Hello Everyone✨
I'm really excited to share with you a crochet granny square pattern I made today. For a long time, I didn't touch my hooks or yarns and sometimes, it felt like whenever I eventually returned to crocheting, I was going to falter but that wasn't the case today.
I've come across many stunning crochet granny square patterns and each time I come across any, a voice whispers “you should try recreating this pattern”. I guess I finally listened to that voice.
For today, I'd be walking you through the process of making this stunning, beginner friendly crochet granny square pattern. The amazing fact about this pattern is that this is a regular/original granny square pattern just with a little tweak.
While making this pattern, I did a little experiment with yarn textures and tension and I would talk a bit on my findings at the end of this post.
🤍: Two different colours of yarn.
🤍: 3.5mm crochet hook.
🤍: Darning Needle.
🤍: A pair of scissors.
🤍: Measuring Tape.
The first step in making this granny square is to make a magic circle and then fasten it off with a chain of three.
Next, into the magic circle, make two double crochet stitches, a chain of three, three double crochet stitches and chain three two more times. End the rows with a chain of three and slip stitch to join. Tighten the magic circle and at the end of this row, you should have four corners.
For row two and the rest of the project, begin at the corner. Into the corner, make a chain of two and two more double crochet stitches. Chain three and make three more double crochet stitches into the same corner. Into the next space, make three double crochet stitches alone and repeat this pattern till the end of this row.
For row three, change the yarn color and into every corner, work using the new yarn. For every other space, change the yarn colour to the original colour. It is also pertinent to work over the dormant yarns to avoid having too many loose ends to sew in at the end of the day. End the row by slip stitching into the top stitch of the very first chain three space.
For row four, start using the original colour which in my case was the darker shade of purple. Make your corner; six double crochet stitches separated by a chain three space, as usual. Then for every other space, change the colour of yarn. At this point, you should see the design begin to take shape.
For row five, make every corner using the original colour. Also, every space before and after each corner would be made using the original colour. However, the chain space at the centre of each side of the square would be made using a different colour. This simple act defines the inner diamond shape better.
One can decide to stop at this point and call it a day, but if you have a knack for perfection or you just want to take the project a notch higher, you can go ahead and go round the entire project using the original colour, following the same pattern as in row two. I used this medium to hide all the yarns I wanted to hide and try as much as possible to make the project look neat.
I still ended up with some loose ends which I sewed in later on. Don't be like me guys, sew in your loose ends before it piles up and becomes very unpleasant to look at.
Back view after sewing in loose ends
After making the prototype using double strands of a 2 ply yarn = 4ply yarn, I decided to try the same exact pattern using a single strand and the difference was astounding.
The 4ply yarn made the project more firm, heavy and wide.
The two ply yarn on the flip side was very lightweight, smaller in size but could fit the same size as the 4ply project when stretched maximally. It was also very flowy.
I would choose the heavier prototype for making heavy projects like sweaters or blankets and the lighter one for shirts and the like.
I am not sure what big project to use this granny square pattern to make. Do you have any ideas? Also, what do you think of this pattern? I would love to hear your thoughts.
Images used belong to me and were taken with my mobile device except stated otherwise.
