Thank you Jennifer! I appreciate you taking the time to comment! Yes, I agree that using natural fibres gives a much nicer look. Mezza

I have never made a blanket with this motif. If you already have some Aran (even if it’s not the colours or brand you want to use), you should make 4 motifs. Weight them together on a set of digital scales after each round & make a note of how many grams you used. Then make a swatch with the border join. Weigh again and subtract from the total of the 4 motifs to determine how much yarn you need for the border. Divide all calculations by 4 to discover how much yarn you will need per motif. Use the dimensions of the 4-motif-swatch to calculate how many motifs you will need to make a blanket of your desired size. Now that you know how many motifs you want, you can multiply that by your calculations for the motifs so you’ll know how much yarn to order.

Hi!
I am in fact making the blanket if you can guide me for that.

Hi Josephine – honestly I wouldn’t recommend using anything thicker than DK for this sweater. Aran would be fine if you were using the motif to make a blanket or bag. For a sweater it won’t drape properly and will be too bulky and unbearably hot to wear.
Yardage for DK is discussed on the layout & assembly page: https://mezzacraft.com/granny-square-sweater-layout-assembly/

Hi Lisa,
Thanks for your message and I’m glad you like the motif!
Traditionally, the way a granny square in increased is by increasing 4 sts each round. I think you’re going in the right direction with your first suggestion, except you will be increasing from 10 sts to 17sts – this will result in ruffling and the motif not lying flat, especially if you are adding extra rows on afterwards.
I have tried this: Round 4: ch6 (counts as 1trc & a ch2sp), 2dc in same sp; [(3dc between 2dc clusters from prev rnd) x3; in ch2 sp, make a corner –2dc,1trc,ch2,1trc,2dc]3 times; (3dc between 3dc clusters from prev rnd) x3; finish off the 1st corner –in 1st ch2 sp, make 2dc; finish with a sl st join in 4th ch of beg ch 6.
This gives 15 sts per side… slightly off with 1 st too many but it actually looks good, I think, and the trebles in the corner help to really square it off.
For round 5 I would then consider switching to a traditional granny square sequence.
After adding the additional row(s) are you still thinking of adding the hdc join row? In which case I would have to do some further experimentation for you.
Merrian

I’m hesitating to add a sc between the corner and the 3dc –> 4dc, 2ch, 4dc, 1sc, (3dc)x3, 1sc, corner (4dc, 2ch, 4dc).
What do you think?

Thank you for your help; and also thank you for the free patterns!

Kind regards,
Lisa