The Not-quite Brioche Crochet blanket pattern is a great stashbuster which uses squares which use a combination of post stitches which look like brioche knitting from the front combined with solid granny squares.

Written in US crochet terms

If you have mini skeins of variegated hand dyed fingering weight (4 ply) yarn to use up, this is your project! I used 12 different shades from a yarn advent calendar but you can use any colors from your stash.

Pattern has step by step written instructions with many photos and also a link to a short video for the brioche square section.

SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate

YARN: Gauge and measurements given for fingering/4 ply weight and DK/ 8 ph weight 12 colors, 2 x 50 g balls for each color = 24 balls plus one solid color 10 x 50g balls

YARDAGE: Approx 1920 yards/2400 m in colors, 800 yards/1000m solid color

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS: (120 squares plus 1.5 inch (4 cm ) border) 49 inches (124cm) x 38 inches (97cm)

GAUGE:4 ply square : 16 fpdc x 15 rows = 2 x 2 inch square ( 5.5cm x 5.5cm)