I use the term tutorial very loosely. This is a very simple description of how I crocheted this blanket and the yarns I used. It does not give you step by step instructions. If you are new to crochet; then this isn’t the tutorial for you. The yarn is a pain to work with as it doesn’t frog easily.
Skills needed
- ability to crochet circles and then square them
- ability to add the granny square stitch to the squared circle
- ability to change colors
- join as you go
I added this border. Â http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/all-shawl/people?view=&search=all+shawl+pink
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- Lion brand Fisherman’s wool in Oatmeal 2 skeins.
- The yarns I used were Lion brand Amazing yarn in all colorways. 2 skeins of each colorway for the centers
- size g crochet hook .
- 5 skeins of  Amazing yarn to add the borders and join all the squares together.
I’m sorry that this is such a sketchy tutorial. This is what happens when you spend almost a year crocheting an afghan and run out of yarn three times. 
I used two skeins of yarn for each square. This was easiest by dividing the yarn into two different batches. Those that were light and those that were darker. Â I then crocheted the centers out of the light yarn and then squared the circle with the dark yarns. Then I blocked the squares. I also let them sit for six months while I decided what to do next and ordered more yarn.
The next  step was to crochet around each square granny square style with the oatmeal fisherman’s wool. I felt that each square was busy and need a bit of a visual break. I added five groups of double crochet on each side including corners.
 This worked well. I simply used the join as you go method to join the squares together with more of the Amazing yarn. 
After joining all the squares I made sure that the oatmeal granny square was completely surrounded by  the amazing yarn in granny square stitch.
I crocheted granny square style around the whole blanket with the oatmeal.
This row was followed by a row of granny square in the amazing yarn.
Another row of HDC all the way around
1 row of oatmeal  double crochet long stitch (into the base of the HDC) chain two repeated all around the blanket, being sure to square the corners.
Then I started with the Doris Chan all shawl border. I adapted it so it wouldn’t be quite as ruffled but still add a nice ending to the blanket. The goal was to use up all remaining Amazing yarn. (I left out some chain spaces in between the double crochet groups.) I only completed five rows instead of six as she has in her border. I also added a 3 chain picot in the middle of each peak. There are 2- 3 hdc groups in the valleys. I hope this make sense to you.
It is a really rough tutorial but I didn’t write anything down while working on it. The yarn amounts are estimates at best and I used a size g crochet hook throughout. I was worried through the whole thing that it would be too small. It has turned out to be larger than I expected and also more expensive than I imagined it would be in the beginning.
Thanks for reading this and if you have any questions I might be able to answer just let me know.
Thanks,
Karen