I bought the yarn for the Four Section Blanket almost a decade ago when they opened a new Hobby Lobby store near me. I was still a novice knitter dabbling in knitting a top down sweater and wanted to use this yarn for that. I tried to knit a sweater with this yarn but for some reason it didn’t happen. The yarn languished in my storage bin for years till a couple of months ago when I took it out from storage and crocheted this Four Section Blanket.

Four separate pieces of the same size are crocheted for the Four Section Blanket using a crochet moss stitch pattern for the border and a mix of single crochet, chain 1 stitch pattern for the four pieces. Although both stitch patterns have single crochets and chain ones, the placement of the single crochet results in a distinctive looking pattern. Each section has a round of crochet moss stitch pattern as its border edge. The four pieces are then joined using the zig zag crochet slip stitch method. The border of the blanket is finished with several rounds of the crochet moss stitch pattern. The finished blanket measures about 42 x 44 inches.

The Four Section Blanket Pattern (text and images for personal use only)

Yarn: Hobby Lobby I Love This Yarn! in Terra Cotta Colorway (4 skeins needed for this blanket)
Tapestry needle to weave in ends
Gauge: 4.5 stitches/inch
Crochet hook: US size I-9 or 5.5 mm 
Abbreviations:
sc: single crochet
[…]: pattern repeat

With US # I-9 (5.5 mm) crochet hook, make a slip knot and chain 80 stitches

• Row 1 (RS): Skip the first stitch, [single crochet the next stitch, chain 1, skip the next stitch] repeat […] till the last stitch, sc the last stitch (on the slip knot side), chain 1 and turn
• Row 2 (WS): Skip the first stitch, [sc the next stitch, chain 1, skip the next stitch] repeat […] till the last stitch, sc the last stitch, chain 1 and turn

Repeat Rows 1 and 2, 36 more times.

Repeat Row 1 (RS) more time
One Round of Crochet Moss Stitch Border:

• Turn and pick up 37 stiches and crochet in moss stitch pattern (pick up a stitch and sc, chain 1, skip the next stitch and repeat) all along the left side – As shown in the video above
• Turn and pick up 40 stitches and crochet in moss stitch pattern along the 80 chain stitch edge
• Turn and pick up 37 stitches and crochet in moss stitch pattern all along the right side
• Turn and pick up 40 stitches of the last row (bind off row) and crochet in moss stitch pattern along that last row.

Slip stitch into the first stitch of the round and pull working yarn through. See the finished first section below.

Make three more identical square shape pieces (about 18 x 18 inches each).

Join the four small pieces with zig zag slip stitch crochet method or any other join method of your choice:

Join the last row (bind off row) of first completed piece to the 80 chain stitch edge of the second completed piece with the zig zag slip stitch crochet join method moving from right to left

Join the last row (bind off row) of the third completed piece to the 80 chain stitch edge of the fourth completed piece with the zig zag slip stitch crochet join method moving from left to right.

Join the two large rectangular shaped pieces with zig zag slip stitch crochet method or any other join method of your choice:

Starting from the bottom to top, join the two rectangle pieces with the zig zag crochet slip stitch method

Crochet Moss Stitch Border:

Round 1 (RS): Make a slip knot with US size I – 9 (5.5 mm) crochet hook, and starting from one corner of the joined piece, bring the slip knot through (from back to front) the corner stitch (beginning of round), sc into the corner stitch, chain 2, sc into the same corner stitch, chain 1, [sc into the next chain 1 space, chain 1] all around the joined piece with a repeat of [sc in the corner stitch, chain 2, sc into the same corner stitch, chain 1] at each of the corners. 

Repeat Round 1, 5 more times with [sc into the chain 1 space, chain 1] all around the joined piece with a repeat of [sc into the corner stitch chain 2 space, chain 2, sc into the same corner stitch chain 2 space, chain 1] at each of the corners chain 2 space. 

At the end of last round sc into the beginning of round corner stitch chain 2 space and pull working yarn through.

Weave in the ends, wash and block the Four Section Blanket

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