I like to play with stitches and texture to keep myself entertained! Here’s a great granny square blanket crocheted from The middle. It has two sizes 30-in square and a 36-in square optional.
Use it for Baby blanket, lap blanket,
wheelchair blanket, scrap blanket.

Stitches you need to know
Double crochet
Optional magic ring
Half double crochet
Front post half double crochet
Single crochet
3 DC cluster/4 DC cluster
Crochet in back and third Loop of a stitch. When you crochet into the back Loop, when the previous row was HDC, there will be a third Loop. Put your hook into the back Loop, tilt your work a little bit towards you and look on the backside and underneath your back Loop and you will see a smaller Loop right underneath. Do that loop as well so you are putting your hook through two loops. That gives a little bit more stability than just the back Loop.