Ilona is the third floral granny square in the Welcoming Blanket, a mystery crochet along for a throw blanket made up of nine 12” floral granny square patterns with borders. Ilona has an 8-petal flower at the center which is similar to the Stop and Smell the Flowers Granny Square.

This pattern is available for FREE on my blog HERE.

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Skills Used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, double crochet, half double crochet, single crochet, slip stitch
Crocheting in the round, increasing
Crocheting in the back loop only (includes link to video tutorial)
Crocheting in chain spaces, crocheting in the third loop only (includes video tutorial)
Special stitch pattern: FPdc (includes written instructions and video tutorial in pattern)
Special stitch pattern: dc2tog (includes written instructions and linked photo tutorial)

Skill Level
Easy

Finished Size
12” (30.5 cm) square.

Materials
Caron One Pound yarn (100% acrylic, 16 oz/454 g/812 yd/742 m) – 1 skein each in 02005 Sun Yellow (CA), 10517 Rose (CB), and 10620 Grass Green, or approximately 60 yd (55 m) in CA, 55 yd (50.5 m) in CB, and 30 yd (27.5 m) in CC in any medium weight yarn.

Clover Amour US Size J-10/6 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Yarn needle.

Gauge
Through Rnd 8 in pattern = 6.25” (16 cm) square. Exact gauge is not critical for this project.