My daughter Nicolina is decorating her new house in an eclectic mid-century modern vibe and I really wanted to make her a throw. 

We brainstormed together on ideas. At first, I was hoping to turn the Inverse Squares Throw into an Inverse Circles blanket. 

Here’s a photo of the Inverse Squares: 

But the swatches really didn’t turn out looking all that different from the squares and it wasn’t quite what she was wanting. 

So she sent me a sketch of a solid circle with an open square. I graphed that out on StitchFiddle.com and got to work. 

My first try was with the herringbone half double crochet, but I did not like seeing a straight line of carried yarn through the rows. 

So I took that out and switched back to the griddle stitch, (which is the same stitch I used in the Inverse Squares Throw), and I liked the speckled look of carried yarn much, much better. 

I can see so many other possibilities with this design! I would love to make it again with each row of shapes a different primary color. That could be so fun for a little kid’s playroom. 

I kept the border very simple by using the same stitch as in the blanket. I wanted the entire blanket to look the same. I hope you have so much fun making this! 

Materials

Gauge: 12 sts and 10 rows = 4 inches (taken from blanket)

Size: approximately 42 x 52 inches

Caron One Pound (100% Acrylic, Size 4 weight, 454g / 16 oz, 742 meters / 812 yards)

Tap name of yarn to purchase on Yarnspirations.com

2 skeins Rose, 2 skeins White

Size I 5.5 mm hook, scissors, tapestry needle

Stitches

Single Crochet (SC): Insert your hook, YO and pull up a loop, YO and pull through two loops on hook.

Double Crochet (DC): YO, insert your hook, YO and pull up a loop, YO and pull through two loops, YO and pull through remaining two loops.

Graph: Click here or image below to print.  (If you are planning on printing the entire pattern that is linked at the end of this post, the graph is also in there.)

Pattern

Print the graph. Odd numbered rows are read right to left. Even numbered rows are read left to right. 

Chain 121 (pattern repeat is any odd number times 24 plus 1.) 

Row 1: With White, begin looking at the graph in the bottom right-hand corner marked (1). In the second chain from the hook *work 1 SC. DC into the next chain. Repeat from * across the row. Ch 1 and turn. 

Row 2: Begin looking at the graph marked (2) on the bottom left-hand corner. In the first stitch, *work 1 SC , DC into the next st. Repeat from * across the row. 

Going forward, all stitches are alternating SC and DC, and always ch 1 and turn. I will just be denoting the color changes. If you just want to look at the graph, repeat the graph one and a half times, ending on stitch #24. This also means that on the even rows the graph will start at stitch 24 reading it left to right.

Row 3: Work 2 white, 20 rose, 8 white, 12 rose, 8 white, 20 rose, 8 white, 12 rose, 8 white, 20 rose, 2 white.

Row 4: 2 white, 20 rose, 7 white, 14 rose, 7 white, 20 rose, 7 white, 14 rose, 7 white, 20 rose, 2 white.

Row 5: 2 white, 20 rose, 6 white, 16 rose, 6 white, 20 rose, 6 white, 16 rose, 6 white, 20 rose, 2 white.

Row 6: 2 white, 20 rose, 5 white, 18 rose, 5 white, 20 rose, 5 white, 18 rose, 5 white, 20 rose, 2 white. 

Row 7: 2 white, 4 rose, 12 white, 4 rose, 4 white, 20 rose, 4 white, 4 rose, 12 white, 4 rose, 4 white, 20 rose, 4 white, 4 rose, 12 white, 4 rose, 2 white. 

Row 8 through 16: Repeat color changes in row 7. 

Row 17: Repeat row 6.

Row 18: Repeat row 5.

Row 19: Repeat row 4.

Row 20: Repeat row 3. 

Row 21 and 22: all stitches in white, continue to carry the rose to maintain the speckled color look through the rows. 

Row 23: 6 white, 12 rose, 8 white, 20 rose, 8 white, 12 rose, 8 white, 20 rose, 8 white, 12 rose, 6 white.

Row 24: 5 white, 14 rose, 7 white, 20 rose, 7 white, 14 rose, 7 white, 20 rose, 7 white, 14 rose, 5 white.

Row 25: 4 white, 16 rose, 6 white, 20 rose, 6 white, 16 rose, 6 white, 20 rose, 6 white, 16 rose, 4 white. 

Row 26: 3 white, 18 rose, 5 white, 20 rose, 5 white, 18 rose, 5 white, 20 rose, 5 white, 18 rose, 3 white.

Row 27: 2 white, 20 rose, 4 white, 4 rose, 12 white, 4 rose, 4 white, 20 rose, 4 white, 4 rose, 12 white, 4 rose, 4 white, 20 rose, 2 white. 

Row 28 – 36: repeat row 27. 

Row 37: Repeat row 26.

Row 38: Repeat row 25.

Row 39: Repeat row 24.

Row 40: Repeat row 23.

Row 41 and 42: Repeat row 21 and 22. 

Repeat instructions 2 more times until you have 6 shapes high. 

Border: 

Round 1: Ch 1 and turn. With just white, work 1 round of alternating SC and DC (same stitch as the blanket) working 3 alternating stitches in each corner and 1 st per the end of each row. Join with a slip stitch to the first SC of the round. Ch 1 and turn. 

Round 2: Work another round of alternating SC and DC in the same way as the main blanket, working 3 sts into the center st of each corner. 

Join at the end of round 2. Tie off and weave in the ends. 

See below for the YouTube tutorial. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Click here or image below for free pdf of the pattern!