Hi there friends!
Today I am writing to you about something very serious – we are coming to the end of the Bake Shop Blanket Series! I can hardly believe it, I feel like I just released the first square and now it’s already coming to a close.
I’d like to begin this post by thanking all of you who have been interested in and helped to support this project all along the way – I’m so happy to create something you all seem to love!
My heart is so full and I am so grateful.
Now enough of the mush — back to the good stuff!
The “Finishing Up” portion of this series here at the end will be in 3 parts:
- Part 1: What squares you need to make
- Part 2: Joining your squares
- Part 3: Adding a border and care for your new afghan
So let’s get to Part 1!
It is worth noting that I am making a throw size blanket. You could reduce or increase the number of squares you make in order to make a smaller or larger blanket!
You will need to make 2 EACH of the 12 Bake Shop Motif Squares (all of those with the cute little bakery pictures on them). Those are:
- Ice Cream Granny Square
- Cookie Granny Square
- Cupcake Granny Square
- Donut Granny Square
- Cherry Pie Granny Square
- Waffle Granny Square
- Coffee Cup Granny Square
- Tea Mug Granny Square
- Strawberry Granny Square
- Birthday Cake Granny Square
- Candy Granny Square
- Jam Jar Granny Square
In addition to those, you’ll need to make 25 TRADITIONAL GRANNY SQUARES to act as filler squares. I have a written and video tutorial for the exact ones I made just for this project – click HERE to view that!
For these, you can make 25 just like the one I make in the video (with multiple color changes) or you can make solid colored granny squares.
I wound up making solid colored squares, 25 total in my themed colors using Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice yarn. So that’s:
- 8 Chocolate
- 5 Mint
- 7 Pink
- 5 White
Once you have all of these squares completed, you are ready to join! Watch out for a video tutorial and blog post about how I choose to join these guys next week!
Wait… So do you make 32 regular granny squares or 25? D: You say both numbers.
Sorry for my typo, it’s 25! I’ve fixed it in the instructions 🙂 Thanks for pointing this out!