crochet help!

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this is my first real crochet project and i need a little help.

i'm making a baby blanket for my soon-to-be-born cousin. i've made a bunch of granny squares out of vanna's choice dusty rose and dusty green. they are about 2 1/2 inches (there's some inconsistency because i am learning). i want the blanket to be at least 30" x 30" and have figured out about how many to make.

my problem is that i don't know how to go about crocheting them together and making a nice border. i have vanna's choice dusty purple for this, and maybe some scraps of the rose and green.

because i'm new to crochet i need really good instructions. i've been looking around online, but i haven't found anything that makes sense for this. i can use the lion brand website for their explanation of stitches, and i've found youtube to be helpful as well.



any help is much appreciated. thank you!