This is a crochet pattern with video tutorial showing how to crochet the Gia Afghan – a fun and easy afghan worked in one large continuous manner. It is suitable for beginners, and has 8 sizes included!

I worked this afghan up in the Newborn size, and am actually working 12 of them to sew together as part of a larger afghan for a wedding gift. My larger afghan will simply be worked without the border as I will add one once all the squares are joined.

This beginner friendly granny square afghan is a great on the go project, or to pair with watching your favorite TV show or movie. You don’t even need to count rounds if you don’t want to, just use a soft tape measure to measure as you go, and stop at the desired size.

I’ve used Red Heart Super Saver for my afghan, but you can use any worsted weight yarn from your stash – pick your favorite! If the finished size is essential to you, then check your gauge, but if not, then just start crocheting. Worked from the center out, and being that you can stop after any round, you can easily change up your yarn to any weight, and just work more or less rounds.

I have worked my afghan up with a 2″ border comprised of 3 rounds with rounds 2 & 3 worked into the back loop only – one of my favorites! The beauty of this project is it looks great without a border, with a small border as I’ve done and with a thicker border, as well as in a variety of stitch patterns, and is so easy to change up as you go.

Prefer using Super Bulky/Chunky yarn? The Super Chunky Gia Afghan is available in 7 sizes.

Materials:

• 70 (100, 280, 630, 860, 1130, 1430, 2550) Yards of Worsted Weight Yarn - I used Red Heart Super Saver Yarn in Light Gray, Shocking Pink and Soft Navy
• H8/5mm Crochet Hook
• Tapestry Needle
• Soft Tape Measure if Gauge is Essential

Material Notes:
My sample is the Newborn size. I did list yardage as a whole, but in my sample, I used 3 colors together. For the afghan shown in the images, without the border, I used 467 yards of Light Gray, 22 yards of Shocking Pink and 52 yards of Soft Navy. The border took an additional 86 yards of Light Gray.

Use your favorite worsted weight yarn for this afghan! Some great yarn alternatives I recommend are {wools} WeCrochet Swish, Lion Brand Wool Ease, {non-wool} WeCrochet Brava.

Time Spent:
I worked up the Newborn size in just under 6 and a half hours.

Sizes Included:
Newborn Photography Layering Blanket, Lovey, Newborn Photography Blanket, Newborn Blanket, Lapghan, Toddler, Child, Throw

Gauge (Not Essential):
Round 3 Granny Square = 4″ in diameter

Abbreviations (US Terms):

• HDC - Half Double Crochet
• SC - Single Crochet
• DC - Double Crochet
• BLO - Back Loop Only

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