Circle Gets the Square preemie baby blanket

My cousins son was born 9 weeks premature. He is such a little tiny thing and he's finally home from the hospital. I wanted to make her a blanket that would fit his current size. I knew he would be getting a lot of blankets that were way too big, but I think this one would be perfect for the little snuggles now.

I made two separate types of squares and joined them together the way I joined these together.

For the border, I added a granny style all of the way around. I ended up doing 4 rows around my squares.







The first square I made was this one below, the original pattern came from here.

Special Abbreviations
FPdc (Front Post double crochet): Yo, insert hook from
front to back to front around post of indicated st; yo and
draw up lp, [yo and draw through 2 lps on hook] twice.

To Start: Make an adjustable ring, ch 3.
Round 1: 11 dc into ring, join {12}
Round 2: Ch 3, FPdc around same dc as join, (dc in next dc, FPdc around same dc) repeat 10 more times; join {24}
Round 3: : Ch 3, dc in next st, FPdc around same FPdc, (dc in next 2 sts, FPdc around same FPdc) repeat 10 more times; join {36}
Round 4: Ch 3, dc in next 2 sts, FPdc around same FPdc, (dc in next 3 sts, FPdc around same FPdc) repeat 10 more times; join and fasten. {48}
Round 5: sl st into any sp, ch 3, 2 dc into same sp, ch 1, 3 dc into same sp, ch 1, (sk next 4 sts, 3 dc in same sp, ch 1, sk next 4 sts, 3 dc, ch 1, 3dc in same sp) around, join and fasten.




The second square I made was this one below, the original pattern came from here.

To Start: Make an adjustable ring. Ch 3
Round 1: dc into ring, ch 1, (yarn over, insert hook, yarn over, pull the loop back through the stitch (three loops on hook), yarn over and pull through two loops on hook (two loops left on hook), yarn over and pull through remaining two loops, ch 1) 7 times, join and finish.
Round 2: sl st into ch-1 sp, ch 3, 2 dc into same sp, ch 1, (3 dc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1) around, join and fasten.
Round 3: sl st into ch-1 sp, ch 3, 2 dc into same sp, ch 1, 3 dc into same sp, ch 1, (3 dc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, 3 dc into next ch-1 sp, ch 1, 3 dc into same sp) around, join and finish.
Round 4: sl st into ch-1 sp, ch 3, 2 dc into same sp, ch 1, 3 dc into same sp, ch 1, (3 dc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, 3 dc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, 3 dc into next ch-1 sp, ch 1, 3 dc into same sp) around, join and finish.


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