DO-NUT
GRANNY SQUARE
FOOD
SERIES - IN THE ROUND - 38
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you have been following my blogs, you’ll know that we’re creating some really
cute 9” x 9” squares for Project Chemo Crochet that will go to making blankets
for toddler battling cancer.
Do-nuts
are among my favourite sugary foods – so when I started on my food series, I
knew that I’d have to make this one ;)
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Materials used : Today I’ve used a 4-ply acrylic baby soft yarn with a 4 mm crochet hook ; embroidery needle ;
This yarn is not specific for this project.
You can use any yarn with a suitable hook to make this project to any size.
For Indians : You could use Anchor , Red rose ; Red rose metallic or unbranded knitting cotton as well as Oswal or Vardhaman acrylic yarns
International yarns : Among the international yarns I have used, I’d suggest Aunt Lydia Cotton 10, Aunt Lydia Bamboo-Viscose 10, DMC Petra, Sullivans knitting cotton (Australia), Milford Soft, Hilaza Rustica Eclat , Alize cotton yarn and Alize bamboo yarn.
Abbreviations used :
sc
: single crochet dc : Double crochet
ch
: chain ch-sp
: chain space
sp
: space rep
: Repeat
trc
: Treble / triple crochet
dtrc
: Double triple crochet
Sizing chart for blankets : https://in.pinterest.com/pin/470063279839582572/
Stitches used : (Using US terminology)
Starting slip knot : https://youtu.be/lJcqsVcs8cw
Starting slip knot 1 or the Sloppy Slip knot : https://youtu.be/YfC7KmGpifs
What is a slip stitch : https://youtu.be/weB3QNbA8Iw
What is a chain stitch ? https://youtu.be/pXx5ukBjKkY
Magic circle : https://youtu.be/ISC39yOqWro
Double Crochet : dc : yo, insert hk into st ; yo (3 lps on hk);
[yo, draw through 2 lps] twice. One dc made.
Check out the video at https://youtu.be/xdnjB27zpYo
Chainless start for Double Crochet : I dislike the ch-2 / ch – 3 start, and this is what I do to start my row of dc.
Check out the video at https://youtu.be/wskv3iTjRx0
Instructions using U.S terminology
For
my do-nut granny square, I started with a pattern and then I found this free
pattern at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBkm8bOx-gQ
The
lovely video gives you a cute little square.
For our donation project though, that square does not suffice – so I
have basically combined two patterns to get my end result.
One
is this do-nut (starting video), and then I used https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/puppy-dog-granny-afghan-square to get my
square to the size I needed.
If
the square you are making is exactly what the video shows you, then bye bye for
now..
If
you are making it a larger square, then do go and take a look at that video and
then come along back here to see what I’ve done.
Once
again, thank you Ashleigh for your lovely video, and Rhonda for your cute puppy
dog pattern… and here’s how I’ve combined the two patterns.
Start Round 1 : (with a dough color - in brown)
with
ch 10.
Turn and sl-st in the 10th
ch.
Work 12 dc in that ch-10
circle.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st
st. (12)
Like
Ashleigh says, we are not using a magic circle here as we want it to be a fixed
circle.
Round 2 :
dc in the 1st dc and in each dc all around.
Join
with a sl-st to the 1st st. (24)
Now
we will work Rounds 3 & 4 using the same brown dough color yarn
using the pattern from https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/puppy-dog-granny-afghan-square till we
have a total of 48 sts.
At
this point, we have a large enough do-nut, so while we will still continue with
the puppy dog granny afghan square pattern, we will change yarn colour
to whatever colour you want for the rest of your square.
For the icing drizzle : I’ve used the same idea / pattern
that Ashleigh has shown on her video for the drizzle. The only thing I changed was that as our
square is larger, I used a combination of sl-st, sc, hdc, dc and trc as I worked
around the circle. I also did not do it
as evenly as on the video, just for kicks.
So I just played with the stitches, and did not really think the
stitches through. Even if you are making
more than one do-nut square, I think it does not matter if your icing drizzles
differ – but see what works best for you.
For the sprinkles : I did as suggested by the designer
- a tapestry needle and stitches over the
drizzle worked for me just great.
I
hope you enjoy making this tasty sweet morsel – I loved it and feel I need this
sugar rush just now ;)
Once you have made as many squares as you want for your blanket, use one of these joining methods for a neat join.
Whipstitch to join : https://youtu.be/wZ-9LNzftMA
Invisible join : https://youtu.be/a6XZQ6VzJFM
Single crochet to join : https://youtu.be/6FXoW_47_dI
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