Free crochet pattern
Classic granny square crochet pattern (free)
The classic square of clusters and corners, then the same square joined into a blanket. Change colour every round, or don't. It’s a beginner pattern of about 1 hours, and it teaches magic ring, double crochet, working into spaces. Follow it below, or open it in Stitchbay to count it row by row.
You’ll need
- 28 m (31 yd) of medium weight yarn (Worsted), acrylic, wool or cotton. About 28 m a square, so about 1,350 m for the 48-square blanket.
- a 5 mm (US H-8) hook
- Tapestry needle
- Gauge: Rounds 1–2 measure about 6 cm across
Size: Each square about 15 cm (6 in); a blanket of 6 × 8 squares about 90 × 120 cm.
Before you start
The ch 3 at the start of each round counts as the first dc.
To change colour, fasten off at the end of a round and join the new colour in any corner space.
Abbreviations
| dc | double crochet |
Square
Rnd 1: Make a magic ring, (ch 3 (counts as first st), 2 dc, ch 2, (3 dc, ch 2) 3 times) in ring, join with sl st to first st (12 sts and 4 ch-sps).
Rnd 2: Sl st in the next 2 dc and into the corner ch-2 sp, (ch 3 (counts as first st), 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in the same ch-sp, ch 1, ((3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch-sp, ch 1) 3 times, join with sl st to first st (24 sts and 8 ch-sps).
Rnd 3: Sl st in the next 2 dc and into the corner ch-2 sp, (ch 3 (counts as first st), 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in the same ch-sp, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 1) in next ch-sp, ((3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch-sp, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 1) in next ch-sp) 3 times, join with sl st to first st (36 sts and 12 ch-sps).
Rnd 4: Sl st in the next 2 dc and into the corner ch-2 sp, (ch 3 (counts as first st), 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in the same ch-sp, ch 1, ((3 dc, ch 1) in next ch-sp) 2 times, ((3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch-sp, ch 1, ((3 dc, ch 1) in next ch-sp) 2 times) 3 times, join with sl st to first st (48 sts and 16 ch-sps).
Rnd 5: Sl st in the next 2 dc and into the corner ch-2 sp, (ch 3 (counts as first st), 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in the same ch-sp, ch 1, ((3 dc, ch 1) in next ch-sp) 3 times, ((3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch-sp, ch 1, ((3 dc, ch 1) in next ch-sp) 3 times) 3 times, join with sl st to first st (60 sts and 20 ch-sps).
Rnd 6: Sl st in the next 2 dc and into the corner ch-2 sp, (ch 3 (counts as first st), 2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in the same ch-sp, ch 1, ((3 dc, ch 1) in next ch-sp) 4 times, ((3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch-sp, ch 1, ((3 dc, ch 1) in next ch-sp) 4 times) 3 times, join with sl st to first st (72 sts and 24 ch-sps).
Fasten off and weave in the ends.
The blanket
Make 48 squares.
Lay them out 6 across and 8 down. Join them with right sides together: sl st through the back loops of both squares from corner to corner. Join all the rows one way, then all the columns the other way.
Border: join yarn in any corner space and work one round of granny clusters all the way round (3 dc in each space, and 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc in each corner), then a round of sc in every stitch, with 3 sc in each corner.