LDS Humanitarian Square

9" Granny Square Pattern

We made these at LDS women's conference April 2005, and I have re-written the directions for clarity.

Size I Hook
Chain 29
Row 1. Dc in 4th chain from hook and in the next 2 chains. Chain 1, skip one chain, *double crochet in the next 3 stitches, chain 1 and skip 1*, repeat between *'s until end of the row (end with your group of 3 double crochets). Ch 3 and Turn.

Rows 2 - 16: (basically repeating first row) Double Crochet in the double crochet stitches of the former row and chain 1 in between, until you have 16 rows.
Square should measure 9"

Make 20 to make a lovely baby blanket . Stitch together 4 across and 5 down. Blanket = 36" x 45"

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LDS HUMANITARIAN 8 1/3" Granny Square

lds square

ch: chain dc: double crochet sl st: slip stitch sp: space
Bev's directions for one color squares
Size K hook.
1 oz of Worsted Weight yarn and a few yards of black WW yarn
Ch 5, join to form a ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 3 (counts as a dc in this and all following rnds), 2 dc in ring; (ch 3, 3 dc in ring) 3 times; ch 2; join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3; sl st to the next ch 3 space.
Rnd 2: ch 3, in same sp work (2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc): corner made; * ch 1, sk next 3 dc, in next ch-3 sp work (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc): corner made; rep from * twice more; ch 1, sk next 3 dc; join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3: sl st to the next ch 3 space.
Rnd 3: ch 3, in same sp work (2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc): corner made; * ch 1, sk next 3 dc, 3 dc in next ch-l sp: 3-dc group made; ch 1, sk next 3 dc, in next ch-3 corner sp work (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc): corner made; rep from * twice more; ch 1, 3 dc in next ch-l sp: 3-dc group made; ch 1, sk next 3 dc; join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3; sl st to the next ch 3 space.

Repeat this pattern until square measures 7". (For me that is 6 rounds)

Final round: This forms a SOLID border - not the usual granny square border!
Sl st to the corner as before and make the corner, as before ch 3, in same sp work (2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc). *Now dc in every stitch to next corner, and make corner as in previous rounds (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc)

. Repeat from * to end of round. End off and tie a knot in the cut yarn. Work 4" tail of yarn back into square.

This square should now be approximately 8 1/3" square. They look wonderful when all stitched together.

I thought you might like to see a blanket I put together with donated squares, and that's yours truly holding it. For this blanket the square makers typed up their favorite scriptures and comforting words and I tied those on there too. Edging (5 dc, skip a couple of sts and do 5 more dc):

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