Crochet Project #9: Crochet Star “Quilt”

11 Nov Crochet Project #9: Crochet Star “Quilt”

Last week, I finished another #crochet project. I had been working on this project on and off since 31 March 2026: my Crochet Star Quilt. I designed it with my very own brain and made with my very own hands. AI could never!

This blanket uses Bernat Softee Chunky #6 Super Bulky. This version of the “quilt” is made in the colours Natural, Teal, Seagreen, Grey Rose, Dark Mauve and True Grey. I used Bernat Premium #4 Worsted in the colour Aran to join the squares. And I used Loops & Threads Soft Classic #4 Worsted in the colour Grey for the zigzag decorating stitches.

Let’s get into the rest of the details!

The Pattern

As already mentioned, the pattern is another from my brain. It’s made up of 112 seamless granny squares in three rounds and 8 seamless granny squares in 6 rounds.

These seamless granny squares don’t follow the typical stitch count because originally, I had planned to mix traditional granny squares with seamless granny squares. To do so, each row of the seamless squares requires multiples of three stitches instead of two. This would later cause an issue, which I will explain in a bit.

The squares are made with an 8.0mm crochet hook.

Normally, this is where I’d share the finished pattern, but I’m redoing it for the following technical reasons.

The Technical Issues To Be Fixed

I’m remaking this blanket in colours that are me colours. This first attempt I made with colours that don’t live in my house because I had the yarn and it needed to be put to use. Don’t worry, the first “quilt” went to a home that appreciates it! But that isn’t the technical issues that need fixing.

The first technical issue that needs to be fixed is two-fold and all because I changed the stitch count from 2, 6, 10 to 3, 6, 9 for the three-round squares. Doing so caused the squares to round. This rounding could not be fixed with blocking and caused numerous issues when time came to join the squares.

The first issue is gapping at the intersection of four squares that couldn’t be closed when using a mattress stitch for the invisible joins.

The second issue is this rounding created puckering of the squares plus a scalloped edge when folding the blanket.

The next technical issue is also with how I made the two-colour squares. I start granny squares in the corner using my version of a stacked single crochet (a tutorial is coming, I promise). Doing so created an issue if I wanted to turn my squares after each round, an issue I didn’t know how to overcome until I was half-way finished making this quilt. So, I had to carry the colours.

The result is this mess when looking at the wrong side of quilt plus weird looking stitches where the colours change. I have since learned a technique that would allow to turn after each round while continuing to start each round in a corner. There will be video tutorial on this when I post the pattern.

The Finished Star “Quilt”

This finished blanket is soooooo heavy. I’m not going to share the weight and total yarn used until I remake it.

The finished product measures 183 cm wide by 183 cm long (6 ft by 6 ft). It took 29 hours 42 minutes and 37 seconds to stitch. Plus, an additonal 6 or more hours to join it all together. The retail value at B.C.’s minimum wage ($18.25/hr CAD which is an increase since my last finished project) is $657.00 CAD for the labour. The yarn is cost is TBD.

Yes, that is an expensive gift to give someone, but I do what I do! And this is yet another reminder about why I can never monetize this hobby!

Since completing this “quilt”, I’ve finished another one. I will have a post about that in the next few days!

What WIP did you recently complete? Let me know in the comments!