Help identify the pattern

[Cheryl1974]

This afghan was crocheted by my grandmother 50+ years ago. I would love to replicate it for my brother. The problem I'm having is that she had no patterns (that she left behind) and she died roughly 40 years ago.  Any and all help would be appreciated. 

[bgs]

She probably didnt need a pattern for this.  Its just rows of 3 dc shell, 1 dc.  

It is similar to this pattern except it uses a 5 dc shell instead of 3dc shell.

http://www.lynnscrochetcorner.com/crochet-stitches/stacked-shell-stitch.php

Edited September 15, 2022 by bgs

[Granny Square]

Welcome to the 'ville!  Your blanket has held up really well, looks like your grandmother finished it yesterday.

I took the liberty of turning your photo so it is right side up, and trimmed it a little bit (probably operator error on my part but had trouble flipping it in the program I was using, in it's original size).  Good new is all the rows are the same stitch pattern, so we can still see enough of it.

I can't identify it with a name, but (good news) it is a fairly easy pattern to replicate. It is all US DC stitches, alternating a 'shell stitch' of 3 DC into the center stitch of the shell in the row below, and a DC in the DC of the row below.

Bgs just said the same thing as I was typing the above.  I would make a foundation chain a little longer than you think you want the width of the blanket to be, then make 3 DC in the 6th chain from the hook--the skipped chains become a DC and a skipped stitch, basically -- skip 1 chain, make 3 DC into the next stitch (this is a 'shell'), skip 1 chain, DC in the next - and so on.  Stop when you have just finished a DC by itself (not part of a shell), and it is the width you want; later you can pick out the extra chains, it will not unravel.  Next row is how Bgs and I described, chain 3 (becomes the first DC of the row, 'sprouting' from the DC below), and put 3 DC into the center DC of the group of DCs that forms the shell, and so on.

[Scoop183]

I like it.  I might have to try it myself - pretty easy pattern.