In-the-Round Square Navajo Lap Blanket

24 Comments to “In-the-Round Square Navajo Lap Blanket”

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   TallGirlNovember 29, 2010 at 6:40 pm

   You are awesome to come up with this pattern. Love it! I have made lots of the Navajo blanket with the fringe and have had trouble with it fraying etc. Now my favorite pattern is in the square with no fringe. Now can you make a rectangular pattern? lol Thankyou so much for your generosity with sharing your free pattern. You are a very talented lady. You made my day.

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   kathy silvaDecember 30, 2010 at 8:35 pm

   YOUR PATTERN IS THE FIRST i’ve found of another blanket i’m doing and would like to find the original pattern and author. your pattern is very similiar in style. my raverly name is court1kathy and it is in my projects and i’ve got a lot more done on it than the photo shows. this is the link to it if it’ll work I wouldn’t mind sharing the pattern i have and better photos of my other blanket if your interested. what i have is a rather confusing hand written pattern but very different and beautiful. others have copied the blanket using my photos only and these confusing notes.
   http://images4.ravelry.com/uploads/court1kathy/26095973/IMG_0257_medium2.JPG

   I must admit I was confused by the one corner on your pattern and I’m doing all my corners with the cc version of your pattern.

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   JO VANCEJanuary 10, 2011 at 10:04 am

   beautiful blanket. I want to make this for a baby due to be born into the family in April. I nlooked but couldn’t finf any reference to amount of yarn. Could you provide information how many skeins or yds you used by color? Thank you for sharing your beautiul blanket.

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   MamaJanuary 10, 2011 at 2:12 pm

   I don’t have exact requirements, but I would approximate 100 yards for color A and 200 for the other 3 colors.

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   anne corbyJanuary 16, 2011 at 10:52 am

   I have never seen this type of crocheting before and cannot wait to try it,

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   Prince's MommyMarch 30, 2011 at 5:55 pm

   I learned traditional Navahoe – horizontal stripes with diagonal or “X” posts – from my grandmother. This square version looks like something I want to try. It could be one large square or several smaller ones and still be special. Thanks for posting it.

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   jacqueline mcbrideDecember 7, 2011 at 9:02 am

   2nd row is very confusing.are you counting the chain 1 as the first stitch or the sc as the first stitch? Is the first row in the back loops also? The pattern is beautiful and would love to try it. Please help. Thanks

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     MamaDecember 7, 2011 at 10:30 pm

     My corner is very confusing because i’m trying to hide the color jog since this is done in the round. At the end of each row I go back and Sc in the chain space just made so that the next row begins with the SC.

     Since this is done in the round it is never turned. The stitches should all be done in the back loops only.

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   jacqueline mcbrideDecember 8, 2011 at 8:31 am

   Mama,
   thanks for the reply. I noticed that after the third corner I have too many stitches before I the join.What am I doing wrong? I did mark each ch 1 to put the cec. It did work except the the joining round. I really want to make this afghan it looks simple but it isn’t.Kudos to you.Thanks for any assistance.

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     MamaDecember 8, 2011 at 3:22 pm

     I know that others have made this blanket without my overly complicated corner, and have said the color changes worked fine.
     Without seeing your project, I’m not really sure what is happening.

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   MaggieDecember 23, 2011 at 5:52 pm

   love the pattern, can’t wait to do it…:)

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    MadaJanuary 27, 2012 at 12:21 am

    I like this pattern, but I’m on row 19, and it just isn’t coming out right I’m totally confused.the cc is not coming out on a corner. I’m lost Help Please

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      MamaJanuary 27, 2012 at 1:25 pm

      I think most everyone gets confused with my corners. I was trying to fix the corner that begins the row so that the color changes wouldn’t be so apparent, but I think I’ve just confused the issue. I’m sorry that it’s gotten your corners off. I’ve been really short of time lately, but I’m going to try to make another version of this pattern that doesn’t have that tricky corner and see if that helps.

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    MadaJanuary 27, 2012 at 10:40 pm

    Thanks for the reply, I’ll keep plugging along til I get it right

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    cynthiaMay 20, 2012 at 1:19 pm

    How big is the finish square? I just love this!

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      MamaMay 20, 2012 at 6:42 pm

      Mine have come out being 29 or 30 inches square.

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    MomOf10September 18, 2012 at 9:23 am

    Thank You! My grandmother used to crochet the traditional Navajo afghan pattern. When she passed away, I inherited her yarn and found that she had bought enough yarn to begin another one. I decided I wanted to make a Navajo afghan using her yarn in her memory; but I didn’t have the pattern. I have since found the traditional pattern she used; but I wanted something a little different to make it a little of her and a little of me. When I found your pattern I knew this was it because I love crocheting in the round. As I began this project I decided to make it even more my own by making it five sided & increasing the number of rows. It is turning out GREAT! Thanks for sharing.

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    greengrannyOctober 2, 2012 at 1:57 pm

    I saw your pattern and I like it immediately.. I have crocheted the side to side Navajo afghan before. I like liked the change.
    However. I can’t get past the 1st round. I find it very confusing. It would help if you had how many clusters are at the end of each round..
    on the first round when you join you say sc in the previous sc there is none only the joining slip st and ch 1.
    really confused..

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      MamaOctober 2, 2012 at 11:35 pm

      I have caused a lot of confusion with my end/beginning corner. What I’m attempting to do is to make each round distinct to make the color changes look even, and to keep the round changes at the corner. Each round instruction includes the first sc of the next round, so that is confusing right from the start. So on that first round, there are 4 sc and 4 ch. Then join to the first sc of the round with a slip stitch. Then is my corner trick that I am attempting. Ch 1 and sc in the ch 1 behind the needle which was the 4th ch made of that round. That sc will actually be the first sc of the next round. So then the second round picks up with a sc in the sc of that side.

      I am very sorry it is very confusing. The blanket can be made without that method on the corner, by just continuing around making all the corners the same.

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    lj dunlapOctober 16, 2012 at 8:47 pm

    I love your navajo lapghan, I’m confused though. What do you mean by (25 c)? Or (35 c)? Thank you
    J dunlap

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      MamaOctober 17, 2012 at 7:08 am

      Could it be 2 sc and 3 sc?

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    MarleneJanuary 10, 2013 at 4:38 am

    I told a friend that I would fix the regular Navajo that her late mom did.

    But when looking at it, I’m confused.

    Perhaps someone here can help me by email. Thank you!

    Yours is one I think I can manage.

    msfair(AT)pacbell(DOT)net

    You do such fab patterns and then are gracious enough to share with us. {{{Standing Ovation}}}

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      MamaJanuary 10, 2013 at 5:52 am

      Mine is pretty different than the traditional because the old ones were done one row at a time and finished off at the end of each row, making a fringe on the two sides. A lot of people find my corners confusing. When you say you want to fix one, are you meaning that you need to repair one? Or make a similar one?

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    Lori TerryFebruary 3, 2013 at 3:18 am

    I love this blanket. I have made 2 of them. I do not find your corner confusing. In fact, it makes a lot of sense. The pictures helped! Thanks again for a wonderful lap blanket

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