times. Join with a sl st to
top of 1st ch 3.

R4: Sl st in next 2 st and in corner space. In same corner space, ch 3 and

work 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc (corner made). 3 dc in each of the next 3 spaces, * (3 dc,
ch 2, 3 dc) in corner space, 3 dc in each of the next 3 spaces. Repeat from * 2
more times. Join with sl st to top of 1st ch 3. Fasten off yarn
Sew Afghan Blocks Together
Sew completed afghan squares together:

Baby Afghan: 5 x 6 blocks

Lapghan: 7 x 9 blocks
 Afghan: 9 x 11 blocks

Sew the squares together by holding 2 squares right sides together. Whip
stitch through the back loops on the wrong side, weaving in the ends. Sew
the squares together for each row and then whip stitch the rows together in
the same manner.
Afghan Border Basics
It is very important to work the foundation row correctly so that the final
scallop row is placed perfectly on the final afghan. The number of stitches
will depend on the number of afghan blocks on each side of the afghan.
This pattern features layouts for three afghan sizes. First will be the
“general” rules for working this round. Then details are provided for each of
the 3 sizes of afghans. Finally, the border directions for all sizes will follow.

Please read the instructions over very carefully for this row before starting
the row. First read the general rules. Next read the rules for the particular
size you are making. Then finally go to the directions for the border itself
to crochet the foundation round.
General Foundation Round Rules
These are the general rules to get the correct number of single crochets on
each side for the first foundation row:

3 sc in each of the 4 corner spaces

sc in each of the dc from the previous row
when you come to a seam, sc in the ch before the seam, sc in the seam,
sc in the ch after the seam

Baby Afghan (5 blocks x 6 blocks) Foundation Round:

For the sides with 6 blocks, work just as directed for the general rules.

On the sides with 5 blocks, increase 2 stitches, evenly spaced in the row by
working 2 sc in the seam after the 1st square and 2 sc in the seam after the
4th square.

EXCLUDING the 4 corner stitches, the foundation row will have 91 stitches on
each of the sides with 5 squares and 107 stitches on the sides with 6 squares
(remember to EXCLUDE the corner stitches). When you finish each side,
mark the stitches in between the 2 corner stitches and count them to verify
there are the correct number of stitches on each side.

Total stitches in row 1 = 400 (91+91+107+107+4 corner stitches = 400)

Lapghan (7 blocks x 9 blocks) Foundation Round:

For the sides with 7 blocks, decrease 2 stitches, evenly spaced across side.
On the sides with 9 blocks, increase 2 stitches, evenly spaced across side.

EXCLUDING the 4 corner stitches, the foundation row will have 123 stitches
on each of the sides with 7 squares and 163 stitches on the sides with 9
squares (remember to EXCLUDE the corner stitches). When you finish each
side, mark the stitches in between the 2 corner stitches and count them to
verify there are the correct number of stitches on each side.

Total stitches in row 1 = 576 (123+123+163+163+4 corner stitches = 576)

Afghan (9 blocks x 11 blocks) Foundation Round:

For the sides with 9 blocks, increase 2 stitches, evenly spaced across side.
On the sides with 11 blocks, decrease 2 stitches, evenly spaced across side.

EXCLUDING the 4 corner stitches, the foundation row will have 163 stitches
on each of the sides with 9 squares and 195 stitches on the sides with 11
squares (remember to EXCLUDE the corner stitches). When you finish each
side, mark the stitches in between the 2 corner stitches and count them to
verify there are the correct number of stitches on each side.

Total stitches in row 1 = 720 (163+163+195+195+4 corner stitches = 720)

Special note for advanced crocheters: If you’d like to calculate a border for a
different sized afghan than the 3 provided, the repeat is 8 stitches + 3 + the
corners.
Daisy Granny Afghan Border
R1: Attach gray yarn to the 1st stitch to the left of a corner on a long side, ch
1. Starting in the same stitch as joining work sc around afghan following
directions above for the foundation round for the particular afghan size you
are working. At end of round, join with a sl st to the top of the 1st sc in
round. 400 (576, 720) st.
R2: With white, ch 1 and sc in same space as joining. Single crochet around,
working 3 sc in each corner stitch. At end of round, join with a sl st to the top
of the 1st sc in round. 408 (584, 728) st. Fasten off and rejoin yarn after
reading important note below:

Important note: Row 3 MUST start in the correct stitch for the scallop border
to work correctly. Mark a corner stitch. Attach yarn to the 4th stitch to the
LEFT of this stitch (do NOT count the corner stitch).

R3: Attach white yarn to the designated st and sc in the same st, *ch2, skip
next st., sc in next st. Repeat from * until corner. Work (sc, ch 3, sc) in the
corner. Repeat from * around. At the end of the row, join with a sl st to the
1st st.

R4: Ch 1 and sc in the space formed by the joining sl st in the previous row
(that you just made). *Skip next space. In next space work *tr, (Picot, tr) five
times, skip next space, sc in next space, skip next space. Work from * to
corner. In corner spaces work tr, (picot, tr) 7 times. Continue in pattern
around. At end of round, join with sl st to 1st st and fasten off. Weave in ends.
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