granny square via Purl Bee
via EmpowerNetwork
Because of it's simplicity, it's also very versatile to being modified to make either elaborate squares, or as with this blanket, a more abstracted form.
I fell in love with the simplicity and sleekness of this blanket when I came across it on the Purl Bee. Although I don't shy away from the cute or quirky, my mom has a much more classic sense of style. She also likes things to match in a way I've never mastered. We often joke that things have to be in "her colors"- dark brown, black, and gold usually.
Because of this blankets simplicity and sleekness, I thought it would be perfect. Swap out that delicate alpaca yarn for a very sturdy yarn (Loops and Threads: Impeccable Solids), and you get something warm enough to survive my parents freezing air conditioning that also matches their decor.
p.s. After all this talk about matching, let me just say that these pictures are taken on my couch, not my parents. These couches have given up on matching and instead mean I can put basically anything in my living room and call it matching.
Ta-da! Plus Oy very nicely modeled for me.
The basic premise is that the wider and taller granny stitch is interspersed with rows of single crochet in a contrast color. I did my stripes at random intervals, but you could also make them evenly spaced, like in the original.
