Large circles in a square, tutorial

After telling you about my new blanket last week, I received a few questions
about how to make the large circles and squares. So here is a tutorial about
them and about how to make them into a blanket.
You start the same way as for a small circle and crochet 3 rounds as
described here.

Round 4: ch 3, dc into joining stitch, dc into next 2 st, *2dc in next st, dc into
next 2 st* , repeat until end, join with a sl st into 3rd of initial 3ch.
Round 5: ch 3, dc into joining stitch, dc into next 3 st, *2dc in next st, dc into
next 3 st*, repeat until end, join with a sl st into 3rd of initial 3ch.
Round 6: ch 3, dc into joining stitch, dc into next 4 st, *2dc in next st, dc into
next 4 st*, repeat until end, join with a sl st into 3rd of initial 3ch.
Round 7: ch 3, dc into joining stitch, dc into next 5 st, *2dc in next st, dc into
next 5 st*, repeat until end, join with a sl st into 3rd of initial 3ch (84st)

Now before I go on, Ill explain first the dbtr stitch:

dbtr = double treble crochet = 3 yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull
up a loop (5 loops on hook), *yarn over, pull yarn through 2 loops*, repeat 3
times.
Now you can make your circle into a square.
Join yarn in any stitch, and chain 1 (counts as first sc).
sc into next 3 st, hdc in next 2 st, dc in next 2 st, tr in next 2 st, (dbtr, ch, dbtr) in
next st.
*2tr, 2dc, 2hdc, 8sc, 2hdc, 2dc, 2tr, (dbtr, ch, dbtr)*, repeat 2 times,
2tr, 2dc, 2hdc, 4sc, join in first chain.

Final round: ch3, dc into joining st, dc into next 9 st, (2dc, 1tr, ch, 1tr, 2dc) into
corner stitch, *dc into next 21 st, (2dc, 1tr, ch, 1tr, 2dc) into corner stitch*, repeat
twice, dc into next 10 st, join in top of initial 3ch.

Thats it!!
When I made my blanket, I sewed 5 small squares on to the large ones, and put
them on the floor. I didnt want to have the large squares in nice rows, so I tried
a few layouts, made a picture, and sew the squares together.

For the small circles I used 3 shades of the same colour, for the large circles, I
used 4 shades: the first 3 I used 2 rounds, and the last shade only 1 round.
All squares were sewed through the back loops of the final round.

After all the sewing, I crocheted 2 rounds for a border; 1 round of sc, and 1
round of dc.
Edit: For this blanket I used Drops Safran; 15 skeins of white, and all colours
available except black, and brown- and grey tones. The weight of the blanket is
just over 1200 grams.

Circle in Square, a Tutorial

Hello ladies! Thank you for joining me today. On my last post I received a
question about the pattern I used for the circles. Im sure it must already be out
there somewhere, but I dont know where. So I decided to make a little tutorial
myself.

Abbreviations:
st = stitch
ch = chain = yarn over, pull yarn through stitch on needle
sl st = slip stitch = insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull yarn through both loops
on hook
sc = single crochet = insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, (2 loops
on hook), yarn over, pull yarn through both loops
hdc = half double crochet = yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up a
loop (3 loops on hook), yarn over, pull yarn through all 3 loops
dc = double crochet = yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop
(3 loops on hook), yarn over, pull yarn through 2 loops, yarn over, pull yarn
through 2 loops
tr = treble crochet = 2yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop
(4 loops on hook), *yarn over, pull yarn through 2 loops*, repeat * * twice
Circle:
Start with a sliding loop or magical loop:

Wrap the yarn around 1 or 2 fingers like in the picture, with your hook you pull
up the yarn, ch 3 (counts as 1st dc)

11dc into ring and then you pull the beginning tail

Join with a sl st into the 3rd of initial 3 ch. (12 dc into ring)

ch3 (= 1st dc), 1dc into joining st

2dc into next st, repeat until end, join with sl st into 3rd of initial 3ch (24 st)

ch3, 1dc into joining st, 1dc into next st, *2dc into next st, 1 dc into next st*,
repeat until end. Join with sl st into 3rd of initial 3ch. Break of yarn. (36 st)

Now your circle is finished. If you want to make it larger, you can go on in the
same way:
*2dc into st, 1dc into next 2 st*, repeat
*2dc into st, 1dc into next 3 st*, repeat
etc.
To make your circle into a square you join yarn in any stitch and ch1 (counts as
1st sc)

sc into next 2 stitches, 1hdc into next st, 1dc into next st, 1tr into next st, ch1

*1tr into same st, 1dc into next st, 1 hdc into next st, 1 sc into next 4 st, 1hdc
into next st, 1dc into next st, 1tr into next st, ch 1*

repeat * * twice, 1tr into same st, 1dc into next st, 1 hdc into next st, 1sc into last
st, join with sl st into 1st ch

ch3, 1dc into joining st, 1dc into next 4 st, 2dc into corner space, ch 1

*2dc into same corner space, 1dc into next 9 st, 2dc into corner space, ch1 *
repeat * * twice, 2dc into corner space, 1 dc into next 3 st, join with sl st into 3rd
of initial 3ch.

Thats it!! Written down it always looks very complicated and a lot of work, but it
really isnt.
Of course you dont have to make the circle out of one colour; a different colour
for each round is very nice too: