I really don't like Granny Squares, I am planning on crocheting a blanket?

There's Irish crochet roses. This one is especially nice: http://gingerschatz.blogspot.com/2011/10/pattern-e...

The tutorial video, alas, is in a language other than English (German? Austrian?) and it's for another Irish crochet rose pattern. However, it's well done and demonstrates the technique of making the stand-up petals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwd2KUWu9Sc and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNeubLH74uM . For English instructions for an Irish crochet rose, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfAOA0COQR0 .

Or look for a pattern you like here: http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/12i...

or here: http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/6in...

or here: http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/7in...

or here: http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/8in...

or maybe here: http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/afg...

If one of those doesn't grab you, one of these might: http://www.purplekittyyarns.com/free-patterns/afgh...

You can make squares any way you like. The simplest answer is just to go back and forth until it's long enough. You could make them with mitred corners. They don't even have to be square. You can make rectangles like Warm Up America or triangles or hexagons.

There are tutorials on granny squares because people use them to teach crochet. You won't find tutorials for everything you might want to make (or for most things you might want to make). You don't need them. Once you know the basic stitches and how to read a pattern, all you need is a pattern. And here are some of those:

http://www.purplekittyyarns.com/free-patterns/afgh...

http://crochet.about.com/od/afghans/tp/afghan-patt...

http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/afg...

http://www.allcrafts.net/crochet/afghans.htm

The first five links here all have squares for afghans, you'll have to pick something you like and that is at your skill level:

http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory.php

I think you'll have a hard time finding a video tutorial for an afghan square. Videos are for the most part, of how to do individual stitches. It's up to you to put them together.

Well, I bought this book called Beyond the Square: Crochet Motifs. It does have the typical squares but also quite a few other shapes as well. I recommend you pick up a copy, it was really helpful.

Do you have already got the rectangles? Assuming they're each and each of a similar length lay them with long element next to long element and short element next to short element. paintings out what proportion you elect horizontally and how many vertically to make the dimensions of blanket you need. you ought to the two connect them into a number of "scarfs" of equivalent lengths and then connect the scarfs to make a blanket. or you ought to start in one corner, upload a sq. next to the single you have and one decrease than, then next to and decrease than the two you extra and so on. see you later as you shop turning out to be to be a member of long side to long side and short side to short side this could desire to paintings. to connect them you may the two stitch them up, or crochet them at the same time. i might then crochet a border all over the outdoors of the blanket. in the event that they are no longer each and each of a similar length it is trickier. you may the two spend a while determining a different thank you to connect them, or you may crochet greater rows directly to the smaller ones to cause them to journey the bigger ones. sturdy success!

how about this? You could also just make squares using the different stitches and sewing them together.

http://www.howcast.com/videos/472082-Crochet-for-B...

there are thousands of different patterns for squares to make... simply do a search!!!