Updated February 08, 2016.
The granny square is the classic crochet motif,
and it is often one of the first things that a person masters
when first But there are plenty of people who start with
crochet rows and don't yet know how to crochet the granny
square. Wherever you are in your crochet journey, these
instructions will help you learn how to crochet the classic
granny square. Then it points you to all of the resources that
you might need to expand upon the classic crochet granny square
and take it to the next level.
Before we get started, let's talk about what "granny square"
means. Many people use the term to refer to any type of crocheted square.
However, the strict definition of the granny square refers to the crochet
pattern that you'll learn in this tutorial. You can then go on to learn many
different varieties but this is your building block for the motif. This
classic crochet granny square is made up of double crochet stitches that are
crocheted in clusters of 3 and each cluster is separated by a chain of 2.
The crochet granny square is worked in the round.
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It's really easy to crochet a granny square. All that you
need is yarn and a crochet hook. You can crochet a granny square using any
type of yarn at all and using any size crochet hook (although it always
works best if you use the crochet hook that is recommended for the weight of
your yarn, which is information that you can locate on your yarn label).
The crochet granny square begins, as do all crochet
projects, by making a slip knot on your crochet hook. .
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You will discover that there are different options for
starting a crochet granny square. However, the method that we use tends to
be the most common method. You will begin with a chain 3.
As we said before, crochet granny squares are made up of dc
clusters. Each cluster consists of three side-by-side double crochet
stitches. The "chain 3" that you completed in Step 4 above counts as your
first double crochet stitch, so now you need to crochet two double crochet
stitches right next to it.
Well, how do you do that? You simply crochet two dc stitches
into the base chain of the chain three. So, yarn over, insert your hook into
the first chain closest to the hook, yarn over again, and complete the
double crochet. Not sure how? . Then do that one more time. You
should now have what looks like three dc stitches next to each other in your
first cluster.
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Each cluster of three double crochet stitches will be
separated by a chain of two. So now you chain two.
It's time to make your next cluster of three double crochet
stitches. So you're going to crochet 3 dc stitches into the base of the
first chain three, in the same spot where you already made the other double
crochet stitches from the previous cluster.
Remember that your crochet clusters are
always separated by a chain two, and since you just finished
a cluster, you have to chain two. Every time you finish a
cluster, you will chain two.
It's time to make your third cluster. So you're just going
to repeat step 7 above. (When you have done that, you should have three
clusters, as shown in the image here.)
Then go ahead and repeat step 8 because of course you always
chain two after your cluster.
You are crocheting a granny square and to get that square
shape you need to crochet four clusters and four corners (the chain 2
stitches are your corners). So go ahead and make your final cluster by
repeating step 9.
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After you've finished Step 9, you're going to have chain
2 hanging loose. To close the round and create your square shape, you're
going to slip stitch into the top of the first ch 3.
What does this mean? When you started the clusters, your
first dc of the first cluster was a chain three. Slip stitch into the
third chain, which is the chain at the top. In other words, slip stitch
into the top of the first double crochet that you see closest to you as
you're working around.
You have now completed the first round of your crochet
granny square. It should have four clusters of 3 dc stitches each, four
corners of 2 ch each and it should be a square shape.
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You can grow your granny square as large as you want.
This is where you learn how to start growing it. It always begins with a
"chain three". As with the first round, this serves as the first double
crochet of the very first cluster. So, chain three to begin this round.
Now it's time to finish that cluster, which means that
you have to put two double crochet stitches right next to the one that
you've just made. So double crochet into the chain space; you will work
into the open corner that is immediately below where you started your
chain three, inserting the double crochet stitches immediately to the
left (if you're right-handed) of the stitch in basically the same spot
where that chain three is. You will now have a cluster of 3 dc in the
first corner, although the first one will look slightly different
because it was created as a chain three.
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Now it's time to crochet the next corner of your granny
square. First, you need to Chain 2, because, as you've already learned,
you always chain 2 after your cluster. You just made a cluster so you
chain two.
Now you're going to work in the chain 2 space of the
next corner. In that space you will make 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc. So crochet
three double crochet stitches, chain two in between them and then
crochet another 3 double crochet stitches, all in the same spot in the
corner. This is ALWAYS how you are going to crochet every corner of your
granny square from here on out, with the exception of the starting
corner, which we'll get to in a moment.
So you're going to repeat step 14 in the next corner and
you'll now have your starting corner and two completed corners.
Repeat step 14 again. So now you've got your starting
corner and three finished corners. That means that you just need to
complete the starting corner, which as you can now see, is also the
corner that you finish in.
Remember to finish this step with a chain 2 because you
always chain 2 after any cluster, right?
If you pause for a moment and think about it, what
you've been doing in each corner is 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc. What you did in
the first starting corner, however, is to create three dc stitches, so
the first half of that is already done. What you need to do to finish
the granny square is add the ch 2 and the other cluster of double
crochet stitches.
So, in this step, make 3 dc stitches into the same
corner that the first set of clusters is already in. Then chain two,
because you always chain two after a cluster of double crochet stitches.
Now you slip stitch to close the granny square,
completing the final corner (which also happened to be the starting
corner since you are crocheting in the round). Slip stitch into the top
stitch of the first chain three, which is also the first dc of the
cluster. You have now completed the second round of your crochet granny
square.
You are going to begin a new round in the same way every
single time. So just repeat steps 12 and 13 here.
You will notice that as the granny square grows, there
aren't just corners to work into. There are also edges.
Remember how you crochet 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc into every
corner? Well you only do the first part of it in every edge. So you'll
just crochet 3 dc stitches into the edge. And of course you'll then ch 2
because you always chain two after your cluster.
So, assuming that you're right handed, you'll see an
open space where there's a chain two from the previous row, along the
edge counterclockwise from your starting corner. That's where you
crochet the 3 dc for this step.
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Continuing on counterclockwise (or clockwise if you're
left handed), you'll notice that next up is a corner. What do you put in
corners? That's right - 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc. So go ahead and do that.
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Now you know everything that you need to know about how
to crochet a granny square. Continue to work your corners (3dc, ch 2
2dc) and your edges (3 dc) all the way around. When you reach the last
corner, which was also the starting corner, repeat steps 17 and 18 to
finish that round. As you grow the granny square larger, there will be
more clusters along each edge before you reach each corner but you
already know how to make them and can grow the granny as big as you want
now!
The instructions in this particular crochet tutorial are
for making a classic crochet granny square in a single color. But once
you know how to do that, you can take it further by
changing colors on each round.
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