That’s a beautiful square motif — perfect for a baby blanket. I can guide you through a basic pattern inspired by what you’ve shared. It looks like a granny square with a leafy or petal-like corner design and a solid white center.
Here’s a simple step-by-step pattern outline you can try:
🌸 Detailed Crochet Square Motif Pattern (Perfect for Baby Blankets)
🧶 Materials:
- Yarn: Soft baby-friendly acrylic yarn in:
- Color A: White
- Color B: Green
- Hook: 3.5mm–4mm (or size suitable for your yarn)
- Scissors
- Yarn needle
📖 Abbreviations (US Terms):
- MR – Magic ring
- ch – Chain
- sc – Single crochet
- dc – Double crochet
- sl st – Slip stitch
- st – Stitch
- rep – Repeat
- ( ) – Repeat instructions inside brackets
✨ Instructions:
Center (White Yarn)
Round 1:
- Start with a magic ring.
- Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc).
- Work 11 dc into the ring. (Total 12 dc)
- Pull the ring tight, and join with a sl st to the top of the starting ch-3.
[12 dc]
Round 2:
- Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc).
- Dc in the same st.
- Work 2 dc in each st around.
- Join with sl st to the top of ch-3.
[24 dc]
Round 3:
- Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc).
- Dc in the same st, dc in next st.
- (2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next st) — rep around.
- Join with sl st to the top of ch-3.
[36 dc]
Creating Cross-Like Arms
Round 4:
- Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc).
- Dc in next 4 sts.
- Ch 2, skip 4 sts (this creates a corner space for leaves later).
- Dc in next 5 sts, ch 2, skip 4 sts — rep 3 more times.
- Join with sl st.
[4 groups of 5 dc with ch-2 corner spaces]
Leafy Corners (Green Yarn)
Round 5:
- Join green yarn in any ch-2 space.
- (Ch 2, work 4 dc cluster: yarn over, insert hook into space, pull up loop, yarn over, pull through 2 loops — repeat 4 times until you have 5 loops on hook — yarn over, pull through all 5 loops), ch 2, sl st in same space.
- Repeat in the remaining 3 ch-2 spaces.
Between leaves:
- Sc in each dc along the side, stopping at each corner.
At the end: Join with sl st to first sc.
[4 leaves formed]
Finishing Green Border
Round 6:
- Ch 1.
- Sc evenly around entire square.
- In each corner (at ch-2 spaces or leaf cluster tips), work 3 sc.
- Join with sl st.
[Stitch count varies by your square size]
Final White Border
Round 7:
- Join white yarn in any corner st.
- Ch 1, sc around entire square.
- In each corner st, work 3 sc.
- Join with sl st.
Fasten off and weave in all ends.
✨ Tips:
- Make multiple motifs and join them with slip stitch or whipstitch.
- You can add extra rounds of sc borders to enlarge each square.
- Try other pastel shades for leaves for a floral effect.
Video tutorial : How to crochet square motif for baby blanket
