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The Granny Square has been a beloved technique throughout the ages, and it still is today. Learn to make this favorite crochet motif.
Materials Needed
Yarn, hook size, and gauge depend on project. Refer to instructions for specific project, or experiment—it’s the perfect motif to use when learning to design.
Color in Granny Squares
Each round of a granny square may begin with a new color, although it does not have to. To change color between rounds, fasten off the old color at the end of a round and join the new color in any corner chain-space to begin the next round. When joining a new color, hold the right side of the granny square facing you.
Making the Granny Square
Make Ring: Chain 4. Join with slip stitch (sl st) in first chain to form a ring.
Round 1: On the right side, chain 3. This chain (ch) 3 counts as the first double crochet (dc) on this round, and on every round hereafter. 2dc in ring, [ch2, 3dc in ring] 3 times, ch2. Join with sl st in top of beginning chain. What has just been made is a “12dc, 4ch-2 space (sp)” square. If a color change is to be made, fasten off.
Round 2: If no color change is being made, sl st in each stitch (st) to reach the first ch-2 sp (Note: a “ch-2 sp” is simply where the “holes” are in the previous round. So, what the pattern is stating here is to slip stitch across stitches to reach the first chain-space to begin the next round. That way, the yarn is being moved to the space without being noticeable). If a new color is going to be used, join it with a sl st in any ch-2sp. Ch3, [2dc, ch2, 3dc] in same ch-2 sp (a corner has just been made), **ch1, [3dc, ch2, 3dc] in next ch-2sp (another corner has just been made); repeat from ** 2 more times, ch1; join with sl st in top of beginning ch. A “4-corners, 4 ch-1sp” round has been completed. If a color change is to be made, fasten off.
Round 3: Sl st in each st into first ch-2 sp or join new color with sl st in any ch-2sp; ch3, [2dc, ch2, 3dc] in same ch-2 sp, **ch1, 3dc in next ch-1 sp, ch1, [3dc, ch2, 3dc] in next ch-2 sp; repeat from ** 2 more times, ch1, 3dc in next ch-1sp, ch1; join with sl st in top of beginning ch. A “4 corners, 8ch-1sp, 3dc along each side” round has just been completed.
Round 4: Sl st in each st into first ch-2sp or join new color with sl st in any ch-2sp; ch3, [2dc, ch2, 3dc] in same ch-2sp; **[ch1, 3dc in next ch-1sp] across to next ch-2sp, ch1,[3dc, ch2, 3 dc] in next ch-2sp; repeat from ** 2 more times, [ch1, 3dc in next ch-1sp] across to next ch-2sp, ch1; join with sl st in top of beginning ch. A “4 corners, 12ch-1sp, 6dc along each side” has been executed.
Keep going if so desired, or make the square smaller by not finishing all the rounds. It’s completely up to the crocheter.
Enjoy All About the Granny Square, as countless generations already have.
