Minecraft Afghan

This is an older project, I did this last year, November 2014.  I have made so many great projects over the years and I never thought to take pictures or write down the patterns unfortunately.  I just started taking pictures and keeping the patterns with this blanket.

I have a 10yr old son and as any mom of a little boy knows, it's ALL about the Minecraft!

I put together this blanket for him (don't mind the 10yr old version of making the bed!)

Minecraft Square Creeper

I used a solid granny square using this pattern.

Solid Granny Square

Base Ring: 4ch, join with sl st

1st round: 5 ch (counts as 1dc and 2ch), [3dc into ring, 2ch] 3 times, 2dc into ring, sl st to 3rd of 5ch. (4 groups of 3dc)

2nd round: Sl st into next ch, 7ch *2dc in same arch, 1 dc into each dc across side of square**, 2 dc into next arch, 4ch; rep from * twice and from * to ** again, 1 dc in same arch as 7ch, sl st to 3rd of 7ch (4 groups of 7dc)

3rd round: As 2nd round. (4 groups of 11 dc)

4th round: As second round. (4 groups of 15dc).

Fasten off.

Using this pattern you will need to make:

Black - 20 squares

Moss Green - 27

Grey - 23

Seafoam Green - 26

Green - 34

Once they are all made you will have to assemble them using black.  My favourite way to assemble squares is to use the technique described on the website Attic24.  It's a really easy way to do it, but be warned the stitching will show on the back so you may prefer to simply sew them using a tapestry needle. 

Once you've decided how to assemble them, this is the arrangement I used:

Square = Moss Green

"G" = Green

Circle = Seafoam Green

Triangle = Grey

"B" = Black

Once you've got it assembled together, the trim needs to be made. To do this, I just attached black to any corner, and continued the solid square pattern.

Trim:

1st round: Attach black to any corner, 5 ch, 2dc into corner, dc in each dc across to next corner, making sure to double crochet into where square connect so there are no gaps, to next corner, 2 dc, ch 2, 2dc in corner.  Repeat across until last corner, 1dc sl st into  3rd ch. Do not turn.

2nd round: Sl st into next ch, repeat 1st round. Do not turn.

3rd round (corded edging): ch 1, working backwards, you are going to enter the hook through the back of the last stitch, sc in each stitch across with 2sc, 2ch, 2sc in each corner.  sl st to first ch and fasten off.

Minecraft Creeper

I really enjoyed making this and my son loves the result. It is an afghan I worked on last year and didn't write down the pattern at the time, so if there is something not working, comment and I will correct it, thanks!